Well, it’s that time again. The New Year. With everything we’ve been through in this past year, we are all hoping for a better 2023.
So what is your New Years Resolution? Did you know that four out of five people who make New Years Resolutions will eventually break them, unless they are specific, dedicated, and have a plan of action to follow through. The top five resolutions are:
1. Lose weight
2. Get healthy/eat healthier, take better care of yourself
3. Give up a bad habit/smoking, drinking, negative people in your life
4. Get out of debt, be more financially responsible
5. Give back/do something for others; do something that makes a difference
In our shorter 5 day program, The Solution, we have created a total plan for a New You for the New Year that covers all these resolutions, and more. But due to limited time and space here, I am going to choose one topic that I believe is “core” to following through on any desire to change and improve yourself or your life.
Before you can change you must understand why you keep doing things the way you’ve always done them, and getting undesirable results. This is related to (ironically) your “Core Story” experience. Your core story experience defines you and your belief system which will affect who you are, what decisions you make, the confidence you have, even the type of person you date or marry. I ask you go through a core story evaluation. This helps you define your core story experience and will show you how to turn it in to something positive and “use it” in your favor.
For example, maybe you grew up in a family where health and nutrition weren’t important, so now you make bad diet and exercise choices so you are overweight and unhealthy. You can blame your bad health on your family experience or, you can use your past to motivate you to eat healthy, exercise, and break that chain of bad behavior, so you don’t pass it on to your own children.
When you understand your core story, you will understand that much of your reactions, responses, and attitudes to difficult situations are “re-active” as a result of your core story. In the next email, I will share with you how to break out of the “Re-active living” rut with some Pro-Active Attitude Adjustments.
Now go live your life.
In recent clinical studies doctors, scientists, and therapists are proving that in many cases, changing the way we think can be even more effective and long lasting than medication when treating depression and anxiety.
This is exactly what we have been helping people to do for years with the Attacking Anxiety and Depression program. It is suggested by recent studies that when a person uses Cognitive Behavior Therapy to treat his or her problems with anxiety or depression, it focuses on the sufferer's ability to manage symptoms and understand the cause, thereby reducing the likelihood of relapse. When a person takes medication to treat these disorders, he or she might relapse once the medication is discontinued.
How this process works in the brain is quite intriguing. It is believed that most people who suffer with anxiety also suffer with depression, at least 70%. In fact, it is believed that obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and social phobias are particularly associated with depression. In many cases, anxiety and depression are really two faces of one disorder causing varying symptoms. The good news is that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which simply put, means learning how to think and react differently, works very well for both. This approach to recovery seems to target the upper brain region involving emotion, memory, and attention. In brain scans from people who receive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy there is a distinct change in brain function, and interestingly, it appears to be just the opposite of the change created by medications.
Experts are finding that when people who suffer with anxiety and depression choose Cognitive Behavior Therapy as their method of treatment, they feel responsible for their own recovery and that provides a sense of empowerment that is very positive. It also appears to have more of a permanent effect on the sufferer's ability to manage the problem because he or she has skill and insight along with the sense of personal empowerment.
This confirms why this program that has been around for so long, helping so many...it works. It also confirms that for many people this method of recovery is not only healthier, but more effective and more long lasting then medication.
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE
Do not alter your medication regimen without first consulting your physician.
Contact your healthcare provider immediately if you exhibit any symptoms that may threaten your health, including thoughts about suicide or dying, panic attacks, difficulty sleeping (insomnia), acting on dangerous impulses, or other unusual changes in behavior or mood.
The Attacking Anxiety and Depression Program's Carry Along Cards have been adapted to modern life for the new Stresscenter App.
Each "card" is now referred to as a session. These sessions will reinforce the skills you learn each week in the course and remind you of key points from a corresponding session in the program. It's a powerful resource that reminds you of what you have learned and how far you have come.
The session reminders are accompanied with a gallery of soothing colors and images that will evoke feelings of calmness and encouragement.
Get it on iOS Today, Android Coming Soon!
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“Journal writing, when it becomes a ritual for transformation, is not only life-changing but life-expanding.” – Jen Williamson
Your journal is a private safe haven, Its main purpose is to allow you to explore and write about your feelings. Often the ability to "see" your feelings leads to therapeutic insights and solutions.
Each day use your personal journal as directed in session one. Make a sincere effort to write any new insights you have in the weeks to come. Your journal will enable you to see themes, patterns, progress and growth.
Stresscenter's Daily Reminders help you to navigate the Attacking Anxiety and Depression Program with the structure and repetition necessary for realizing genuine change.
Once you have completed a reminder, the app allows you to check it off the list. Examples of a Daily Reminders:
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“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.” – Bryant McGill
Journey towards peace with our acclaimed Daily Meditation sessions. The audio session will guide you to inner peace with calming breathing exercises as well as muscle relaxation techniques accompanied by soothing background music. We recommend listening to the session three times daily.
Stresscenter.com’s Attacking Anxiety & Depression program was developed by Lucinda Bassett, and Dr. Philip Fisher, MD, who leveraged the skills, methods and techniques of Cognitive Behavioral Modification as the core of the self-treatment process. Since 1983, the program has helped over 1,4 million people to recover from acute stress, anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive worry, and depression.
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Our Attacking Anxiety and Depression Program has been adapted to modern life with the new Stresscenter App. This app provides the complete program in a paperless form, along with new features including access to peer forums. Here you can also browse and read postings from past and present Attacking Anxiety and Depression program users (you must be registered in order to fully participate in the General Public Forum).
Your Peer Support Group Forum is a collection of individuals who are starting this program now like you are. It is a safe, friendly environment where you can talk openly about your experiences and challenges; a forum of understanding, mutual support, and acceptance. Actively participating in your Peer Group will empower you to be your best and move forward with strength and confidence. It will accelerate your growth as you progress through the program.
Having a caring, sympathetic network of friends around you can make a world of difference, particularly when this network is striving toward a common goal. So please, don’t go at it alone. If you need help getting started call our program specialist at some number for reassurance and guidance.
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We've taken our popular Stresscenter App to the next level. Our app has been updated for 2022 with a new look and feel along with brand new features. Easily navigate through the app's pages featuring soft and calming color schemes and images.
Our Stresscenter App features the original Attacking Anxiety & Depression (AA&D) program. AA&D is based on and uses the science of cognitive-behavioral modification. Several studies have found the program to be as effective and in some cases more effective than 6+ therapy sessions. Because of the proven benefits and results, the program has been featured on Oprah, The View, Good Morning America and on many other shows and magazines.
The Stresscenter app includes our complete AD&D program in a paperless form, along with features including:
Through reading and listening to each audio session weekly, daily journal writing, and completing the provided homework, anyone can break the chains of anxiety and stress. Learn techniques for unleashing the power within to achieve your dreams. Once you decide to change your life with this program, you are going to notice some wonderful changes taking place in your attitude and personality. Here is just a sample of our client testimonials:
"In just a few months, my world opened up and my life opened up. For the first time, I feel excitement, not fear." - Meredith
"It hit home. There were people that had exactly what I had." - Fire Captain Fasmer
"It's motivated me to do many different things that I've always wanted to do but was just too scared to do." - Kim
"It was totally amazing; it gave me my life back." - James
"The program has given me my independence back. I'll never have a panic attack again, I just know it." - Liz
Take back your life today and join the over 1.4 million people who have benefited from this self help program by downloading the Stresscenter App! The updated Stresscenter App is now available on iOS, and coming soon to android.
What causes a panic or anxiety attack? The answer is really quite obvious. Nothing on the outside causes your panic. That is an inside job. You cause it. Let me explain.
After you experience external anxiety, you then become concerned with your body feelings and symptoms. You think about them to the point where you actually start to scare yourself with them. This creates internally generated anxiety.
Your body senses the fear and releases chemical stimulants into your system to strengthen your body so it can fight or flee from whatever it is that’s causing the fear, whether real or imagined. These chemicals include adrenaline, sodium lactate and cortisol.
As your anxiety level grows, more chemicals are released into your system. This causes you to enter the second stage of anxiety, the endogenous stage. Now your main concern is no longer the particular problem that brought on the stress. Instead, it’s the “weird feelings” and “strange symptoms” that your body is experiencing.
You become so caught up in wondering “What’s wrong with me?” that you become bewildered and confused. So much so that all your defenses are down, your sensitivity level is up and you go into panic. The anxiety seems overwhelming. You fear you’ll lose control.
There is one important thing to remember at this time:
You will not lose control, nor will you go insane.
Your mind and body can only maintain this state of anxiety for a few hours at best. Then, you may become extremely fatigued and depressed.
There is a six-step approach to self-control when dealing with an anxiety attack:
1. ACCEPT - Recognize that you are feeling anxious. Accept your body feelings as a symptom of your anxiety and a sign that something is bothering you.
2. PERMISSION - Give yourself permission to feel anxious about whatever it is that is bothering you. “Of course I feel anxious because… and it’s okay to have anxiety. I know what this is and why I feel this way.”
3. BREATHE - First, inhale through your nose slowly for two-seconds, mentally counting one, one thousand, two, one-thousand. Then exhale through your mouth to mental count of four seconds-again by one-thousands. Do this for at least 60-seconds.
4. INNER DIALOGUE - Use truthful, positive dialogue to talk yourself through the anxious time. It WILL pass. Examples of dialogue might be, “It’s just anxiety. It will go away. I will not lose control. I can still go about my business feeling spaced-out. It won’t hurt me.”
5. DISTRACT - Get busy. Do something to release some of this self induced stimulation. Your body is like a car in high gear with the brakes on. Don’t just sit there! Walk, jog, clean closets – but do something. Distract yourself from the way you are feeling.
6. LET TIME PASS - And try to see a little humor in the way you feel. You may feel weird, you don’t look weird. Give yourself permission to feel weird for a little while. It’s no big deal. Try to figure out what is really bothering you. Is it some type of conflict that you don’t want to deal with? Is it a scary thought? Is it a ridiculous expectation you have about yourself? How about the television program you watched last night? What is bothering you?
It takes time and lots and lots of practice. But the only way to stop fearing panic and anxiety attacks is to experience them. Then, work your way through them and begin to see that they won’t hurt you. There is no need to avoid or fight.
You are your safe place and your safe person.
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Negative thinking and negative self talk are bad habits and lie at the very core of your anxiety. Negative thinking makes you feel bad, sad, angry, helpless, ugly, guilty, overwhelmed, depressed, and insecure. It leaves you tired and discouraged. Your negative thoughts are a direct cause for lack of inspiration, chronic lethargy, and depression. It will make you feel like you are too drained to even go on trying.
Postivie self-talk is any kind of message or dialogue with yourself or someone else that makes you feel good, strong, happy, confident, relaxed, capable, loving, energetic, peaceful, or motivated. The technique can give you energy when you think you have none, a natural high, and the strength to achieve great things. Positive self-talk can make you feel like running that mile, taking that trip, writing that story, or trying that new activity you’ve been putting off.
Positive self-talk is like any other skill: it must be learned. You have to understand what the skill is, learn the technique, and then practice, practice, practice, until it becomes second nature to you.
When you master the art of positive and compassionate self-talk, the rewards will be beyond anything you can imagine; it will literally change your life. It will allow you to control your attitude and you’ll find a new sense of confidence that will be yours to keep, forever.
With social distancing of utmost paramount, what better time to have help with stress, anxiety and depression then right from the comfort of your own home?
AA&D is based on and uses the science of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Several studies have found the program to be as effective and in some cases more effective than 6+ therapy sessions.
Our world renowned best selling Attacking Anxiety and Depression Program can be purchased in the following formats:
Hard Copy - The original version of the AA&D program can be purchased in it's original hard copy format version. This includes 15 Audio Lessons, Guidebook, Pocket-Sized Flash Cards and 3 free gifts sent straight to your home.
Digital Download - Receive the full program mentioned above in a digital format that can be directly downloaded to your computer.
Stresscenter App - Now access the Attacking Anxiety & Depression program anywhere, anytime with the new Stresscenter app! The complete version of this new app provides the complete AA&D program in a paperless form, along with new benefits and features including:
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Stresscenter App - Download on the Apple App Store. (Android version coming soon).
What a year it's been! We have all experienced up and downs and high and lows throughout this rather unusual year. It's been a year of staying at home, finding out whether or not you like to bake, zoom calls, cutting your own bangs and more.
But it is time to look ahead to the new year and leave 2020 in the dust. What are your goals for the year? Do you have any New Year's resolutions? Many people do not believe in making them, whereas others feel the new year is a perfect time for a fresh start.
Here are some of the most common New Year's resolutions:
1. Lose weight
2. Get healthy/eat healthier, take better care of yourself
3. Give up a bad habit/smoking, drinking, negative people in your life
4. Get out of debt, be more financially responsible
5. Give back/do something for others; do something that makes a difference
Are any of these on your list this year? If so, you should check out Stresscenter's program: The Solution.
In our shorter 5 day program, The Solution, we have created a total plan for a New You for the New Year that covers all these resolutions, and more. But due to limited time and space here, I am going to choose one topic that I believe is “core” to following through on any desire to change and improve yourself or your life.
Before you can change you must understand why you keep doing things the way you’ve always done them, and getting undesirable results. This is related to (ironically) your “Core Story” experience. Your core story experience defines you and your belief system which will affect who you are, what decisions you make, the confidence you have, even the type of person you date or marry. I ask you to go through a core story evaluation. This helps you define your core story experience and will show you how to turn it into something positive and “use it” in your favor.
For example, maybe you grew up in a family where health and nutrition weren’t important, so now you make bad diet and exercise choices so you are overweight and unhealthy. You can blame your bad health on your family experience or, you can use your past to motivate you to eat healthy, exercise, and break that chain of bad behavior, so you don’t pass it on to your own children.
When you understand your core story, you will understand that much of your reactions, responses, and attitudes to difficult situations are “re-active” as a result of your core story.
To claim your own copy of The Solution, visit Stresscenter.com
Cheers and here is to a fabulous new year!!!
With everything going on in the world right now, it is easy to get overwhelmed, anxious and stressed out. This can take an emotional toll, leaving many people looking for outlets to relieve their anxiety.
If you are looking for a quick pick me up, consider checking out our Instagram highlights. These highlighs are located at the top of the Instagram feed page.
The highlights are shortened versions of sessions 1-15 from our popular Attacking Anxiety and Depression Program. They are available to you anytime you need a lesson reminder or an uplifting thought. Session topics include how to control panic, dealing with obsessive thoughts, breathing techniques, getting healthy and much more.
We also suggest checking out the "Feel Better" feature on Stresscenter's premium new app. The "Feel Better" feature offers a new and improved take on the Attacking Anxiety and Depression program's "Carry Along Cards".
You'll "Feel Better" as you and reflect on each encouraging message you swipe through. You'll also get tips on how to better control anxiety and stress accompanied by peaceful and calming pictures.
Instagram: anxietydepressioncure
App: Stresscenter IOS App available now (Android coming soon).
Change your diet. Exercise. Feel good again. Take control of your life.
Have you ever noticed how hyperactive you feel after eating sugar, drinking cola or coffee? Or how you feel tired, drained, and non-energetic after eating certain types of heavy foods?
Diet, nutrition and exercise play a very important role in dealing with anxiety, stress and depression. What you eat affects the way you feel emotionally and physically. Here are some diet and nutrition recommendations:
You will do much better handling anxiety, stress, scary thoughts, depression, tiredness, nervousness, lack of self-esteem, almost everything, if you start an exercise program. There is a right one for you. Here are some questions to consider:
Still wondering how healthy you habits are? Take our quiz:
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What is fear of failure? Basically, it is the fear of self-hate and self-rejection.
It stems from a strong need for total acceptance from self and from others. Total acceptance from others is something we may never achieve. We have no control over how others see us, how others judge us. We set up a no-win situation. When we fail, we feel disgraced, embarrassed, depressed and unworthy of respect.
Fear of failure is fear of rejection. It results in decisions designed to prevent the possibility of failure and rejection – decisions that result in jobs never taken, relationships never started, opportunities left unchallenged, promotions never asked for, chances never taken and independence never achieved.
A person with a healthy self-esteem, who has managed to find success in life, has experienced many failures along the way. The key is to fail successfully, to understand that falling short is always a possibility and to recognize that it is part of the life process.
That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. It means you should keep trying until you get it right. So what if it takes you a little longer than the next person? So what if you experience a few bruises along the way?
The only way to get comfortable with the possibility of failure and rejection is to expose yourself to it. By taking chances and allowing yourself to be rejected, you will come to realize that while your pride may be temporarily shaken, your real self remains unchanged. You are still that same person with the same talents and abilities. No one can change that.
Permitting the experience of rejection and failure - and gradually becoming less and less affected by it, is extremely freeing. You are then able to knock on any door, to try new experiences, to accept a challenge and to make exciting, life-fulfilling decisions. Your decisions will be made out of desire, not fear.
You expect the best from yourself. You want to look good, feel good, and be good at all times. You want to do everything well. You want to be treated the way you deserve to be treated, with kindness and respect.
You expect all the people in your life to be honest and sincere. You expect life to be fair. You expect good things to happen to good people and bad people to be punished. Right?
Sorry, the world isn’t perfect and neither are you. All too often, people who suffer from anxiety have unrealistic expectations. You can’t possibly be in control of everything at all times so you can’t always achieve exactly what you want. Things aren’t always fair and nothing is perfect. On a logical level this is easy to accept. On an emotional level however, we tend to forget about this.
So much of our anxiety is caused by not being able to live up to our own expectations, feeling that we should be able to do things that are either impossible or unrealistic. Yes, it’s important to set goals and go after them. But even when you give 100% things don’t always work out. And when things don’t happen we get discouraged. We think life isn’t fair and we want to give up.
Stop ‘shoulding’ on yourself. The best things in life don’t come quickly or easily. Instead of giving up when your expectations aren’t immediately met, this is the time to give it all you’ve got!
Success is likely just around the corner.
Where does it all start? What causes a panic attack?
Nothing on the outside causes your panic. That is an inside job. You cause it. Let me explain.
It all starts between your ears, even on a subconscious level, with negative internal dialogue. You begin by obsessively anticipating something in the past or future. For example, “What if I get into the car with my friends tomorrow and I need to get out? What if I can’t catch my breath? What if I do or say something stupid? What if I embarrass myself? What if they won’t stop the car? What’s wrong with me? Am I going crazy?”
Frightening messages like these send signals to your brain, “It’s time to respond, we’re in danger here!” The adrenaline response is triggered, releasing a flood of cortisol, sodium lactate, and adrenaline into your system. And now you begin to experience physical symptoms. Your heart pounds. Your chest gets tight. You begin to breathe out of rhythm. You begin shaking. A spacey feeling of confusion clouds your head.
Now your mind turns inward out of control. Your thoughts are spinning in a cyclone of fear. “This is it. I’m in deep trouble now. What if I have a heart attack? What if I die?”
The road to a panic attack always begins with negative internal dialogue. The way home is the path of acceptance, trust, and change in perception. In this weeks’ session, you’re learning the six-steps to put an end to panic attacks. You will learn to face this head on, let yourself float through it, using your new skills. You will discover that when you no longer allow it to frighten you, you’ll see it can’t hurt you. There is no need to run.
You are your safe place and your safe person.
Anger is a tough one. Those of us who are anxiety-prone are afraid that if we admit to our anger, nobody will like us. But a great deal of anxiety results from built-up hostility. When we are too afraid to say something that we need to say, we’re setting ourselves up for problems.
At the same time, highly sensitive people like us tend to be easily irritated. We tend to overreact to the various frustrations and disappointments that are a normal part of life.
If you find yourself getting angry standing in line at the post office or waiting in a traffic jam, don’t do it to yourself. It’s a waste of time. Life is too short. The over-reactive personality type has been linked to heart disease, strokes, and various other illnesses and complications. Don’t be an over-reactor.
When you’re angry, try to consider what you REALLY want to happen as a result of expressing your feelings. Do you want someone else to understand that you’re hurt and you need to discuss an issue? Do you want to resolve a problem or do you just want to make someone else feel bad too? If so why? Isn’t that nonproductive?
We also tend to get angry over situations in which we have no control. You can’t make the checkout line move any faster, so it’s stupid and pointless to get angry about having to wait in line. Think about it, wouldn’t it be better to redirect your energy (i.e. practice healthy self-talk) instead of spending your time stewing in your own juices?
You are entitled to your anger; anger is not ‘bad.’ But it’s time to discover how to use it in a productive, healthy way. As you practice this session and evolve over the next few weeks, I think you will begin to see that there are really very few things worth the price you pay when you choose to be angry. And remember – you choose!
Take a look at your sleep attitude. This is closely tied to your inner dialog. Have you ever asked yourself how you feel about not sleeping? Most people look at the symptom (insomnia) and miss the underlying cause (attitude). Provided you do not have a physical reason for your insomnia, it may help to take a look at your mind-set regarding sleep.
Self - hate
Do you find you like yourself when you sleep well and hate yourself when you sleep poorly? Do you blame yourself for your insomnia? Listen to your dialog. Do you say, "Why am I up again tonight? When am I going to learn how to get to bed on time? There must be something wrong with me because I cannot sleep." Practice feeling good about yourself whether you sleep well or not.
Guilt
Are any of these fears or lies keeping you awake?
I haven't worked hard enough today to deserve a good night's sleep
Not sleeping is a sign of how much I care
I must stay alert so nothing bad happens
If I make myself tired enough, I will eventually go to sleep
Self-discipline
There is a time to eat, a time to work, a time to party and a time to sleep! Don't miss your opportunity; you may not be able to make it up. Maybe you can't sleep, but you can retrain your state of mind each night for quiet thoughts. Get in the habit of going through the motions. Eventually your mind and body will get the idea.
Appreciation
Are you thankful for the small amount of sleep you did get? Or are you focused on how well you could have slept or how well you have slept in the past? Good sleep is created anew each night on a bed of peaceful thoughts. If you stuff your mattress with discontent, you are creating the wrong atmosphere. Be honest about how much sleep you get. Keep a journal. Don't build on the lie that, "I didn't get one wink of sleep last night!" when actually you did get a few good winks. Exaggerating will not get you the results you want.
Secondary Gains
What are you getting from not sleeping? Could it be that you cannot take on more responsibility at work or home if you are too tired? Does it keep you from success? Does it keep you in a funk so you don't have to make any big (or small) decisions until you are "better rested?" What purpose is your sleeplessness serving?
Spiritual Health
Train your mind to let go of the events of the day to a higher power. Pray. Meditate. Listen to relaxing words or music. Sing yourself a lullaby. This is your time to renew yourself for another day. Let go and Let God!
Association
Associate your sleep time with something pleasant and desirable. If you have had time to develop unpleasant memories of sleepless nights, you will now want to reinstate the joy of sleeping. Remember how good it feels to stretch out and unwind. Put a mint on the pillow. Think of the best night you ever had sleeping. Put a thought in your mind that when you see your place of rest you will automatically be overjoyed to be there. Laugh out loud. Be silly. Tuck you inner child into bed with a big hug. Look forward to the adventure in dreams. Even frightening dreams can be venturesome. Be bold. Dare to Dream!
Certainly there is more to a first-rate SLEEP ATTITUDE than I have room here to write. Keep investigating your outlook on sleep. Sleep is natural. Sleep is healthy. Sleep is essential. You deserve a good night's rest. Dream on!
Fun Fact About Quinoa
The origins of quinoa date back thousands of years ago when the Incas first realized that the seed was fit for human consumption. Incas called quinoa “the mother of grains” and revered quinoa as a sacred food and plant. For them it was as valuable as “gold.”
Quinoa was one of the best kept secrets, but is now widely known for its unique nutritional characteristics. It is very high in fiber, packed with protein including all nine of the essential amino acids. Quinoa is naturally gluten-free, non-GMO, has no artificial flavors, no added preservatives, is kosher, vegan and not to mention, DELICIOUS!
Why Quinoa is a Superfood
Quinoa has a TON of health benefits. Here are just a few:
If you have not already guessed by now, our favorite superfood is definitely quinoa! If you are looking for the freshest most flavorful recommendation, we suggest checking out Mamma Quinoa.
Mamma Quinoa
“Sweet Quinoa” only grows high in the mountains of Ecuador. Only there will you find the perfect combination of sun and elevation to grow a quinoa that is as sweet as it is hardy. This leaves you with a less processed quinoa that is tastier, and still full of protein and natural aminos. Mamma quinoa is dry polished with air instead of left soaking in water.
Mamma Quinoa’s track record, experience, and passion for the grain are truly unparalleled in their region. They have a process that separates each and every quinoa grain within a 5% color deviation, ensuring the true flavor of each strain. Highly sophisticated, this process lends itself to a more consistent, nutritious quinoa, suitable for cooking like rice.
What's for Dinner?
So are you still wondering what you should make for dinner tonight? How about spicy garlic shrimp with quinoa, quinoa stuffed peppers, or a healthy quinoa salad? If you haven't already added quinoa to your diet, you definitely should!
Be sure to check out Mamma Quinoa’s range of delicious quinoa here:
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Are you a perfectionist? The definition of a perfectionist is a person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfection. But what does that really mean? How do you know if you are a perfectionist or just someone who is highly motivated to do their best?
Many perceive a perfectionist as being the straight A student of the class or the overachieving co-worker. To an outsider looking in, it may appear that a perfectionist is simply someone who is "striving for greatness" or "detail oriented". After all, isn't striving for perfection a good thing?
The problem with perfectionism is that perfectionists actually tend to achieve less and stress more than just a regular high achiever. Because they are always striving for perfection, anything less is a perceived failure, leading to stress, anxiety, and depression.
Here are some of the most common traits of a perfectionist:
We have added something special to Stresscenter! And this one is for the kids!
"Teeny, Tiny, Meeny, Miny. Lucy was the smallest dog, the underdog of the litter. She'd sit sadly on the sidelines and wish she were a bit bigger".
Little Lucy Big Race teaches kids they can overcome any hurdle no matter what obstacles stand in their way. This timeless story teaches invaluable lessons that will stick with them for years to come.
Written by Matt Roloff, the star of TLC's hit reality show "Little People, Big World," Little Lucy, Big Race shares that we all have potential and are special in our own little way.
In 2016, Roloff underwent major spinal surgery. During his recovery in the hospital, he was inspired to write a children's book about hope and overcoming adversity. With time on his hands and after a great deal of personal reflection, Roloff was reminded of his childhood spent in hospitals and how important faith, encouragement, positivity, and hope were to him at that time. He was further inspired by the exciting news that he would soon become a grandfather. Roloff's little dog, Lucy, was the perfect character to bring his story to life.
Little Lucy, Big Race is based on Lucy, Matt's energetic, fun-loving dog who was adopted and born the smallest of her litter. True to the story, Lucy started off shy and has since come out of her shell loving the freedom of wide open spaces. Despite her small size, little Lucy continues to be the fastest critter on the farm. Her story will inspire readers of all ages!
For more than a decade, Matt and his family have entertained millions of fans all over the world through "Little People, Big World." His inspiring and motivating spirit are evident on every page of this heartfelt book.
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]]>Almost everyone has dark thoughts when his or her mood is bad. With depression, though, the thoughts can be extremely negative. They can also take over and distort your view of reality.
Cognitive therapy can be an effective way to defuse those thoughts. When used for depression, cognitive therapy provides a mental tool kit that can be used to challenge negative thoughts. Over the long term, cognitive therapy for depression can change the way a depressed person sees the world.
Studies have shown that cognitive therapy works at least as well as antidepressants in helping people with mild to moderate depression. Treatment with medication and/or psychotherapy can shorten depression's course and can help reduce symptoms such as fatigue and poor self-esteem that accompany depression.
Cognitive therapy was developed in the 1960s as an alternative way to treat depression, says Judith S. Beck, PhD. Beck is director of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research located just outside Philadelphia. She tells WebMD that the principle underlying cognitive therapy is "thoughts influence moods."
According to cognitive therapists, depression is maintained by constant negative thoughts. These thoughts are known as automatic thoughts. That means they occur without a conscious effort. For example, a depressed person might have automatic thoughts like these:
"I always fail at everything."
"I'm the world's worst mother."
"I am doomed to be unhappy."
Beck says automatic thoughts "may have a grain of truth. But," she adds, "the depressed person distorts or exaggerates the reality of the situation." This negative distortion helps fuel the depression.
With cognitive therapy, a person learns to recognize and correct negative automatic thoughts. Over time, the depressed person will be able to discover and correct deeply held but false beliefs that contribute to the depression.
"It's not the power of positive thinking," Beck says. "It's the power of realistic thinking. People find that when they think more realistically, they usually feel better."
Stresscenter.com's Attacking Anxiety & Depression program was developed by Lucinda Bassett, and Dr. Philip Fisher, MD, who leveraged the skills, methods and techniques of Cognitive Behavioral Modification as the core of the self-treatment process. Since 1983, the program has helped over 1.4 million people to recover from acute stress, anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive worry, and depression.
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