Bombs Dropping! Internet Outages! Presidents Arrested! Countries Invaded! Existential Crises! Protests and Killings! Religious Persecution! Military Coups! These are only some of the few news and media headlines covered over the last little while all around the world. It can be shocking, infuriating, and overwhelming, as well as create this sense of unease, uncertainty, helplessness and hopelessness in our every day lives. To all those of you far and away that are suffering with loved ones in...

I remember earlier in my life, typically around my teens and young adult years, there would be a consistent one to two days a year where I would sit back and reflect and really “FREAK MYSELF OUT” with some existential thinking. The content of that thinking was basically how unique and rare it was that I was even alive in the first place. I know that kind of sounds dark and morbid, but it was not as bad as you may have guessed. It can actually be pretty amazing and inspiring when you start to...

What is High-Functioning Anxiety? Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment   Frequently, people come to me and ask if I can help them make their anxiety GO AWAY because they want to ELIMINATE their anxiety all together. Although I can empathize with these individuals because anxiety can be difficult to live with and manage, but the reality is that anxiety is one of our basic emotions that has been with us forever. Since the beginning of the human species, anxiety has been a built-in emotion that...