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  • A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook

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    Book of the day: A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, by Bob Stahl and Elisha Goldstein. Book and CD gently walk you toward an everyday mindfulness practice.  An Amazon reviwer says: Bob Stahl and Elisha Goldstein have done a great job in making the art of mindfulness and its cultivation through MBSR practices accessible to a…

  • Guided Meditation

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    “Simple Relaxation – A Guided Meditation,” from QuietMindCafe.com:

  • Top 10 Lesser-Known Self-Help Strategies for Anxiety

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    An article from the PsychCentral vaults.  Here a taste–the list minus the descriptions: Consider how anxiety affects your life. Set up some structure. Tackle distorted thoughts. Relinquish control. Revise your reactions. Trust yourself. Practice yoga. “Wink at” your thoughts. Distinguish fact from fiction. Stop people-pleasing.

  • The Twelve Myths of Test Anxiety

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    Courtesy of WVU Parkersberg: THE TWELVE MYTHS OF TEST ANXIETY: · Students are born with test anxiety. · Test anxiety is a mental illness. · Test anxiety cannot be reduced. · Any level of test anxiety is bad. · All students who are not prepared have test anxiety. · Students with test anxiety cannot learn…

  • Do I Have an Anxiety Disorder?

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  • Smoking and Stress

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    The Claim: Smoking Relieves Stress Studies have found…that in reality, lighting up has the opposite effect, causing long-term stress levels to rise, not fall. For those dependent on smoking, the only stress it relieves is the withdrawal between cigarettes. (New York Times)

  • Separation Anxiety

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    American Baby ed offers separation anxiety tips on CBS (after commercial).

  • Stress and Health

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    Brain pathways linking social stress and inflammation identified Everyone experiences social stress, whether it is nervousness over a job interview, difficulty meeting people at parties, or angst over giving a speech. In a new report, UCLA researchers have discovered that how your brain responds to social stressors can influence the body’s immune system in ways…

  • Living with an Anxiety Disorder

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  • Performance Anxiety and the Dread of Shame

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    Confessions of a psychoanalyst As part of my conflict about performing, there’s a deeper underlying issue for me than anxiety and that is dread of shame over exposing my anxiety. Perhaps the title, “Confessions of a Psychoanalyst” provided a clue. Shame is the primary indicator of not belonging to oneself. In shame, you belong to…