Like anything, managing your anxiety takes practice. Test out these skills when you have the time, so that when a stressful situation occurs, you have several tools at hand.

It’s often easy to support a close friend when they’re down, however we often struggle with providing the same kindness and support to ourselves.

If you notice that the travel blues is something you get when you return home, accept that it happens then prepare yourself for it.

Many people live with travel anxiety, which could include a fear of flying, nervousness when planning a trip, or general anxiety throughout travels. Here are some tips to help you combat that anxiety.

Therapists frequently suggest tracking your moods in order to understand which triggers or situations lead to certain emotions. If you are seeing a counselor or doctor for any mood symptoms, this can be a helpful tool to update them with in between appointments, make the appointments go smoother, and assist you in staying on topic. Having your moods tracked will help you communicate how you have been feeling if you struggle describing it. It also helps to look back at your mood journal to see how far you have come and what you are capable of accomplishing.

In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), distress tolerance skills are utilized when a situation is likely not going to change. It helps us to cope and survive in crisis by allowing us to tolerate the short or long term emotional pain.

A hope box is something you can create for when you need a reminder of why your life is so precious. This technique is often used in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to cultivate hope. It is simply a collection of various items that can show you that your life is meaningful and worth living.

A panic attack is the abrupt onset of intense fear or discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes and includes at least four of the following symptoms: palpitations, accelerated heart rate, sweating, trembling, shaking, or shortness of breath. Most people who experience panic attacks ask the question, ‘Why do I have them?’

Here are a few quick tips to increase your productivity and decrease the amount of time work-based tasks may take you.

Everyone experiences stress, but it is alarming that 70% of US adults say that they either feel stress or anxiety on a daily basis. Here are some simple ways to relieve your stress.