Posts tagged: Anxiety

Believe That Nervousness Is A Good Thing – And It Is!

I just finished reading the latest edition of Psychology Today and came across a very interesting experiment. The results showed that students who were told that nervousness would improve performance ended up scoring better on their Graduate Record Exam (GRE) than students who were told nothing at all.
The study (PDF download) was done by [...]

Monday January 18th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

How Stress Ruins Everything And What You Can Do About It

It seldom happens when we go through a day without experiencing stress. We are especially familiar with these feelings when they build up after a long day at work or while studying for a difficult final exam. In our modern industrialized world, it is more difficult now than ever to avoid stress, and some experts say this is leading to many unforeseen health-related problems.

Monday November 9th, 2009 in , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments »

Why Be Zen? Stress, Anxiety, And Daily Living

Life is filled with hardships, but we don’t need to be a zen master to experience unconditional love and content.

Saturday October 10th, 2009 in , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments »