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How to Cure Social Anxiety: Lessons from A Dog’s Surprising Similarities!

I once adopted a rescue chihuahua mix dog where I learned from him how to cure social anxiety. He was the cutest and sweetest dog ever. In my meeting with him, I knew he was the perfect dog for me then.

He acted calm (not jumpy like the Jack Russell terrier type). Walking around, he also acted curious, interested and engaged.

So excited, I did the paperwork the next day and took him home. I’d never had a dog before, but I was convinced he was a pet owner’s dream. If you have a dog, I’m sure you understand as you probably think the same things with your dogs!

You know how much joy they can add to your life. Dogs have temperaments, but they don’t project ego or judgment and all those complex human feelings that can get our human heads in a tail spin! Continue reading “How to Cure Social Anxiety: Lessons from A Dog’s Surprising Similarities!”

Mental Health Awareness Week and Better Wellness We Should All Embrace

Mental health awareness week is a good time to reflect on how far you’ve come in your life. Healing wounds from childhood trauma calms anxiety.

If you held shame inside as a child, you grew up with a distorted view of life. Then you most likely had emotions you repressed inside you such as anxious feelings, sadness, and frustration. As a child, you learned and used anxiety to cope.

When you became an adult, you expressed anxiety in unlikely moments when your brain confused current situations with the past. That’s what post-traumatic childhood wounds can do, and can stay with you. It’s the elephant in the room. And no one teaches you along the way how to heal on your own.

I know this because that’s my story in a nutshell.

My parents raised us the best they could. They immigrated to America as adults with their dreams and aspirations, and hope to give their future daughters a better opportunity. That didn’t come without a cost. Continue reading “Mental Health Awareness Week and Better Wellness We Should All Embrace”

Anxious vs. Irritated Feelings in Your Mind and Body

feeling anxious or irritated

First of all, why care if you’re feeling anxious vs. irritated?

Because you will use different healthy ways to combat and soothe each.

Anxiety can be based on fear, worry, feeling (or being) attacked, threatened, stuck, or overwhelmed.

Irritation can come from situations you encounter or people who do things that offend you. Or if you’re in an environment that frustrates you.

The easiest way to tell the difference if you’re anxious or irritated is by your bodily functions. The body tells the story truth. It expresses with your being balanced or imbalanced.

The Body – Are you anxious vs. irritated?

One of the easiest ways to examine if your body feels anxious is if you’re constipated. I know that’s a strange way to start a topic, but many anxious people suffer from this regularly. Continue reading “Anxious vs. Irritated Feelings in Your Mind and Body”