Category: Anxiety
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Anxiety
Anxiety is distress prompted by abnormal worry or apprehension. It is usually accompani9ed by a feeling of loss of control. Most of us experience it from time to time, but if allowed to get out of hand, the body becomes highly sensitised, with physical effects including headaches, ulcers, muscle tension and lack of energy. Many…
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6 Tips for Inner Peace
The source of most mental tension is the ego – that part of our psyche which constructs the image of ourselves we like to present to the world – our idea of who we should be and who we would like others to think we are. 1. Give up the need to be right Giving…
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The First Gospel
‘Mark’ was the first of the four official gospels to be written, around 70 CE. Only the seven authentic letters of Paul and the anonymous letter to the Hebrews were written before this, which means ninety percent plus of the New Testament was written after. Nobody knows who wrote it, but it is clear the…
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Coping With Anxiety
Anxiety is a feeling of intense worry or distress in the absence of obvious danger. It is a state of inner turmoil accompanied by churning thoughts, nervousness, poor concentration, feelings of dread and loss of control. It is related to, but different from, fear, which is a response to a real or perceived immediate threat.…
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Peace of Mind
Peace of mind often seems elusive in this busy world. Nearly everyone agrees it’s an important ‘state of being’. How can we experience it? Is there a formula that could enable us to have it now and for ever more? Some think there is. Many Buddhists, for instance, associate it with a state of total…
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Worry
‘There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.’ Epictetus Think of some problem or event from your past that was so big at the time that you literally worried yourself sick about it. Can you remember the outcome? Worry is…