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Embracing the Purpose of Worry: to build resilience to worry we need to understand it

Throughout the years, I’ve witnessed firsthand the profound impact anxiety, particularly worry, can have on individuals’ well-being. It’s a universal human experience that touches each of our lives at some point. We’ve all found ourselves worrying about what might unfold in a job interview or who will be present at a social gathering. However, for …

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‘I HAVE ANXIETY: SO DO WE ALL. WHEN DOES IT BECOME A PROMLEM?

When people say to me, ‘I have anxiety’, I usually ask them ‘what is anxiety?  Why do we get anxious?’  What I often get is ‘it’s worrying…it’s debilitating…it’s horrible…anxiety is when I can’t do anything’.  If I ask ‘what is the function of it?’ A typical response a lot of the time is; ‘I don’t …

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