Anxiety sucks. Pushy and distracting, it weaves its way into your mind and gets in the way of your life. Everyday discomfort feels dangerous and disquieting. Your thinking is less focused, your experiences less joyful, your world less secure, and your relationships less fulfilled. Living is interrupted too often as your thoughts race from one worry, fear, or panicked response to another. Some people live with general anxiety that just never...

Games are supposed to be fun. Today’s technology keeps you climbing levels, rescuing captives, and creating worlds for as long as you can stare at the brightly colored screen and grip the controller. But lately, it may seem that all that’s being controlled is you. Games aren’t supposed to steal your time and wreck your relationships. They aren’t supposed to use your imagination and their mind numbing graphics to draw you away from reality and...

How do you feel about Facebook? Honestly? Does the blue background and the white logo emblazoned across the screen excite you? Is that lower case “f” widget calling to you again and again from a minimized screen on your desktop at work? Do your spouse and kids groan every time you pick up your smartphone? Yes? Well then, Facebook is probably a bit too important to you. Here are some ways to start dealing with that. Admit it, you love...

Addiction is a disease of uncontrollable need. The cravings rule. Drugs, alcohol, illicit sexual activity, gambling, or whatever an addict craves, simply smothers thoughts of other people and their needs. A life driven by addiction is characterized by dishonesty and destructive behavior that far outweighs any capacity to be other-oriented. No person, goal, value, or emotion overrides the pursuit of the high. Addiction kills understanding. It...

What do you know about “brainspotting”? It sounds like a serious problem, or maybe even a disease, but it’s actually a highly effective, research-based treatment solution for many people in psychological and physiological pain. Brainspotting is a relatively new treatment and one of the fastest growing mental health developments of its kind. After serving his clients with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy for some...