Free Articles: Overcoming Anxiety
By Kathleen Jordan ©

Three Ways to Reduce Your Anxiety

(1) Stop Trying to be Perfect
You'll never make it! We human beings are a work-in-progress. If you're a human being (and I suspect you are if you're reading this!), then you have an "automatic ticket" to making mistakes in life. We just simply can't get around the fact that we're usually going to fall short of being perfect.

Why does "trying to be perfect" create anxiety? Read more


(2) Don't "Should" on Yourself!
Do you "should" on yourself? If so, you'll increase your anxiety every time you "should" on yourself!

What does that mean, "should" on yourself? Let me give you an example: Read more

(3) How to Change Your Past from Causing You Fear and Stress
Your past is a place that can cause you a lot of anxiety. The good news is, you can reduce that anxiety by changing how you think about the past.

Often, you can feel intense pain or fear when you remember events in your past. Why does re-visiting your past cause you great distress or anxiety? Read more

(4) How to Stop the Future from Making You Anxious
It's really easy to get very, very anxious and afraid about your future! Have you ever noticed that? And, it's true that you may be dealing with problems today that make you worried about your future.

You could be worried about finances, relationships, health problems and any number of other types of problems. Your worries may be all too real! So, you could argue that you can't help but be worried about your future. Read more

(5) Reduce Your Anxiety by Changing Your Faulty Thinking
(Part 1 of 2)
Are you aware that some of the ways you think could be causing you anxiety? It's true! When you use faulty thinking, you are creating problems of anxiety for yourself. The good news is that when you identify your faulty thinking you can take steps to make changes, and reduce your anxiousness! How do you do that? Read more

(6) Reduce Your Anxiety by Changing Your Faulty Thinking
(Part 2 of 2)
There are ten common types of faulty thinking (better known as "Cognitive Distortions").
In this newsletter I'll discuss the last five faulty ways of thinking, and show you how to change your thoughts to reduce your anxiety. By doing so, you'll create more peace, happiness and confidence in yourself.
Here are the last 5 faulty ways of thinking:
  • Magnification (Catastrophizing) or Minimization: Read more
(7) RELAX! Five Ways to Relax and Reduce Your Anxiety
Number One: Breathing
Most of you know by now that when you're anxious or panicked, you need to breathe, breathe, breathe! But, you may be breathing in a way that adds to your anxiousness, rather than calms you down. Read more

I invite you to contact me for a free phone consultation. We can then decide how I may be able to help you with counseling or hypnotherapy to reduce your anxiety, panic attacks, fears or phobias.