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  • Vacation from Stress

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    Non-newsflash from the L.A. Times: Studies show that vacation time can go a long way in reducing stress and bringing our brains back to a more even keel. “A vacation is not a luxury,” says Jens Pruessner, an associate professor in the departments of psychology, psychiatry, neurology and neurosurgery at McGill University in Montreal. “It’s an investment…

  • Your Life on Purpose

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    From the folks who brought you The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety, take a look at Your Life on Purpose.  Described by one Amazon reviewer this way: The book invites you on a voyage of rediscovery of your life values. Along the way, you will learn to navigate potential values conflict and to identify…

  • The Hidden Power of Smiling

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    TED talk by Ron Gutman:

  • Stress and Longevity

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    Want To Live To 100? Try To Bounce Back From Stress (NPR): Unusual longevity often has a genetic basis, and Reichert probably does have a gene that contributes to her unusual longevity. But she also exhibits a powerful trait geriatricians call adaptive competence. I define it loosely as the ability to bounce back from stress.…

  • Psychotherapy for Social Anxiety…and the Brain

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    Does Social Anxiety Disorder Respond to Psychotherapy? Brain Study Says Yes (Science Daily) When the patients’ pre- and post-therapy EEGs were compared with the control groups’, the results were revealing: Before therapy, the clinical group’s delta-beta correlations were similar to those of the high-anxiety control group and far higher than the low-anxiety group’s. Midway through,…

  • Exercise v. Anxiety

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    Exercise Lessens Anxiety (PsychCentral): Although we often think of it negatively, anxiety is a normal emotion, Abramowitz said. It evolved in our ancestors as a response to danger, such as a nearby predator. When you perceive a threat, you begin sweating, your heart rate increases and your breathing accelerates — the “fight or flight” response. Of…

  • Decluttering

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    Tips from a decluttering pro via PsychCentral.  Tip #1: Be fussy. Clutter swells when we acquire more stuff. So “be picky about what you keep,” Jordan Kravitz says. “You need to know what you are keeping it for, and where you will keep it.” She adds that the common reason “just in case” doesn’t count.…

  • Sad Dads

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    Help needed for depressed fathers, reports NPR: Take a bow, American fathers. Dads of today are far more involved in raising their children than their fathers were. But with that greater involvement comes greater responsibility. And a new study in the journal Pediatrics finds some trouble brewing. Fathers who are depressed are far more likely…

  • Procrastination and Social Anxiety

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    Arlin Cuncic looks at the connection: People procrastinate for many reasons, but the immediate goal is to bring a temporary sense of relief. The problem with procrastination is just that; the relief is temporary, and it is eventually replaced with anxiety about being behind in what you need to get done. If you suffer with social…

  • Mood and Medical Symptoms

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    Depression, Anxiety Influence Recall of Medical Symptoms in Different Ways (PsychCentral): University of Iowa psychologists discovered that people who feel depressed report experiencing a higher number of past symptoms. People who feel anxious, by contrast, report more symptoms in the present moment.