This week's guest post is brought to you by Sheeva of Healthwanderer.com. Sheeva is a lifestyle, food and wellness coach with a deep passion for helping people on their journey toward becoming the healthiest and happiest versions of themselves. For those of us experiencing any kind of anxiety disorder, the emotion of anxiety is usually an unwelcome invasion of our body and mind. We want and would do anything to get rid of the pesky anxious thoughts and the, oftentimes, debilitating physical symptoms. But, the reality is that anxiety is an
3 Eye-Opening Insights About Meditation and Mindfulness
When you think of meditation you probably picture something like these guys. Everyone wearing white, barefooted, and doing a real special kind of zoning out. Well, that's one picture anyway. But the reality of meditation is a lot more useful and varied than you might imagine. In this week's episode of The Anxiety Guru Show I explore meditation in a brand new way. Usually I do a little research and combine it with my own experience to deliver something of value. But this week I went above and beyond. I reached out to two
Have You Heard That Meditation Can Ease Your Anxiety?
Today's guest post is brought to you by David Starikov of blisslotus.com. According to a national survey, over 40 million Americans are dealing with anxiety disorders right now. The truth is though, you don't have to be a statistic. Whether its handling day-to-day stress, balancing work and home, or dealing with the overwhelming and debilitating fear of handling it all, there is a natural way to provide relief for your body and mind. Research proves that meditation has the power to teach you to live in the here and now and not get
Do Nothing for 2 Minutes
You ever feel like you can't relax? And I don't just mean because you're nervous, but just in general? Yeah, me too. I always have this feeling like I should be doing something. Whether it's writing, reading, texting, something. I've never really sat around and thought about this too much until I ran into this website called Do Nothing for 2 Minutes Dot Com. The website is weird, but in a really good way. You simply go to the website and do nothing while you look at a clock that counts down for 2 minutes. There is a sunset, the ocean, and
The Fight Against Anxiety Goes Mobile!
As smartphone technology improves, so will the apps for these versatile devices. There are currently thousands of apps available for the iPhone and Android phone systems and their utility keeps growing by the second. These apps can do everything, from showing you where the nearest restaurants are, all the way to helping you figure out the best deal on a new pair of shoes, as you shop! In fact, there are now anti-anxiety apps as well, and today we're going to tell you about one in particular called "At Ease." Anxiety Guru contributor
Anger Management for the Anxious and Depressed
The world of anxiety and depression will inevitably dish out a certain degree of confusion and chaos. You will find promising roads and dead ends of all kind as you search for ways to relieve your anxiety and or depression. This journey may frustrate you at times and the frustration can easily turn into irritability and anger. Here are a few tips to help you deal with that emotional powder keg. In order to get a handle on anger issues you first have to become more self-aware. This of course doesn't mean getting all meticulous about
The Time I Became Too Relaxed
Relax, relax, that's what people are probably always telling you to do. And more to the point I'm sure that's what you wish you could do on demand, but anxiety has a way of cramping this aspiration. But do you really want instant relaxation? A boneless body on tap? There was this one time that I became way too relaxed and I want to talk to you about it. Like you and many others I sometimes would lose sleep because of my anxiety and as a result would lie awake on my couch late at night. Well about 5 years ago I had one of these late night