This is a guest post by Laurent Kelly. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. The effects of exam pressure can sometimes range from the disturbing to the downright surreal. The pressure of up and coming exams can cause a range of conditions from obsessively picking at one’s skin to a […]
5 Ways to Create a Stress-Free Home
This is a guest post by Lori-Wallace Roberts. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. You’ve no doubt heard the old adage, “Home is where the heart is!” Well, there’s definitely no truer statement, but unfortunately, home is also where the stress often is! Wouldn’t it be fantastic to have a […]
Can a Dog Really Relieve Stress?
This is a guest post by Brian Edwards. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. A year ago, I was sitting in my chair wondering just what the heck I had gotten myself into. My newly adopted, four-legged bundle of joy was happily chewing a hole through my pants, had completely […]
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be a Viable Solution
This is a guest post by J.D. Roberts. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a relatively new approach to dealing with multifarious psychological and psychiatric afflictions. In essence, it is a means of transforming one’s thought processes to enhance their quality of life. It can be […]
Calm, Cool, Collected: How to Help Someone Having a Panic Attack
This is a guest post by Cathy Smith. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. It’s quite possible that you have never been around someone who is having a panic attack. Yet, if you have, you are familiar with the feeling of confusion and instant alertness that comes with wondering how […]
She Left to Study Abroad
Yesterday my wife and I took our eldest daughter to the airport to study abroad for a semester in Ireland. She is now a junior in college and it was almost exactly two years ago that I wrote this post about leaving her off at college for the first time and the separation anxiety we […]
Tips on How to Deal with Anxiety at College
This is a guest post by Susan. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. The years spent in higher education are widely referred to as some of the best years of one’s life. However, the simple fact of the matter is that stress constantly rears its ugly head during the course […]
How to Handle a Friendship Break Up in College
This is a guest post by Pamelia Brown. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. Parents warn their children of the heartache that can come with being in a relationship and eventually ending romantic relationships, but rarely do they touch on how to get over a break up with a best […]
Combating Alarming Anxiety Levels in College Students
In late January of 2011 the NY Times published an article entitled “Record Level of Stress Found in College Freshmen”. They cite a number of factors including more pressure to perform in the later years of high school as well as the state of the economy. The study involved responses from more than 200,000 incoming […]
5 Tips to Deal with the Post Holiday Winter Blues
After the presents have been opened, the New Year’s celebration is over, and your vacation break from work is done, the post holiday blues may take over your life. The snow has piled up outside and the temperatures have plummeted to all-time lows. Maybe you have gained a few pounds eating uncontrollably during the holiday […]