Managing Anxiety

Imagine waking each morning and switching on feelings of joy and happiness simply by activating your natural hormones. With this technique you’ll have the power to lift your mood - just like adding a vitamin supplement to your morning routine or exercising can.

While the scientific answer to activating your natural hormones is longer (and way more complex), the short answer is that you CAN do this easily. In this article you’ll see the simplest and fastest ways to give yourself a daily D.O.S.E. of joy and happiness that will lift your mood, orient you towards feeling brighter and support you in positive ways.

What if this worry and anxiety never stops … what if I can’t change things … what if my worst fears are true. Those thoughts can feel like time bombs in you mind that are ready to go off at any moment. Here’s how to break the cycle of worry that leads to anxiety welling up in an uncontrollable way with simple somatic techniques.

What Are Somatic Techniques?

Somatic techniques help you raise awareness of what’s happening in your body and responding to this through movement.

Virginia Satir (1916–88) was a family therapist with an eye for seeing what those she worked with couldn’t.

In her work with families, Satir categorised 5 types of behaviour she noticed people defaulting to. These behavioural defaults emerged in times of discomfort — around arguments or moments of emotional charge.

In this article, we’re looking at one category: the placater. You may see yourself here. Or not.

How a person acts during times of high emotion says much about his or her emotional adjustment and emotional intelligence — their EQ (emotional intelligence quotient).