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February 5, 2016

Downsize Your Worries

Do you ever have worries pressing on you? Do they seem to ‘super-size’ or grow in intensity as the day wears on, until you feel like a dark cloud is hanging over you? Worries have a way of taking on a life of their own in our minds. When worry brings on a panicky feeling, […]

Categories: Mind and Body
Tags: anxiety, mindfulness, stress, worry

December 1, 2015

Change is. . . What you make of it.

All around us, we experience change. I change, you change. The seasons change, the scenery changes, jobs change, the ideas we have and our very attitudes in life change. The real question is: How do we handle the change? When we are deliberate in change, we actively plan and then follow through with action. But […]

WRITTEN BY: Shawn M. Ochs

REVIEWED BY: Lisa Siciliano-Miller

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • MS Word Clip Art

SOURCES:

  • Charles Darwin
  • Leahy, R.L. (2006). The Worry Cure. CA: Thee Rivers Press

REFERENCES:

  • Thomas, B. (2010). Powered By Happy. Naperville, Il: Sourcebooks

Categories: Family and Relationships
Tags: behavior change, family, family activities, goal setting, relationships, stress, worry

September 11, 2015

Don’t ‘Awful-ize’ It!

I learned a new word from a participant this week in my Mindful Extension class. “Awful-ize.” It means to imagine the worst possible outcome, or to make something out to be as bad as it could possibly be. Making a mountain out of a molehill. Since that sounded like something I sometimes do, I thought […]

WRITTEN BY: Shannon Carter, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fairfield County.

REVIEWED BY: Melinda Hill, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Wayne County

SOURCES:

  • http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/view/18074/minding-the-body-mending-the-mind
  • http://psychcentral.com/lib/what-is-catastrophizing/
  • http://www.helpguide.org/articles/anxiety/how-to-stop-worrying.htm

Categories: Mind and Body
Tags: anxiety, awfulize, mindfulness, worry

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