Category: Anxiety

• Stop Catastrophic Thinking in Its Tracks

  

  Worried about worst-case scenarios? Swat catastrophic thinking on the nose and stop it in its tracks. Live with calm, courage, and confidence!

  Scott Kahler, PhD, LMFT, CPC

  Anxiety

  Anxiety, Anxious thinking, Catastrophic thinking, Catastrophizing, The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

• Paint the Elephant: Daring to Enjoy the Holidays

  

  “Paint the elephant.” Allow yourself to make mistakes, to get things wrong, and yet … to have a grand time anyway.

  Laurie Budlong-Morse

  Anxiety, Guest Author, Perception

  Anxious thinking, Attention, Big Magic, Calm, Elizabeth Gilbert, Holidays, Outcome, Perception, Process, Self-help

• The Gift of Anxiety

  

  We usually think about anxiety as a burden. What if we were able to think about it as a gift? What would this shift in thought help make possible for us?

  Scott Kahler, PhD, LMFT, CPC

  Anxiety, Perspective

  Anxiety, Calm, Christmas, Confidence, Courage, Growth, Healing, Holiday season, Perspective, Thoughts

• Got Angst? Give Thanks!

  

  Struggling with anxiety? Feeling stressed? Think Thanksgiving all year round, and shift your perspective through practicing gratitude.

  Scott Kahler, PhD, LMFT, CPC

  Anxiety, Gratitude, Perspective, Podcast Episode

  Angst, Anxiety, Attention, Calm, Cognitive behavioral approach, Confidence, Gratitude, Perspective, Selective attention and memory, Thanksgiving

• What’s Limiting You?

  

  How is the way that you are seeing things influencing what is possible for you? What are other thoughts and beliefs that would be more helpful?

  Scott Kahler, PhD, LMFT, CPC

  Anxiety, Energy Blocks, Perception

  Anabolic energy, Anxiety, Bruce D. Schneider, Catabolic energy, Cognitive behavioral approach, Energy blocks, Limiting beliefs, Orison Swett Marden, Perception, Roger Bannister

• Worries Dancing with the Wind

  

  What if we thought about our worries as parts of us that might want a different role in our lives? They work very hard, and are likely ready for something new.

  Scott Kahler, PhD, LMFT, CPC

  Anxiety, Perspective

  Anxiety, Calm, Confidence, Courage, May Sarton, Parts, Perspective, Well-being, Worries, Worry, Worrying

• Beauty in the Cracks

  

  I wonder how different our lives would be if we saw beauty, rather than imperfection and brokenness, in more of the “cracks” in the world around us.

  Scott Kahler, PhD, LMFT, CPC

  Anxiety, Perception, Perspective, Podcast Episode

  Anxiety, Beauty, Brokenness, Fear, Imperfection, Judgment, Kintsugi, Kintsukuroi, Leonard Cohen, Perception, Perspective