anxiety Archives - Experience Life

- Fitness Tips -

Move to Lift Your Mood

By Michael Dregni

Feeling anxious? Angry? Hostile? Depressed? There may be an exercise to help with that.

- Personal Development -

How to Stop Ruminating

By Alexandra Smith, MA, LPCC

These strategies can help you break free from the spiral of negative thoughts.

- Stress Relief -

9 Types of Emotional Triggers

By David Richo, PhD

Feeling discounted, vulnerable, and self-conscious are just three common categories of emotional triggers.

- Personal Development -

13 Strategies to Deal With Your Emotional Triggers

By David Richo, PhD

A psychotherapist offers actionable advice for handling our trigger reactions.

A stressed-out Black man holds his hand in his face.

- Brain/Mental Health -

4 Ways to Treat Anxiety

By Alexandra Smith, MA, LPCC

Learn why anxiety goes hand in hand with depression and irritability — and how to treat it.

- Family/Friends -

NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: How to Support Anxious Teens

By Henry Emmons, MD

Many doctors prescribe medication for teen anxiety, but an integrative developmental and behavioral pediatrician offers these natural therapies.

Experience Life editor in chief Jamie Martin

- Editor's Note -

EDITOR’S NOTE: Attending to Distraction

By Jamie Martin

The swirl of life and its accompanying emotions can leave us feeling unfocused and frazzled — and also teach us a thing or two if we're willing to listen.

- Brain/Mental Health -

NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: 7 Ways to Boost Serotonin Levels — and Your Mood — This Summer

By Henry Emmons, MD

When the temperature rises, serotonin levels may fall, along with your mood. Turn down the heat with these Ayurveda-inspired tips.

- Brain/Mental Health -

Quick Ways to Get Out in Nature

By Henry Emmons, MD

Whether you have five minutes, 20 minutes, two hours, or all day, here are some ways to get outside.

- Success Stories -

Lucy Croft’s Success Story

By Lucy Croft

Discovering a passion for fitness instruction helped one woman better manage her chronic fatigue syndrome.

A person stands in the middle of an empty road in nature.

- Stress Relief -

How to Live Through Uncertain Times

By the Experience Life Team

Strategies for reframing fear and enjoying life in the face of anxiety.

- Gardening -

The Health Benefits of Gardening

By Molly Tynjala

Tending to your garden may help cultivate calm, strengthen immunity, and build community.

- Success Stories -

Cynthia Li’s Success Story

By Cynthia Li

Diagnosed with a baffling autoimmune illness, this physician had to question her medical training to find a path to healing.

- Nutrition -

4 Supplements for Anxiety Relief

By Catherine Guthrie

In addition to herbal remedies, targeted nutritional supplements can help manage chronic anxiety.

- Stress Relief -

“This is a really big challenge.
And we will get through it.”

By Michael Dregni

A Q&A with integrative psychiatrist Henry Emmons, MD, on how to handle the stress of coronavirus.

- Money -

6 Health Investments That Are Worth It

By Mo Perry

The state of the current healthcare system may leave you feeling powerless over your health and well-being, but you have more control than you might think. Here are some strategies that are worth the investment.