by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 18, 2022 | Uncategorized |
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting around 40 million adults. The effects of anxiety spill over into every crevice of life, and perhaps one of the hardest...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorized |
Yoga benefits your emotional and mental health in a number of ways. First, it moves you from the sympathetic nervous system to the parasympathetic nervous system, or from flight-or-flight to rest-and-digest. You typically have less anxiety and enter a more relaxed...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Jun 18, 2019 | Uncategorized |
There are five stages of sleep during the sleep cycle. Sleep stages occur in cycles lasting 90 to 120 minutes each. Four to five cycles occur during a typical night of sleep. Shifting of stages occurs over the course of the night, typically with an increased...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | May 21, 2019 | Uncategorized |
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) sufferers are often overly concerned about health issues, money, family problems or difficulties on the job. They can have negative, fearful thoughts about the future or suffer excessive guilt about some past event. These concerns...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Oct 18, 2018 | Men, Women
It wasn’t long ago that Americans took regular vacations and looked forward to them. Summer sojourns were very common — road trips, in particular. Swarms of families would take long driving excursions to the Grand Canyon, the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and Yosemite....
