Creative Success Depends on Long View
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How I Manage The Stress Of Making The Right Business Decisions
I have struggled with fear and anxiety for over 20 years.
I will always deal with these issues in my life, however, the most difficult part of managing my book is making the right business decisions.
Most of my friends and relatives are not [...]
How Entrepreneurs Can Deal With The Fear Of Failure
Many successful entrepreneurs deal with the hidden fear of failure.
I manage most of my business responsibilities of my book. Here are some suggestions I try to use to my manage the fear of failure in business.
The first thing I and many entrepreneurs [...]
Bullying: As Bad As Domestic Violence
The issue of bullying is all over the news and internet.
This is far more damaging than the bullying of the past, with social media, texting, sexting and all the other current ways that kids can hurt other kids. Because children of violent homes [...]
How I Took Care Of My Pets And My Mental Health Issues
I have struggled with fear and anxiety for over 20 years.
There were some weeks I really struggled in doing my daily routines. As an animal lover, I also have some pets and I always worried what would happen to my pets if my mental health got [...]
How I Broke The Vicious Cycle Of Worry And Fear
Taking Exams was the toughest part of being a student at Penn State.
Each exam was 35% of your final grade at the end of the semester. This means that if you messed up on one exam you would be lucky if you passed the entire class. If you failed [...]
Why I Didn’t Turn To Drugs And Alcohol To Take Away My Fears
I struggled with fear, anxiety, and stress for over 20 years.
There were many times I felt like giving up because my fears and anxieties were stronger than what I could handle. It was difficult getting through a normal day and there were times [...]
“Dog Gone” Amazing!
“Who let the dog out?”
Whoever did, thank you! These days, more and more people are advocating for, concerned about, and loving their dogs. Our canine babies are quickly gaining very special status among pet owners and doing such [...]
An Important Lesson I Learned About Peer Pressure
It was difficult for me to deal with my fears and anxieties and the peer pressure from my friends.
Dealing with fear and anxiety on a regular basis was very difficult let alone trying to live up to my expectations from people I knew. I realized [...]
When A Loved One Struggles With Fear, Anxiety, And Addiction
It can be very tough when a loved one is struggling with fear, anxiety, and addiction.
The person who is struggling has their life spiraling out of control while family members watch helplessly in anguish. I struggled with fear and anxiety [...]
When Patience Is The Only Choice…
What do you do?
What do you do when all the avenues that you might like to travel down, to take action about in order to resolve a problem or further a goal, are blocked? How do you handle this type of frustration internally, especially after [...]
Invisible Impairments of ADHD
We have traveled a distance along this journey of ADHD.
Many more people are diagnosed and treated. So many parents of diagnosed kids are now being diagnosed as they learn about the genetic nature of ADHD and realize that they, too, have always [...]
How I Managed My Fearful And Negative Thoughts
I’ve had my share of dealing with fearful and negative thoughts in both my career and personal life.
The first thing I learned was to replace my negative thoughts with positive statements. For example, I would have a difficult time in [...]
If They Only Knew
My experiences managing fear.
I was eighteen and I was going to the main campus at Penn State to start college. I really wanted to go to Penn State however the odds of me succeeding were against me. First, I knew that it was very hard for a [...]
I’m CRAZY! Can You Help Me Now?
A very disturbing, yet relevant article was in the New Jersey Star-Ledger* recently.
Front page, in fact! I’m very glad about this! More and more, health care insurance companies are being exposed for the non-medical, organized criminals [...]
Why You Shouldn’t Lose Hope In Dealing With Your Fears And Depression
I struggled with fear and anxiety for over 20 years and there many times I felt like giving up.
There were times I was at the end of my rope and I did not know what to do. There were times that my fears, anxieties, and depression were so much [...]
How I Dealt With People Who Did Not Understand My Mental Health Issues
Friends and professionals.
Throughout my 20 years of personal experience in dealing with fear and anxiety, I had a challenging time in getting my friends to understand my issues with fear, stress, and anxiety.
Most of my friends and relatives [...]
The Only Conversation: Planting Yourself In The Present Moment
We are always having conversations, most of the time, with ourselves.
Although we have a deep need to speak and be heard, there are few who can really listen and actually hear. Even fewer know how to speak their truth in a way that is uplifting [...]
Convincing A Person To Get Help For Their Mental Health Issues
Getting help.
When I began my struggle with fear and anxiety, the first thing I did was to seek help from a mental health professional. I realized that in order to deal with my fears effectively, I had to educate myself on the techniques that [...]
How I Dealt With My Persistent Fears & Anxieties
As the author of a book on managing fear, I have struggled with fear, anxiety, and stress for over 20 years.
During this time, I have talked to various professionals in the counseling fields, read many books, and researched many ways on how [...]
Is Gun Control An Answer?
Will gun control be the answer to our societal problems?
Here is one voice checking in on the issue.
I don’t think that choice will, in and of itself, solve the problem. Just as the “war on drugs” won’t solve the problems of drug addiction, [...]
We Need to “Disarm” Insurance Companies!
The true culprit.
We have heard and read “ad nauseum” about gun control, mental health, parenting, who is responsible for such tragedies as the Newtown, CT shootings, blame, blame, blame. This is insanity. Video games, The [...]
The Video Game Dilemma
Video games and isolation.
As the families and nation begin the long mourning process of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, we learn more about the killer…I write this in no way to glorify that person, but to educate people as [...]
Sandy Hook Massacre, Another Demand for Social Change!
A senseless tragedy.
Nothing is more sad, horrific, senseless and devestating as what happed on Decemebr 14th at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
What in the world causes a 20 year old man to go on a rampage where 20 children [...]
How Far Does “Blue Blood” Go Today?
This has to be the saddest, most obscene tragedy on many, many levels, that the modern world has ever known!
Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse caring for Prince William’s wife, Catherine, treating her morning sickness, received a prank phone [...]
PMS is a Mental Disorder?
The DSM-5* is proposing that premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a mental disorder.
I guess that means that as of May 2013 when this is published, half the population will be classified as disabled by virtue of their gender. Hm…
As a woman [...]
Rocky Mountain High-er
Amendment 64 was passed in Colorado this week, legalizing the recreational use of marijuana.
“Wow man!! That’s so so cool!” Many people are celebrating this event while others shake their heads in disbelief. Production [...]
The “ABC’s of College Binge Drinking” (Alcohol Binge-Drinking Consequences)
There is BRAND NEW RESEARCH that “proves” college students who “Binge Drink” report being “happier” than those who don’t! HAPPIER???
Yes! This is what has been reported by Carolyn Hsu to Time.com! The “studies” are supporting [...]
Is Your Teen At-Risk for Suicide?
Are we paying enough attention to our children?
It’s been said that “The best thing you can spend on your children is time,” and according to a recent study by Janice Wood (2012) in How to Recognize Teens at Risk for Self-Harm, this appears [...]
How Old Are You… No, Really?
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?” Satchel Paige
We all get reminded at least once a year how old we are in chronological years. Yet, is this really the way to measure?
There is a theory that we get stopped emotionally [...]
It’s Only Pot! What’s The Big Deal?
Should we be in favor of a “greener world?”
This has been the Battle Cry of “Stoners,” “Burn-Outs,” “Pot Heads” and all those who partake in the smoking of marijuana for ages! “It’s natural man! How bad can it [...]
Sometimes… Big Girls Do Cry
What? You didn’t renew my domain name! What?
It will cost how much? What? My car is leaking oil?
What? The garage door won’t open? What? I need a crown on my tooth? What? The plane has been delayed? What? The Skype won’t [...]
This Makes Me So Mad, The Dangers Of Mismanaged Anger
Many of us are quite skillful in the art of “Ruminating.”
Well, that’s actually false. Rumination isn’t an art as much as it is a burden, yet, we practice it all of the time! Picture this, you walk in the door from [...]
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