4 Ways Poor Coping Skills Can Aggravate Your Anxiety

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Anxiety affects us physically, mentally, and emotionally and can make it challenging to get through your workday. And if you are like most people, you look for fast relief when your anxiety level is high. But, unfortunately, much of the time, you could be turning to poor coping skills that you learned early on and are deeply engrained. 

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8 Best Ways To Calm Anxiety When You’re Out And About

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With the world returning to normal slowly but surely, getting back in touch with  society is proving to be anxiety-provoking for some. And especially so for those who were already socially anxious before the pandemic. If that is you, the idea of returning to society can feel pretty intimidating and downright frightening. So if you’ve been looking for the best ways to calm anxiety, you’ve come to the right place.  

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How To Cope With Parenting Stress Before You Feel Overwhelmed

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It’s been said that being a parent is the most demanding and rewarding job you’ll ever have. And I can truthfully say for me, that turned out to be true. How about you? I know when I was in the thick of raising my little ones, there were days that the parenting stress had me wanting to pull my hair out. But now that my children are all grown, I remember the rewards of raising them way more than I remember the stress I felt at the time.

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5 Tips To Deal With Return To Work Anxiety After Covid-19

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Return to work anxiety is a real thing. 

Fear is such a powerful emotion, and I think we can all agree it’s been in overdrive for the last year and a half. And now that we are starting to see the light at the end of this long dark pandemic tunnel, we are presented with opportunities to begin transitioning back into ways of life before Covid we just took for granted.

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24 Work Frustration Quotes That Will Help Put Things Into Perspective

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No matter your job title, place of employment, or even if you love your job, there are times when stress and frustration can suck the joy right out of your day. Yes, there are many things you can do to cope with stress, but today I’d like to share with you twenty-four work frustration quotes I believe can help you to put things into perspective. Let’s get started.

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9 Natural Stress And Anxiety Relief Tips That Really Work

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If you are like most people, you’ve probably succumbed (at least once) to an advertisement that was guaranteed to solve whatever issue you were dealing with at the time. And only for $19.99 to boot! Plus, if you ordered within the next ten minutes, you’d get two for the price of one—you know the spiel. Well, rest assured, I don’t have anything to sell. In fact, what I’m going to offer you today is free. And that is to share with you nine natural stress and anxiety relief tips that really work.

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How To Move Forward After Bad Parenting Moments

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Have you ever wondered how to move forward after bad parenting moments? Maybe you lost control and lashed out in anger at your child. Or out of frustration, you doled out a punishment that was too harsh. Or perhaps you neglected to meet a legitimate need your child was trying to express to you. 

Not to excuse it, but rest assured we’ve all been there, done that. Every parent has moments where they lose their cool and react in a less-than-stellar way.  

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