Goals can be motivating, especially when they are SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bounded). Here’s an example of a SMART goal vs a resolution: Resolution: I’m going to stop smoking. SMART Goal: I’m going to decrease the number of cigarettes I smoke by one each day and then stay a non-smoker when I make it…
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Worried Sick: Healing Anxiety
It is often said that everything we feel originates from two basic emotions: love and fear. On an everyday basis, fear tends to manifest as worry. We medicalize this in the condition of anxiety. When you consider the number of people whose lives will be limited by anxiety at some point, the personal and social…