Mental Health: Four Ways to Face Anxiety
Like many things in our society today, anxiety is seen as a problem and something to be fixed. The approach then becomes to address the symptoms rather than the causes, underlying issues and deeper meaning.This creates a culture of people who end up somewhere between suffering, pushing it away, avoiding it completely or focusing on the superficial ways to “fix” it that only provide bandaid, short term solutions.
New Year, New Way: Striking Balance Between Creating and Allowing
The concept of creating can also be seen as “doing,” where we focus on our external world and getting things done. It can mean creating a list of desired outcomes, both internally (like being more accepting of others) and externally (working on writing each day).