Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Aug/Sept 2016 Aspire Mag Full Issue | Page 72
8 WAYS TO REDUCE ANXIETY
BY CONTEMPLATING YOUR
Gratitude
BY DR. COLLEEN GEORGES
I
t’s an increasingly demanding world we
are living in. It’s a world that bombards us
with messages from our televisions, social
media, print media, and beyond, about
how we should incessantly be achieving
in career, relationships, lifestyle, and
everywhere in between. In an attempt to
remain on top of it all, we do a lot of juggling,
and it gets exhausting. This kind of living
breeds anxiety, as we find ourselves worried
that we haven’t done it all just right, that
perhaps we’ve made too many mistakes,
not measured up, irreparably harmed our
futures, or simply don’t have enough of what
we need within or around us to be happy or
successful.
As a Positive Psychology Coach, I work
with a lot of clients who are living with
intense anxiety as a result of unachievable
standards they’ve created for themselves. I
understand these challenges quite well, as
I once lived with them too. Like many of my
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