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		<title>Anxiety Self Help &#8211; How to Make Anxiety Self Help Work in 5 Easy Steps?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you suffer from anxiety attacks, then you need to realize that anxiety self help is readily available. Sadly some people in our society attach a social stigma to anxiety and panic attacks. For this reason, a lot of anxiety sufferers are not too happy to share their problem with friends who might help or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you suffer from anxiety attacks, then you need to realize that anxiety self help is readily available. Sadly some people in our society attach a social stigma to anxiety and panic attacks. For this reason, a lot of anxiety sufferers are not too happy to share their problem with friends who might help or know somebody who could help. <br />&nbsp; <br />On the other hand, some people are natural introverts who may not want to share their problem with individuals they know but will possibly open up to other individuals who suffer from the same condition. <br />&nbsp; <br />For instance, such individuals are comfortable discussing their problem in an internet forum that caters for anxiety issues because you can choose to be anonymous in those mediums. By the way, there is nothing absolutely wrong with that as such forums could also be regarded as a stream of anxiety self help. <br />&nbsp; <br />However there are a few more potent anxiety self help that are available on the internet which you can take advantage of right from the comfort of your home without sharing if you don&#8217;t want to. The idea behind anxiety self help is you learn to deal with the cause(s) of the anxiety panic attack and more importantly apply the recommended solution(s). <br />&nbsp; <br />With time, you will begin to see changes, positive changes that is, and your life will gradually return to normal. You will be yourself again once you banish anxiety symptoms out of your life. <br />Anxiety self help is not particularly plain-sailing for the vast majority of anxiety sufferers. There are all sorts of reasons for this not least wrong product choice. <br />&nbsp; <br />Some people choose the right anxiety self help product though but for some obscure reason don&#8217;t get the desired result.  <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>So here are 5 easy steps to getting the most out of a good anxiety self help product</strong>. <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Step 1</strong>. Choose a proven product that has worked for people from all walks of life and different geographical locations. A product that is proven to banish anxiety in a cross-section of people will be most likely a good fit for you. <br />&nbsp; <br />If you think about it, if it has worked for thousands of people, the product would have been improved with time because users send feedback to the product developer and you don&#8217;t end up being the guinea pig. <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Step 2</strong>. Go through the anxiety self help product in a quiet room. If it is a manual, read it. If it is an audio product, listen to it. If it is a video, watch it. Please do this step in a secluded quiet room where there is no distraction whatsoever. <br />&nbsp; <br />After you have gone through it, give the product a break for that day and digest the information you have learned. This might be an obvious suggestion but the next step will tell you more. <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Step 3</strong>. &nbsp;Go through the product again the next day but this time around, get yourself a pen and paper and take copious notes. It is amazing how you will discover some info that you didn&#8217;t pick up on your first round of reading, listening or watching. Make notes of the recovery steps suggested. <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Step 4</strong>. Draw an action plan on how you are going to apply these recommended steps and be very practical. You have got to marry your plans with your lifestyle, your work and your family life. <br />&nbsp; <br />This where a lot of people fall flat on their face because they don&#8217;t do the necessary work-around practical planning. Once you got that sorted, start implementing the steps. <br />A good product should make it easy for you to plan your life around the steps recommended. <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Step 5</strong>. Evaluate your progress. If you are not making the desired progress, ask yourself where it is going wrong and possibly seek support from the product developer. A good anxiety self help product should have an email support for its customers because you more than likely will need some help at some point in your anxiety self help journey. <br />&nbsp; <br />Make the necessary adjustments and don&#8217;t hesitate to seek for more support if you need it. <br />&nbsp; <br />Follow these steps and you will give <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.how-to-find-happiness.org/panic-away.htm" target="_new">anxiety or panic attacks</a> the cold shoulder for good.</p>
<p>Joseph Amagada is a self help expert. He shares his knowledge and experience on his website where you can get free info on anxiety self help, personal growth.</p>
<p>Tom&#8217;s life was totally disrupted by anxiety and panic attacks for 3 years but he banished it in the shortest possible time using an anxiety self help product and following my outlined steps. Want to find out how? Read Tom&#8217;s story and watch the video here now at <a href="http://www.how-to-find-happiness.org/panic-away.htm" target="_new">http://www.how-to-find-happiness.org/panic-away.htm</a></p>
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		<title>Panic Attack Self Help &#8211; The Key Secret to Enable You to Take Back Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you suffer from frequent panic attacks? These attacks can take such a physical and emotional control on you. I suffered from having panic attacks and was medically diagnosed with an anxiety disorder in the late 1990&#8242;s. I know first hand the damage that these attacks cause to an individual. If you suffer from such [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you suffer from frequent panic attacks? These attacks can take  such a physical and emotional control on you. I suffered from having  panic attacks and was medically diagnosed with an anxiety disorder in  the late 1990&#8242;s. I know first hand the damage that these attacks cause  to an individual. If you suffer from such a condition, please be  pro-active. There is a key secret that will help you get back control of  your life.</p>
<p>Panic attack self help has become more popular in the  past few years. If you have experienced these attacks, please be aware  that treatment in the form of prescription medication is <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span> the  long term permanent answer. Pills will only treat the symptoms of these  attacks: pain in the stomach, your heart racing almost out of control,  dizziness, sweaty palms, and an inability to focus, as being some of the  symptoms. Yes, popping a pill in your mouth will slow down your heart  beat, or ease the pain in your stomach. However, any medication that you  take for your condition simply cannot get to the root cause of these  attacks. Pills cannot provide an answer as to <span style="text-decoration: underline;">why</span> you are having  panic attacks.</p>
<p>Getting rid of panic attacks forever starts with  learning how to deal with them in the present. It is possible to train  your mind to react in a certain way once a panic attack starts.  Eventually you will get to the point where you will never have these  attacks again. This will be done if you can learn to figure out the  trigger (or cause) for these attacks. Your trigger is most likely due to  the fact that you have irrational and illogical thoughts of an  imaginary event that has not taken place.</p>
<p>Your trigger could be  that you are afraid of driving in the dark by yourself. You are consumed  with the thought that you will get lost on your trip, be unable to find  your way home, (even though your car has an easy to understand global  navigation system), run out of gas, have a flat tire, and be carjacked  in the process of seeking directions to a filling station. Your mind  spirals out of control thinking about this situation to the point where  you become completely irrational. These thoughts then trigger yet  another panic attack taking place within your being.</p>
<p>Here is the  key secret to help you eventually eliminate attacks from happening in  your life. Train your mind to overcome panic attacks by embracing them  for what they are. Panic attacks are <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span> some life form that has  permanently taken control of your being. Some techniques that you can  use once you feel the onset of a panic attacks are slow breathing  exercises, (count backwards from 20 down to 1). Or, you could inhale  your breath up to a count of 5 slowly, and then exhale this breath out  to a count of 8. It is important that you regulate the breath as it  exhales all the way until the completion of your counting. Learn yoga  and meditation. Panic attacks also cause stress in the body, (as you  irrationally dwell on imaginary events). A great way to get rid of  stress would be to get involved in a physical exercise program. Take a  walk, or jog 4-5 times per week. Get a treadmill, a stationary bike, or  other form of exercise equipment. Not only does physical exercise  provide excellent benefits to your cardiovascular system. But, by  working up a sweat several times per week, you also release endorphins,  (the toxic chemicals that cause stress) from your body naturally.</p>
<p>As  you train your mind, realize that the panic attacks have no real <span style="text-decoration: underline;">control</span> over your life. The attack itself is based on a fantasy; your mind  irrationally fixating itself on imaginary events. Above all else, do not  sit around worrying about the next panic attack. That would be the  worst thing that you could do as it would allow your level of stress and  anxiety to reach such a level that such an attack would actually take  place. Instead of sitting around worrying about the future, (especially  another attack) focus and distract your mind towards a different task.  Do yoga, listen to soothing Classical music, read a comforting book,  ride your 18 speed road bicycle; do what it takes to allow your mind to  concentrate on something other than that irrational, imaginary thought  swirling around in your brain.</p>
<p>This condition that you might be suffering from presently is a  result of fear and worry over something imaginary in your mind. They&#8217;re  not the results of real events that have taken place in your life. <a href="http://curepanicattacks57.info/" target="_new">Panic attack self  help</a> is a great tool in that you learn what your fear is, and you  educate yourself to take back control of the negative, illogical, and  irrational thoughts that exist in your mind. Remember, a reliance on  prescription medication will not solve your problems. Learn to control  your attacks naturally. There is a great site which will provide you  with much more information for your condition. It is at: <a href="http://curepanicattacks57.info/" target="_new">http://curepanicattacks57.info</a>.  Remember, you do not have to go about it all by yourself. There is help  available.</p>
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		<title>Self Help Techniques to Deal With Panic Attacks</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a chronic worrier, you have come to the right place as this article will share with you some practical tips you can use to help yourself take any anxious situation or even panic attacks in your stride. Practice the tips regularly and they will prove to be useful in helping you to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are a chronic worrier, you have come to the right place as  this article will share with you some practical tips you can use to help  yourself take any anxious situation or even panic attacks in your  stride. Practice the tips regularly and they will prove to be useful in  helping you to remain calm and in control of your anxiety.</p>
<p>Identify  Your Symptoms</p>
<p>The self help techniques for panic attacks will be  more effective if you could start by identifying the symptoms or  triggers that cause your anxiety level to rise unexpectedly and lead to  panic attacks. Try your best to record down the events and feelings that  you were going through when panic attacks strike. The idea here is to  identify the chain of events so that you could find ways to cope when  they happen again.</p>
<p>Self Talk to Curb Panic Attacks</p>
<p>Chronic  worriers always have unnecessary negative thoughts or negative self talk  that can trigger anxiety and panic attack. If you are the type of  person who tends to put yourself down or never gives yourself the  benefit of the doubt, you&#8217;ll tend to trigger an unnecessary anxiety. It  would then lead to extensive worry or even depression. And the next  thing you know you&#8217;re having a panic attack; can&#8217;t do anything right and  feel hopeless.</p>
<p>Instead of beating yourself up, why not try to  talk yourself up? Tell yourself that things are going to be fine. In  fact, most of the things we worry about would never happen. Learn to  look on the bright side of life; learn to focus on the solutions instead  of problems.</p>
<p>Learn to Breathe Properly</p>
<p>Proper breathing can  help calm your mind and body. And it&#8217;s very easy to do; just put your  left hand on your stomach and start to breathe in slowly and deeply  through your nose, then out through your mouth. You will feel that your  hand moves in and out as your stomach expands and contracts slowly. As  you let your body takes in the oxygen it needs slowly and steadily, your  mind and body start to calm down.</p>
<p>When you become anxious, you&#8217;ll  notice that your breathing rate increases and you start to take short  breathes. This will make you feel panic and more anxious. By slowing  your breathing and concentrating on it, you will be able to control your  mind better and keep panic attack at bay.</p>
<p>Countdown from 100</p>
<p>Counting  down from 100 is another useful self help tips for panic attacks. The  idea is similar to the breathing technique. By counting down, you will  be able to focus on something other than those that make you feel  fearful and worry.</p>
<p>Learn to Relax</p>
<p>Closing your eyes and  picturing yourself in a faraway place that is peaceful and relaxing can  help calm your mind. Another relaxation technique is to focus on muscle  relaxation; close your eyes and focus on your arms, repeatedly tell them  to relax. Repeat the process by focusing on your legs and other parts  of your body.</p>
<p>If you practice these relaxation techniques often  enough; they will become your second nature and you will be able to use  them more naturally to calm your mind, slow your heart rate and  stabilize your blood pressure. These are just some of the self help tips  you can practice and use to combat panic attacks.</p>
<p>The Internet or online guide such as <a href="http://www.easestressnow.com/attacks/guide/" target="_new">Panic Attacks Guide</a> is a great place for you to learn and pick up some self help tips to  cope with anxiety and panic attacks. You can also download a FREE report  how to <a href="http://www.easestressnow.com/anxiety/" target="_new">stop  anxiety &amp; panic attacks</a> at our site. This report is packed with  tons of tips and practical techniques to deal with stress and panic  attacks.</p>
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		<title>Lose Weight Fast &#8211; Build Self-Confidence &amp; Develop Self-Esteem to Lose Weight Fast</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an easy way to lose weight fast, and that&#8217;s to build self-confidence &#38; develop self-esteem. you are probably wondering, &#8220;How can it be easy?&#8221; There are actually self-help skills, which are based on an ancient document, that work. The confidence-building methods helped me lose weight fast, and so they could do the same for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s an easy way to lose weight fast, and that&#8217;s to build  self-confidence &amp; develop self-esteem. you are probably wondering,  &#8220;How can it be easy?&#8221; There are actually self-help skills, which are  based on an ancient document, that work. The confidence-building methods  helped me lose weight fast, and so they could do the same for you.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll  tell you about it in this commentary, but first let&#8217;s talk about  packing on the pounds.</p>
<p>We often get too busy with day-to-day tasks  to fit in a few minutes for exercise. We don&#8217;t do enough, in those  mundane chores, to burn all the excess calories we get from fast food,  and junk food, that we eat.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s just so much easier to stop by  the burger-barn than it is to make a good &amp; wholesome meal choices,  which are low in calories. Besides that, who wants to exercise when you  can kick your feet up and watch TV?</p>
<p>So we don&#8217;t burn the calories  that we need to use, and; you guessed it, we gain weight. Our hips and  thighs get fat; and our bellies pop out to make it look like we drink a  whole lot of beer.</p>
<p>One day we start thinking about health risk;  like diabetes and heart disease, which are associated with obesity. So  we decide to go on a diet to try to lose weight fast.</p>
<p>But our  willpower melts, and we get back into the same old rut; but it&#8217;s even  worse than that. We start feeling guilty because we cheated on our diet,  which leads to eating more &#8220;comfort food;&#8221; like ice cream and cake.</p>
<p>And  guess what. We get fatter than before we started our diets.</p>
<p>I  have good news for you. There really is an easy way to lose weight fast  without the <em>guilt</em> associate with dieting.</p>
<p><strong>Build  Self-Confidence &amp; Develop Self-Esteem to Lose Weight Fast with  Self-help Skills</strong></p>
<p>Now let&#8217;s talk about self-help skills that  have confidence-building methods to develop self-esteem and build  self-confidence, which are bases on Aristotle Ethics, that can help you  lose weight fast.</p>
<p>The methods I&#8217;m speaking of are Easy-to-do; and  they really do work. They will help you build self-confidence to develop  self-esteem, which in turn will make it easier for you to lose weight  fast.</p>
<p>I know it works because I got pretty fat; and I lost over 10  pounds a month for 6 months. Not only that, but I&#8217;ve kept it off  without dieting or going to the gym.</p>
<p>The Aristotle Ethics&#8217;  confidence-building system is designed for you to change your thoughts  on the subconscious level, so making the right diet choices is easier.  That&#8217;s because you will be using the <em>Power</em> of your subconscious  mind without really having to think about it all the time; like you do  with dieting.</p>
<p><strong>Self-Help Skills and Confidence-Building</strong></p>
<p>The  confidence-building routine, which are self-help skills, make it easier  to <em>subconsciously</em> make the right choices.</p>
<p>And they are so  Easy-to-do that; well, you can actually perform the self-help skills  while you are in your underwear &amp; relaxing in a Lazy-boy; or even  while you are reclining on your bed.</p>
<p>It can help you overcome the  temptation to take shortcuts, which could be unhealthy&#8211;Or even  dangerous, and could actually cost you your life, over time.</p>
<p>You  don&#8217;t want to get hooked on a fad diet to lose weight fast, because of  the associated guilt factor. Many times dieting will encourage you to  continue to make unhealthy choices.</p>
<p>Use the <em>Power</em> of your  subconscious mind to lose weight fast. Develop that Power of your  subconscious mind. Use use a formula of self-help skills, which is  rooted in Aristotle Ethics; if you really want to lose weight fast and  keep it off.</p>
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		<title>Anxiety Natural Remedies &#8211; 7 Powerful Self Help Tips to Cure Anxiety</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Using anxiety natural remedies as an alternate form of treatment is  no doubt the safest way to curing anxiety without any side effects. The  best part of using <em>anxiety natural remedies</em> is that they can be  integrated into your everyday lives without you having the need to pay  regular visits to the medical establishments.</p>
<p>Here are 7 natural  remedies to counter anxiety that you can start using immediately:</p>
<p>Anxiety  Self Help Tips #1</p>
<p>Relax The Body &#8211; Aromatherapy can help relief  stress and ease your muscles. Essential oils that are good for anxiety  reliefs are: lavender, jasmine, rose, melissa, sandalwood and cypress.  You can easily get them from off the shelf.</p>
<p>Anxiety Self Help Tips  #2</p>
<p>Replenish Your Minerals &#8211; Minerals like magnesium and calcium  contributes to the proper functioning of your nervous system. They are  needed to ensure the proper running of the electrical signals from your  brain and also to support the transfer cell to cell information  respectively. In fact, these 2 minerals work hand in hand with each  other, ensuring proper tensing and contraction of your muscles. In other  words, they help in maintaining the proper health of your brain and  physical well being.</p>
<p>Anxiety Self Help Tips #3</p>
<p>Vitamins B  and C &#8211; The B vitamins, especially B6 and B12, ensures that your body  respond well towards stress. The C vitamins in turn, plays an important  role in regulating and maintaining your stress levels. Both of them also  contains anti-oxidants that will help in enhancing your stress coping  ability.</p>
<p>Anxiety Self Help Tips #4</p>
<p>Drink More Water &#8211; Of all  anxiety natural remedies, this is probably the simplest of them all.  Water is the flow of life and is essential for survival. Water not only  hydrates the body but also clears the toxins in them. In fact, a body  that is lack of water can induce stress and fatigue. Drinking at least 8  glasses of water a day helps to energise your body and reduce anxiety.</p>
<p>Anxiety  Self Help Tips #5</p>
<p>Connect With Life &#8211; The easiest way to stop  thinking about anxiety is not to think about it. Forcing yourself not to  think about it is not going to work. However, if you can find something  which you like doing, you will then be able to focus your time and  energy on that activity. When you focus your attention and enjoy what  you are doing, not only are you are relaxing your mind and body, you  unconsciously forget about your anxiety.</p>
<p>Anxiety Self Help Tips #6</p>
<p>Watch  What You Eat &#8211; Avoid food that induces stress and encourage anxiety.  These anxiety natural remedies are not going to work if you keep  &#8220;replenishing&#8221; the bad stuffs that you are trying to remove. For  example, coffee and alcohol. These drinks depletes your body of water.  Coffee also stimulates your nervous system, thereby increasing your  stress and anxiety level.</p>
<p>Anxiety Self Help Tips #7</p>
<p>Calm  Your Mind: Mind calming exercises can actually help reduce stress levels  and ease you of your worries. Some mind calming activities you can  engage in includes yoga and meditation. Both focuses on the breathing  techniques that helps to ease your body of tension and stress.</p>
<p>One  of the easiest anxiety natural remedies to calm your mind is an  exercise call &#8220;gratification&#8221;. Simply close your eyes and think about  the things that you are grateful for. This can be your friends, parents  or even the air you breathe. This simple exercise will help ease your  worries and relax your mind while appreciating all the wonderful things  around you.</p>
<p>A good source to learn how to cure anxiety is a book  by Dr Joe Barry. This is By Far, the best natural non-prescription  Self-Help techniques On Curing and Coping With Anxiety Attacks:</p>
<p>Check It Out <br /> <a href="http://www.cure-for-anxiety.com/" target="_new">http://www.cure-for-anxiety.com/</a></p>
<p>Leon  Tay is a 28 years old medical expert in the field of mental health. He  has been helping people with depression and anxiety for over 4 years. He  is also a market product reviewer and provides tips, articles, reviews  to help people cure their anxiety problems. You can visit his website  for more free information on how to effectively cure and cope with <a href="http://cure-anxiety-attacks-symptoms.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Anxiety  Attacks Symptoms</a></p>
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		<title>Self-Help, Self-Improvement and Personal Development &#8211; Why We Need to Refocus</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think of any fictional or mythological fantasy quest. By the end of the story, the heroes and heroines are usually changed in some way, transformed, improved. But it is rarely the finding of the mythological &#8216;quest item&#8217; that is responsible for this positive transformation. Rather, it is the many experiences the adventurers encounter along the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Think of any fictional or mythological fantasy quest. By the end of  the story, the heroes and heroines are usually changed in some way,  transformed, improved. But it is rarely the finding of the mythological  &#8216;quest item&#8217; that is responsible for this positive transformation.  Rather, it is the many experiences the adventurers encounter along the  way.</p>
<p>In other words, it is not the destination which improves  them, but the journey.</p>
<p>It is worth bearing this in mind when  considering the quest for self help, self improvement and personal  development. The search for self help products shouldn&#8217;t be perceived as  a means to an end, but as an experience in its own right. The journey  is as important (and, quite possibly, more important than) the  destination itself.</p>
<p>As we browse through the virtual shelves of  the online self help marketplace, we are, in a very real way, exploring  our own personalities, our strengths and our weaknesses. Too often, we  treat the search for self help products as an act of faith. We place our  faith in the hands of the guru of the hour, who claims he can improve  our lives in (typically) just seven days. When these products fail to  completely deliver on their generally outrageous claims, our faith is  often shattered.</p>
<p>The solution to this is to focus on the journey,  to focus on ourselves, and not put our faith in the hands of others.</p>
<p>This  isn&#8217;t to say, we should abandon self help products. Quite the opposite,  in fact. A journey needs a destination, after all. We should try  everything to improve and develop ourselves: self-hypnosis, the Law of  Attraction, binaural beats, Reality Creation, Manifesting, Affirmations,  Cosmic Ordering&#8230; everything. And we should take something away from  each product, from each experience, from each little adventure we  encounter along the way on our incredible voyage of self improvement.  And, like the heroes and heroines of a fantastical quest, we&#8217;ll find  ourselves transformed by the journey itself.</p>
<p>For the <a href="http://www.1personalcare.com/" target="_new">best  self help</a> books, audio and downloads, visit The Happiness  Superstore, the <a href="http://www.1personalcare.com/" target="_new">best  self help</a> store on the web!</p>
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		<title>3 Self-Help Tips For Coping With Anxiety Attacks</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you have finished reading this article you will know 3 self-help tips that can help you deal with General Anxiety Disorder or GAD. To begin with, it&#8217;s important to understand that the inability to handle uncertainty plays a very large role in anxiety and worry. Self-help tip #1: Learn to accept uncertainty If you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you have finished reading this article you will know 3  self-help tips that can help you deal with General Anxiety Disorder or  GAD.</p>
<p>To begin with, it&#8217;s important to understand that the  inability to handle uncertainty plays a very large role in anxiety and  worry.</p>
<p><strong>Self-help tip #1: Learn to accept uncertainty</strong></p>
<p>If you are a chronic worrier, you probably have a hard time when you don&#8217;t know with 100% uncertainty what&#8217;s going to happen.</p>
<p>But  thinking about all the things that could go wrong, doesn&#8217;t make like  any more predictable. So, one good way to stop constant worrying is to  work on your need for immediate answers and total certainty.</p>
<p>Ask  yourself questions such as, &#8220;is it really possible to be certain about  everything, &#8221; &#8221; How helpful would it be if you could be certain about  everything,&#8221; and &#8220;do I predict bad things will happen just because I&#8217;m  uncertain.&#8221;</p>
<p>Asking and answering these questions can go a long way to helping you stop worrying as much.</p>
<p><strong>Self-help tip #2: Challenge negative thoughts</strong></p>
<p>If  you suffer from GAD, chances are you think the world is more dangerous  then it really is. For example, you may think that everything you do  will turn our badly or you may immediately jump to a worst-case  scenario.</p>
<p>These negative thoughts are called cognitive distortions  and are usually part of a lifelong pattern of thinking &#8211; making them  hard to break.</p>
<p>To fight these negative thoughts, start by  identifying the thoughts that are frightening you, then treat them not  as facts but as hypotheses that you are testing.</p>
<p>For example, you  might ask yourself questions such as &#8220;is there a better, more positive  way to look at the situation,&#8221; &#8220;what&#8217;s the probability of the event that  is frightening me actually happening,&#8221; and &#8220;what is the evidence that  this thought is true or that it&#8217;s not true.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Self-help-tip #3: Learn to relax </strong></p>
<p>If  you are a chronic worrier, learn some relaxation techniques such as  muscle relaxation, deep breathing and meditation &#8211; all of which can  teach you to relax. The key here is to practice your relaxation  technique every day. Try to set aside 30 minutes a day. Over time, the  relaxation response will become easier and more natural and you will  find that you blood pressure stabilizes, your heart rate slows down and  you breathe slower and more deeply.</p>
<p>Douglas Hanna is a free lance writer who has written articles on a wide variety of subjects, including <a href="http://anxietyattacktreatments.info/" target="_new">anxiety attack treatments</a>, <a href="http://anxietyattacktreatments.info/Anxiety-Attack-Medications.html" target="_new">anxiety attack medications</a> and the mental symptoms of anxiety attacks.</p>
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		<title>Self Help Anxiety Disorder &#8211; Discovery Journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self help tools market has always been a very active and attractive market in any industry. Self help anxiety disorder is no exception. Yet what we are going to do in this article is try to better understand the term &#8220;Self Help.&#8221; &#160; Self help is like saying you don&#8217;t need a professional to help [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Self help tools market has always been a very active and attractive market in any industry. Self help anxiety disorder is no exception. Yet what we are going to do in this article is try to better understand the term &#8220;Self Help.&#8221; <br />&nbsp; <br />Self help is like saying you don&#8217;t need a professional to help you. Instead of paying all those amounts for professionals, you can pay only a fraction of that and do it on your own. In many cases I am really skeptical about this. But I can understand the benefits in some areas. <br />&nbsp; <br />For example we know that people respond to information in different ways. There are people who are more auditory; therefore, hearing lecture for them is more effective than reading a book. <br />&nbsp; <br />There are what NLP call the kina-esthetics who understand and grasp concepts more through feelings and touch. Therefore, the coaching style with hands on experience is more effective with these people. <br />&nbsp; <br />The last are the visual people, who learn better visually. For them reading and visual aids like slides, graphs and pictures are the best method for them to learn and understand. <br />&nbsp; <br />The first reason for me to understand the value of self help is because of this difference in the way people are able to learn, understand and improve. <br />&nbsp; <br />The second reason is that we realize that in some areas there could be no other way but self help. Meaning, that there are areas that the objective cannot be met except through self help tools, and there is nothing and no one can do it for you. <br />&nbsp; <br />Let us take for example the self help anxiety disorder programs. Medication is the only anxiety solution method that is not a self help tool. That is if we can take medication as a solution. <br />&nbsp; <br />Therapy in its essence is helping or guiding the person to make his/her own self discovery as a method for recovery. Self help anxiety disorder programs do just that. Of course, there are some steps and techniques that would guide the person into such discovery and eventually recovery. <br />&nbsp; <br />We say medication in not an anxiety solution, because it fails to solve the root problem. It merely suppresses the symptoms. It has its good applications, but for sure it is not a long term solution. <br />&nbsp; <br />When we search for self help anxiety disorder solutions we need to make sure that what catches our attention is not the hyped language. We need to make sure that such programs are credible and effective.</p>
<p>BusinessFountains researched and found a credible and effective <a href="http://www.businessfountains.com/what-is-anxiety/self-help-anxiety-disorder-programs" target="_new">self help anxiety disorder</a> program for you, and you can also check our <a href="http://www.businessfountains.com/what-is-anxiety/panic-anxiety-treatment" target="_new">panic anxiety treatment</a> area.</p>
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		<title>How to Choose the Best Male Fertility Self Help Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Infertility is a wide spread problem, it affects over 5 million married couples that are of childbearing age in the US alone caused by environmental toxins, unhealthy diet, physical, and emotional stress. While infertility is often attributed to women, in fact male infertility is accounted for over 40 percent of the problem caused by low [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Infertility is a wide spread problem, it affects over 5 million  married couples that are of childbearing age in the US alone caused by  environmental toxins, unhealthy diet, physical, and emotional stress.  While infertility is often attributed to women, in fact male infertility  is accounted for over 40 percent of the problem caused by low sperm  count, decreasing sperm mobility, and other problems. Many couples are  frustrated with conventional treatment because they had no success so  they may want to seek help from alternative medication. Here are some  tips that may help you to find the best self help fertility program.</p>
<p>I.  The self help program</p>
<p>1. Qualification <br />Qualification of the author is very important, it may help you to  increase the confidence of the program. I personally like to have an  author who has been working for many years in the conventional  medication field of obstetrics, infertility, and had devoted his or her  time and experience to improve male fertility in alternative medicine,  such as MD, RN and dietitians.</p>
<p>2. Pinpoint the causes <br />There are many causes of fertility, but the self help program must  cover at least the causes of most common problems. This includes low  sperm count, decreased sperm motility, aberrant sperm morphology, and  physical and emotional effects.</p>
<p>3. How the program will help you  to increase the chance of fertility <br />The self help program must also address how it will help you to  increase the chance of fertility depending on the causes of infertility,  such as how it will improve the sperm count, how to improve the sperm  motility, etc.</p>
<p>4. Types of alternative medicine used <br />All nutritional supplements and herbs used must clearly specify  their functions, effects, and ingredients, and if possible, how their  functions and effects will help to improve the chance of fertility.</p>
<p>5.  Effects of each type of alternative medicine <br />Each alternative medicine must pinpoint what organs of the body it  helps and what effects that it will help and how it helps to increase  the risk of fertility such as in Chinese medicine, herbs to improve male  fertility, herbs may be needed to treat liver, kidney, or prostate  gland depending on the diagnosis.</p>
<p>6. Pinpoint the best time for  conception <br />The self help fertility program should clearly indicate the day and  the time that is best for your partner to get conceived.</p>
<p>7. Side  effects of each type of medicine <br />Alternative medicine used to treat infertility is safe and with  little or no side effects but the self help program should clearly state  the side effects of each medicine because there is always a chance that  someone may be allergic to some types of ingredients.</p>
<p>8. How long  will you be ready <br />Normally, it takes about a month for the alternative fertility  medicine to take effect and allow your body to readjust to the medicine.  You generally can feel the effects of medicine in a few days. The self  help male fertility program should be able to tell when your body is  ready.</p>
<p>9. Healthy diet must be included in the treatment <br />No matter how great the self help program is, without slowly  changing diet some of the medicine may be wasted which reduces the  effectiveness of the medicine.</p>
<p>10. Refund policy <br />It essential that you purchase the self help fertility program with a  reputable company and offer at least an 8 week refund guarantee.</p>
<p>II.  Your Part</p>
<p>Since there is no use even with a best self help  fertility program without contribution from your part. If you continue  to ignore the advice from the program, such as too much drinking, and  eating food that causes the problem from the first place, there is no  point in starting a program.</p>
<p>Patience and endurance <br />Alternative medicine may help, but it needs time to have an effect.  Normally, it takes at least a month for your body to get ready. You may  be asked to change your diet slowly and do some exercise depending on  what type of treatment.</p>
<p>Since male fertility is treatable, please  be patient if you choose alternative medicine for treatment</p>
<p>I hope this information will help. If you need more information  of insurance or series of articles of the above subject at my home page  at: <a href="http://malefertilityguide.blogspot.com/" target="_new">http://malefertilityguide.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>All  rights reserved. Any reproducing of this article must have the author  name and all the links intact. &#8220;Let Take Care Your Health, Your Health  Will Take Care You&#8221; Kyle J. Norton. I have been studying natural  remedies for disease prevention for over 20 years and working as a  financial consultant since 1990. Master degree in Mathematics, teaching  and tutoring math at colleges and universities before joining insurance  industries.</p>
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		<title>I Hate Those Self Help Gurus!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No seriously, I hate those Self Help gurus! Now its all come into focus. I understand what my personal hang up has been with you all, and why I keep reading all around the web, how much people are starting to dislike, nay HATE you self help gurus, that are popping up EVERYWHERE! There&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No seriously, I hate those Self Help gurus! Now its all come into  focus. I understand what my personal hang up has been with you all, and  why I keep reading all around the web, how much people are starting to  dislike, nay HATE you self help gurus, that are popping up EVERYWHERE!</p>
<p>There&#8217;s  a few good reasons, but before I explain them, let me say TO those  folks&#8230;in case they happen to read this too, I don&#8217;t dislike you as  &#8216;people&#8217;, just the manner in which, this industry has evolved, and the  drivel that so many gurus or pawning off on folks.</p>
<p>You see, it&#8217;s  easy to hate the self help &#8216;experts&#8217; for a number of reasons; they seem  to have already MADE it to the place we are trying to get to, they don&#8217;t  have the same kinds of problems WE have, they are FAR too easily able  to SOLVE those problems&#8230;.or maybe it&#8217;s just they have a better  publisher than we can find&#8230;LOL.</p>
<p>Seriously, the one main reason I  personally have come to dislike them (I&#8217;ve decided to go with a less  aggressive and angry word&#8230;dislike works better for me&#8230;) is because  they don&#8217;t let us IN.</p>
<p>No really. Think about it. How many of those  Self Help folks, have you WATCHED, pull themselves out of a rut, or a  horrible situation, or just something stressful, to find personal  success in a challenging moment in THEIR lives?</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t seen it  once. And I&#8217;ve been looking. HARD. You see, that is what I think is one  of the BIG missing pieces, regarding this idea of Self Help. There are  MORE than enough people online, and walking about the normal world, who  CLAIM to have &#8216;it all together&#8217;, and talk about how &#8216;easy it can be&#8217; to  get things done.</p>
<p>But now often are they SHOWING, rather than just  SAYING?</p>
<p>Well, I think the time for that has ended. And I came to  this because of my own personal rut. In fact, the motivation FOR this  online effort, was not only to share this information I have, but also,  to actually DO, what I was talking about&#8230;right here, IN YOUR FACE, for  all to see.</p>
<p>My weight loss, and maintenance. My financial growth.  My battle with smoking. My learning to communicate better. My working  to ascend to a higher level of understanding and existence.</p>
<p>These  things are exactly what I feel, no REALIZE, I need to work on.</p>
<p>Listen,  I&#8217;ve been pretty successful, based on MY personal consideration for  success (not measured in wealth, but spirit and happiness), and there  are some tools I have learned along the way, that WILL work for anyone  that applies them.</p>
<p>Over time, I found that I had a bit of a way  with words, so that I could possibly write down, what I had learned, and  share it. AS such, I sat down and wrote a short book, about what you  find all over the LivingYourDrea.MS blog. Personal success and  development.</p>
<p>I also found over time, that as long as I was talking  to someone who I was not personally involved with, I could easily  communicate the ideas and methodologies that could help that particular  person, to find their OWN success in life.</p>
<p>Combining the two,  meant I had a way to get MY personal passion out to the masses, if I  could find a way to get it published. But, I ran into a rut. I hit a  wall, and just couldn&#8217;t figure out HOW to get that done. And this was  unique, because I am VERY MUCH a do&#8217;er. I get things done.</p>
<p>But  after pouring my soul out onto those pages, I just couldn&#8217;t seem to  muster the strength, or &#8216;just do attitude&#8217;, to get it in front of the  right people. And, worse, I couldn&#8217;t figure out why. But there was a  passage on a website, written by a man who inspired me greatly &#8211; James  Redfield, author of The Celestine Prophecy, who was talking about HIS  personal experience of hitting a wall of creativity.</p>
<p>He spoke  about how after he had written HIS book, things just slowed down. The  energy he was used to flourishing on, started to dwindle, and how he was  searching for ways to get his message out to the public. But despite  his best &#8216;efforts&#8217; the flow had just petered out for him.</p>
<p>It was  at this time, that he did a serious personal assessment, realized WHAT  was holding him back, cleared HIS log-jam and all of the sudden, things  began flowing again. Well, that happened for me as well.</p>
<p>I really  started examining what I was doing. How I was doing it, and what my true  goals were. I realized that I hadn&#8217;t really defined those goals  effectively enough, and as such, all of this was just a Hodge-podge of  ME. Something many of my close friends are used to&#8230;.but not something I  should subject you all to.</p>
<p>Anyhow, I digress. Once I realized  this important fact, that I was holding myself back, with simple mental  issues of &#8216;excuses and fear&#8217;, I set a STOP MECHANISM, and began to work  that out of my experience. As I was doing this, I also noticed something  else happening. Others around me, were responding to my ACTIONS.</p>
<p>The  THINGS I WAS DOING, were inspiring THEM to take action in their own  lives.</p>
<p>Now THIS was a &#8216;boon&#8217; for me, as it let me know that I was  missing a crucial component, that as I studied, was also missing with  those Self Help folks. They were doing, and ARE doing a lot of talking,  but little SHOWING, of the process.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a proven fact, and the  way we all learned things like Math, that a visual accompaniment to an  audio or text based lesson, will enhance the learning experience.</p>
<p>But  it seemed that guys like Tony Robbins, and others (not to pick on the  Big Guy), felt like the only REAL proof they needed, the only visual  accompaniment they required, was DVD&#8217;s of them, on stage in front of  TONS of people, all nodding their heads, in agreement of the  MAGNIFICENCE, that was the speaker on stage at that time.</p>
<p>Well, I  don&#8217;t agree. I believe that in fact, we ALL require a bit more, and that  was made glaringly obvious by the lesson I had learned with MY own  experience. How people were responsive to seeing what I can DO with what  I know, versus, just HEARING what I thought might be helpful to them.</p>
<p>Ok,  so now you should get WHY I am so disturbed with those Self Help Gurus,  but here&#8217;s the kicker! I have a solution.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m actually going to  DO IT. I know! Crazy&#8230;.right? Well, not that crazy. You see, as I said,  I have SEEN the power of VISUAL motivation, and how watching someone DO  what they are trying to explain YOU should do, is a far more effective  way of teaching.</p>
<p>Think about grade school, as mentioned above. We  almost all learned math, because a teacher stood at the front of a  classroom, and wrote, with that chalk, on that dark green board, the  process, numbers, letters, and such, that assisted us in understanding  HOW to accomplish the completion OF that math problem.</p>
<p>Without  that visual assistance, it would be considerably harder to understand  math concepts. The same hold true with almost anything else. Consider  riding a bike. If you had NEVER seen anyone riding a bike, well, first  off, you may not want to tangle with something so strange looking, but  if you got past that initial &#8216;what the HELL&#8217; thought, you would have NO  idea, and I MEAN ZERO consideration, of how to get on and ride it.</p>
<p>You  NEED to see what it looks like. How it works. How to go about getting  on, trying to balance, and ultimately, coasting off into the wind, while  trying to pedal, balance, and NOT get hit by the oncoming &#8216;parked car&#8217;,  that somehow, someone put in your way. (ROFL&#8230;personal  experience&#8230;sorry)</p>
<p>So, what is it that I am saying? This, simply.  That I am not going to do to you, what THEY do. I don&#8217;t consider myself  any better than them, just going about this process in a slightly  different fashion.</p>
<p>I want you to SEE how this process works. I  want you to SEE how I take the tools I talk about on the blog, and USE  them in my life, to accomplish the change that I am aiming toward.</p>
<p>I  want you to WATCH when I have a bad day, and don&#8217;t feel like working  out, or blogging, or recording a video. Why? Because THAT is real life.  That is how you get to see HOW to succeed in the hardest of times. And  with THAT knowledge, you can more easily implement it in YOUR life, and  moreover, understand how to adjust it to fit YOUR specific needs.</p>
<p>So,  yes, this is OUR TIME. I&#8217;ve said it before, and I will say it over and  over again. This is not about MY Challenge, it is about OUR Challenge.  There is NOTHING we can&#8217;t do, together, and I am not just going to say  that&#8230;I am going to SHOW you that.</p>
<p>Alright, so I have blown their  hair back enough&#8230;..I think they get it. I don&#8217;t really Hate those  Self Help Gurus, I am just taking a step away from their methods, and  gonna show you a different way to Get Things Done.</p>
<p>Akiba Howard</p>
<p>The Self Help NON-Guru</p>
<p>Collectively  Learning</p>
<p>[http://livingyourdrea.ms/blog]</p>
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