Trust Your Intuition: 100 Ways to Transform Anxiety and Depression for Stronger Mental Health In this episode of A Healthy Bite, we are discussing how to help our kids have healthier minds. Meet Jill Sylvester, a licensed mental health counselor and author of two books that can help parents and children strengthen their mental health. A …
Five things I do every morning to start my day off right…
Five things I do every morning that change my perspective, help me feel productive, and set me up for a good day. If you are part of the TOM Tribe, likely we have talked together about anxiety. Before I knew what was happening to me, I described it as being extremely overwhelmed to the point …
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L-theanine useful for anxiety, enhanced focus and more
In the US alone almost 50 million prescriptions were written for the anti-anxiety drug Xanax. It is reported that 1 in every 10 Americans is currently taking an antidepressant medication. Some of the side effects of Xanax are drowsiness, memory impairment, anxiety, insomnia, change in appetite, decreased libido, and more. Xanax has a high potential …
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Coping with Emotional Eating
Where to turn when you had a bad day… Losing weight is rarely easy. Even losing 5 pounds has always been hard for me. You can read more about my story and how much weight I’ve lost and gained, and lost… if you are interested but that’s not what this is about. I wanted to address one …
How much have you lost on the Trim Healthy Mama Plan?
The most asked question when I share about Trim Healthy Mama with anyone is, “How much have you lost?” My Trim Healthy Journey has been a roller coaster ride for the last seven or so years. I get asked quite often how much weight I’ve lost on the plan. It’s almost impossible to answer, but …
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Understanding and Coping With Anxiety
What’s it like to have generalized anxiety disorder? It’s very unpleasant to experience anxiety on a regular basis. Coping is something that takes time to learn and not easy to do on your own. “When felt appropriately, anxiety is beneficial and can keep you out of harm’s way… the anxiety you may feel while hiking …
When You Hate Sounds – the pain of misophonia
Misophonia – literally “hatred of sound”, was proposed in 2000 as a condition in which negative emotions, thoughts, and physical reactions are triggered by specific sounds. It is also called “select sound sensitivity syndrome” and “sound-rage“. The hatred of sounds is not always diagnosed as Misophonia but many people suffer from a mild form of it …
China Dreamin’ and Anxiety
As many of you know, I have been China Dreamin’ for about seven-ish years now. Actually, it’s probably been even longer, maybe since 2003 when I first read the book “The Good Earth” by Pearl S. Buck. I was mesmerized by everything about China. The people, the culture, the food (even though I really don’t …
10 Easy Steps to Banish Negative Thoughts
ANTs (Automatic Negative Thoughts) are cynical, gloomy, and complaining thoughts that just seem to keep coming all by themselves. Just think of that little voice inside your head that you can’t seem to shut up. Mine says, “you are fat” or “your kids hate you” or “you didn’t do it perfectly” and sometimes it …