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...

How anxious are you right now? Are you anxious most of the time? All of the time? Did you sleep well last night? Or were you unable to shut off your worrisome thoughts? Does it feel like you are constantly on edge or pushed into overwhelm by the slightest upset? Anxiety is fine when it performs the way it is meant to: as a life preserver, an alarm bell, or wise internal advice to fight or flee. But your anxiety is controlling much more than...

Does giving the toast at a wedding cause you hives, weeks before you’re slated to give it? Does your pulse race at the thought of cocktail hours, high school reunions, or even stopping in at an unfamiliar grocery store? If you’re frustrated by being labeled timid, skittish, introverted, or insecure, now is the time to make changes that will help you overcome social anxiety and connect to the world again. Nearly 15 million adults in this country...

When you know you’re addicted, it seems to eclipse everything. You miss so much. You miss the family and friends you used to value. The goals you used to strive for. The dreams you used to dream. The thing you crave is the only thing you want. The one need you have to meet. The wound you have to heal before you can do anything else. At least that’s how you feel. But underneath the addiction you know you’re fighting, there may be more going on....

Four ways to find relief It seemed like a way to cope with the fear. A shot, a hit, or a long drag of something numbing and mind altering. To provide some escape from constant worries and sleepless nights. More clicks on more websites, more porn, more sex. To find relief from the worst-case scenarios around every corner and the panic in your chest. It all seemed like a ticket to a ride far away from the anxiety that you just couldn’t shake. But...