coping strategies

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Why You Should Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

Why You Should Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

By karengray

Your comfort zone is a mental space where your activities and behaviors fit inside a nice steady routine and pattern that minimizes stress and risk. It provides a state of mental security. When you stay inside your comfort zone you benefit in obvious ways, enjoying regular happiness, low anxiety, an...

05.17.23 05:24 PM - Comment(s)
The Worst Case Scenario Game - Collapsing Catastrophe Thinking

The Worst Case Scenario Game - Collapsing Catastrophe Thinking

By karengray

If you've ever found yourself in a negative thinking cycle like I described above, imagining all the worst case scenarios you can use a simple strategy to turn your thinking around.
08.23.22 04:37 PM - Comment(s)
What You Need to Know About Stress

What You Need to Know About Stress

By karengray

Stress is our body's normal response to anything that throws us out of balance. Lowering our baseline level of stress allows our body to be more selective about what it reacts to.
02.22.22 09:00 AM - Comment(s)
Rules of the Mind - Part 1

Rules of the Mind - Part 1

By karengray

“Every thought creates a physical response.” Just like there are rules in the physical world, like gravity and inertia, that define how things interact and behave, there are rules that define how our minds and bodies interact and behave.
10.14.21 08:48 AM - Comment(s)
Lifting the Winter Blues

Lifting the Winter Blues

By karengray

If the colder weather and shorter days are causing you to feel the winter blues, you’re not alone. Learn helpful tools to lift the Winter Blues.
03.03.21 02:16 PM - Comment(s)