by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Jul 11, 2019 | Depression, Happiness, Joy, Love, Stress Management |
Choose Joy Daily: Small Moments, Lasting Happiness. Joy, laughter, and play stimulate the release of feel good hormones in our body. It shuts down cortisol, adrenaline, and other health deteriorating processes in the body. S. Lewis saw clear distinction between joy,...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Jun 18, 2019 | Sleep, Stress Management |
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 San Jose Counseling Therapist | May 21, 2019 | Anxiety Treatment, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Stress Management |
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 San Jose Counseling Therapist | Apr 21, 2019 | Anxiety Treatment, Stress Management |
Is it challenging for you to find time to relax without losing your drive? When in constant work mode, we can feel like a production machine, but we can also feel afraid to relax for fear of falling into a non-working rut. Nonstop working can work for a while, but it...
by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Mar 23, 2019 | Anxiety Treatment, Depression, Stress Management |
Weight is a marker of health, but it’s not the only one. While we know that excess weight is associated with certain health conditions, we don’t always know why. To that end, prescribing weight loss as a solution to mitigate health risks can often be ineffective and...
