Racing thoughts, constant worry, jitters — living with anxiety is no joke. But can putting pen to paper actually help ease anxiety symptoms?
Like talking out your feels during a therapy sesh, writing down your worries in a journal can be an additional tool to help anxiety.
But forget scribbling in any old notebooks. Here are the best anxiety journals with prompts and exercises to help you target and work through your big scaries.
Racing thoughts, constant worry, jitters — living with anxiety is no joke. But can putting pen to paper actually help ease anxiety symptoms?
Like talking out your feels during a therapy sesh, writing down your worries in a journal can be an additional tool to help anxiety.
But forget scribbling in any old notebooks. Here are the best anxiety journals with prompts and exercises to help you target and work through your big scaries.
Like a warm quilt of cheese, noodles, and marinara, lasagna is among the most comforting, delicious foods on the planet. So you may ask: Why would anyone mess with perfection, giving lasagna the pigs-in-a-blanket treatment?
While lasagna roll-ups might seem a bit gimmicky, rolling your noodles actually has some significant advantages over the usual process of layering them. For one thing, this form of pasta is a simple way to enjoy the gooey decadence of lasagna in a single, lunchbox-friendly serving.
Not only that, they’re just fun! There’s something oh-so-satisfying about rolling up lasagna ingredients into a neat little pasta package. (You might almost want to put a bow on it when you’re done.)
Like a warm quilt of cheese, noodles, and marinara, lasagna is among the most comforting, delicious foods on the planet. So you may ask: Why would anyone mess with perfection, giving lasagna the pigs-in-a-blanket treatment?
While lasagna roll-ups might seem a bit gimmicky, rolling your noodles actually has some significant advantages over the usual process of layering them. For one thing, this form of pasta is a simple way to enjoy the gooey decadence of lasagna in a single, lunchbox-friendly serving.
Not only that, they’re just fun! There’s something oh-so-satisfying about rolling up lasagna ingredients into a neat little pasta package. (You might almost want to put a bow on it when you’re done.)
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” ~Howard Zinn
Have you ever experienced an unexpected act of kindness that completely changed your day?
I have, and I sincerely hope you have too.
Please pause for a moment and try to remember the last time that happened. How were you feeling before? What happened? And how did the act of kindness impact you?
If I look back on my own life, I can find countless moments where the suddenness, the unexpectedness of an act of kindness, shook me awake.
It might sound strange, but this seems to have been especially so when it came from a strange…
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” ~Howard Zinn
Have you ever experienced an unexpected act of kindness that completely changed your day?
I have, and I sincerely hope you have too.
Please pause for a moment and try to remember the last time that happened. How were you feeling before? What happened? And how did the act of kindness impact you?
If I look back on my own life, I can find countless moments where the suddenness, the unexpectedness of an act of kindness, shook me awake.
It might sound strange, but this seems to have been especially so when it came from a strange…
The gut microbiome changes in detrimental ways with age. Beneficial populations decline in numbers while harmful populations gain ground at their expense. A large part of the harm done results from an increased burden of inflammatory microbes that aggravate the immune system, resulting in chronic inflammatory signaling that degrades tissue function throughout the body. But the loss of beneficial metabolites generated by microbial species is also increasingly well studied. Butyrate, for example, helps with cognitive function <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2019/11/modulating-gut-microbe-populations-to-generate-more-butyrate-thus-raising-bdnf-…
The gut microbiome changes in detrimental ways with age. Beneficial populations decline in numbers while harmful populations gain ground at their expense. A large part of the harm done results from an increased burden of inflammatory microbes that aggravate the immune system, resulting in chronic inflammatory signaling that degrades tissue function throughout the body. But the loss of beneficial metabolites generated by microbial species is also increasingly well studied. Butyrate, for example, helps with cognitive function <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2019/11/modulating-gut-microbe-populations-to-generate-more-butyrate-thus-raising-bdnf-…
“If you don’t love yourself, you’ll always be looking for someone else to fill the void inside you, but no one will ever be able to do it.” ~Lori Deschene
Two years ago, I sat in my basement with tears streaming down my face. I had just found a copy of an old letter I’d written to an old boyfriend years before. In it, I was practically begging for his love, and also complaining and even shaming him for not loving me well.
As I read, I was overcome by three insights, all of which brought up big emotions:
The first was that for well over the first half of my life, I had been so hungry for love, so needy for it, that in this and subsequent relationships, including my first marriage, I created a lot of pain and discord.
“If you don’t love yourself, you’ll always be looking for someone else to fill the void inside you, but no one will ever be able to do it.” ~Lori Deschene
Two years ago, I sat in my basement with tears streaming down my face. I had just found a copy of an old letter I’d written to an old boyfriend years before. In it, I was practically begging for his love, and also complaining and even shaming him for not loving me well.
As I read, I was overcome by three insights, all of which brought up big emotions:
The first was that for well over the first half of my life, I had been so hungry for love, so needy for it, that in this and subsequent relationships, including my first marriage, I created a lot of pain and discord.