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A pounding heart and shallow breathing. We’ve all felt anxiety in our bodies at some point in our lives. It’s uncomfortable. Sometimes it’s helpful – anxiety alerts us to the fact that we are in an unsafe environment.  Often, though, it’s our nervous system being overly vigilant and setting off alarm bells when they aren’t actually needed.  […]

By Dr. Ann Barnet Emotional Freedom Technique (also known as EFT) is a mindfulness technique that combines elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It has been around for decades and thousands of studies have validated its effectiveness. This is a tool to calm the nervous system while awareness is concentrated on uncomfortable emotions, […]

Unpacking the US Opioid Epidemic – Over the past two decades opioid use in the US skyrocketed creating widespread misuse, addiction, and overdose, leading us to a modern day opioid crisis.  At its peak overdose deaths in the US exceed that of car crashes and the majority of these deaths are due to opioids.   2018 […]

Understanding Anxiety – We have all experienced anxiety to some degree.  Universally it is uncomfortable.  Anxiety can manifest as worried mind chatter, constantly asking “what if this bad thing or that bad thing happens… what if…? Underneath the distraction of anxiety, we find fear at the root.   The true path to healing anxiety involves […]

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