What Are Anxiety Symptoms?   Is your life filled with ease, happiness, and satisfaction? Or are you so uneasy about things that life just feels scary and decisions have felt overwhelming? If that last one feels true, you may be having anxiety symptoms. Anxiety symptoms can include feelings of tension, fear, nervousness, dread, or worry, and can range in intensity from mild concern to full-on panic. The physical signs can include dry mouth, sweaty palms, and feeling the proverbial “butterflies” in your stomach for mild anxiety. But severe anxiety or a panic attack can include a pounding o ..read more

Southern Utah Women Are Facing Their Anxiety Lately you’ve noticed that you feel anxious more often and it’s starting to affect how you move through the day. It’s difficult to fall asleep and your dreams are stressful. You’ve begun to over eat (or not eat…) to cope with the stress you feel. And everything feels just a little bit harder; the emotional labor of the roles you perform is just so taxing. Recently, you had a day when you felt shaky, like you were over-caffeinated, and couldn’t settle your body. Despite the beautiful climate and landscape of Southern Utah (home of our Guided Wellnes ..read more

What Is Anxiety And Do I Have It? Anxiety is often defined as excessive worry. But for many Southern Utah women, we know that anxiety is more than just worry. It can stop you in your tracks. Brain fog will cloud even the simplest decisions. Fear of things going wrong can stop you from travel, adventure or starting / changing jobs. Irritability can ruin relationships and steal you of joy. Anxiety has also been defined as your wants or needs not being met. So, when we hope or need something to happen and it doesn’t, we can feel anxious to the point that we are immobilized. Anxiety in these situ ..read more

Therapy For Anxiety Can Help You Anxiety is a common experience for many busy adult women, and it can often feel overwhelming and relentless. If you find yourself struggling with anxiety, you’re not alone. The good news is that there are effective ways to manage and alleviate anxiety, and therapy is one of the most powerful tools available. In this blog, we’ll explore how therapy can help you navigate and overcome anxiety, addressing common questions and concerns along the way Does Anxiety Go Away On Its Own? It’s natural to wonder if anxiety will simply fade away over time, especially when y ..read more

Women In St. George, UT Are Living With Anxiety Anxiety can feel overwhelming, like a heavy cloud hanging over your daily life. Sometimes it all starts the night before – laying in bed and wanting to fall asleep, but your brain won’t turn off. You feel preoccupied with what you didn’t get done, what you have to do tomorrow and so much more. When you wake up you try to capture your positive mindset. But it slips through your fingers so easily. Suddenly you feel irritable and resentful. Simple decisions feel so hard (yes, decision fatigue is very real). If you’re an adult woman experiencing the ..read more

St. George Women Ask: What Is Anxiety? The basic human emotions are mad, sad, glad, and scared. Each one of these can vary in intensity, for example, annoyed, irritated, frustrated, angry, and furious are all on the “mad” spectrum. Anxiety, or feeling anxious, is on the “scared” spectrum: concerned, worried, anxious, alarmed, scared, terrified. Everyone feels anxiety at some point in their life. Common anxiety-provoking situations often include: taking a test or exam asking for a raise going on a first date trying something new and unfamiliar addressing a conflict with loved one speaking in ..read more

Are You Trying To Find A Therapist In St. George, UT? Finding a therapist in St. George UT can feel like a complicated process. The list of potential therapists can feel long and overwhelming. Will you find the right one? How will you know? Will you waste your time and money? On the flip side, the list can feel short and scary. What if you end up with a therapist who doesn’t agree with your lifestyle or life choices? Holding the confidence that you deserve support and professional guidance in overcoming your stress is what it takes to find the right therapist. Continuing to muscle your way th ..read more

St. George Women Ask: Do I Need Therapy? Everyone has their preferred ways of living their life and of handling their problems. You, like everyone else, have experienced problems and found ways to solve them. Whether that was how to use time-outs with your kiddo more effectively or how to integrate your Google calendar with your other work systems. When you problem solved those situations you learned a few things about yourself and how the world works. We like our solutions and can solve most of our own problems. This is a good thing. This should be celebrated, and we can be proud of ourselve ..read more

IS IT TIME FOR ME TO START THERAPY? You’ve long known that life is full of ups and downs. But old time-y sayings like “give it time” and played-out patterns of self-care don’t seem to be cutting the stress and moodiness that you feel most days. The thought that you’re overreacting feels both insulting and confusing. Why can’t you have more than a few good days (or one good day) before the overwhelm comes creeping back in? Is it time to start therapy? If you are asking yourself this question, you are not alone. According to Mental Health America, one in four adults in this country have a perio ..read more

St. George Therapists Answer: Does My Marriage Need Boundaries? A successful marriage is one in which both people feel loved, respected and fulfilled. But this is easier said than done. It is heartbreaking when matrimonial bliss fades and instead we start to feel resentful, angry, hurt, or numb. But this doesn’t necessarily mean that you chose the wrong partner. Frequently, the problem is that you and your partner need to set and hold better boundaries. Why? Because every person has a unique set of values and goals, and it is a rare couple indeed whose values and goals match up perfectly. Mos ..read more