Explore how anxiety can show up in your life, work, and relationships
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Try: Bringing Color Into Your Life
Last week, we saw housepainters priming the house out our back window. We were filled with curiosity (especially me, a curious cat for neighborhood haps). What color would they go with? Would it be "startup grey", the most common color of the San Francisco neighborhood where we live?
Migraines, Anxiety, and Magnesium
I take 400 mg of chelated magnesium every day in addition to the magnesium I get from eating foods like almonds and spinach. But it wasn't a simple path to figure out what kind of magnesium to take, or to understand what I should expect it to do.
Try to: Let Your Phone Die And Roam With A New Friend
My friend Nell posted this one on Facebook earlier today:
Great idea: Let your phone die for hours and walk around the city with a new friend like you're in your twenties. #bliss
The Epidemic of Perfectionism in Silicon Valley
My neurologist listened to my concerns and then replied, “This problem — the problem of perfectionism and anxiety — is getting bigger and bigger every day.”
She described seeing an average of three people a day suffering from some form of chronic physical pain who had one thing in common: perfectionism. “It’s extremely common in the tech industry,” she said. “These people are very successful. They want to do everything right.”
Try: Telling Yourself a Pump-Up Story (with Soundtrack)
When I truly need mojo...I put on the Rocky 4 soundtrack. According to a highly unscientific poll I conducted (with friends and acquaintances born in the 70s), this Cold War Rocky made a strong impression on many people who continue even to the present day to dip into "Hearts on Fire" or "Burning Heart" as needed.
Try to: Stop Using Certain Phrases
It can take years to figure out the simplest things. It took me years to realize that there are certain sentence beginnings I’m simply not allowed to finish. It took me a long time to realize that those phrases are not good for my mental health.