Is it Really Binge Eating?  5 Ways to Tell

Is it Really Binge Eating?  5 Ways to Tell

All of us have eaten too much at one point or another. Super Bowl Sunday or Thanksgiving Dinner comes to mind. However, Binge-Eating Disorder (BED) is different from periodic binging or overeating. Binge-Eating Disorder is a serious, but treatable mental health...
7 Ways to Tame the Panic Attack Monster

7 Ways to Tame the Panic Attack Monster

When I was eight or so I was watching that old Frankenstein movie, the black and white one with the great Boris Karloff. I was all alone on a dark and stormy night, or maybe my brothers and sisters were watching with me and it was a sunny afternoon. Whatever…...
10 More Ways to Lower Anxiety

10 More Ways to Lower Anxiety

Skimming through Real Simple magazine at the checkout line of the supermarket, I came across Dr. Robert Leahy’s “10 Ways to Cope with Anxiety.” Dr. Leahy is the director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy and the author of many books on the subject....