Anxiety

Living with an anxiety disorder makes coping with day-to-day life very difficult and can have a huge negative impact on your work, social and personal life. For some people, the symptoms of anxiety which include excessive fear and worrying, panic attacks, feeling tense and restlessness can get worse in the evening. The reason that anxiety

Header Image Photo Credit: perthnow.com.au Heidi Anderson is a radio presenter on Hit92.9, a columnist for PerthNow and a former reality TV star. But what many people didn’t know until recently is that she had been enduring a long and exhausting battle with anxiety that often made getting through the simplest daily tasks a living

Do you or someone you know suffer from anxiety? This week is Mental Health Week 2017 and is a great opportunity to familiarise yourself with what anxiety is and how it can be managed and treated. While most of us go about our daily lives without running into too much stress, we often encounter situations

People suffering from anxiety tend to take shallow breaths through their chest instead of deep lung filled breaths from their diaphragm. Shallow breathing through the chest disrupts the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide necessary to be in a relaxed state which perpetuates the symptoms of anxiety. On the other hand, deep breathing from the

It is quite common for people to use both the terms anxiety and panic attack to describe the one experience, however they are actually two separate conditions. It is easy to see how the average person could come to this misunderstanding as both anxiety and panic attacks can be characterised as being overcome with fear

Most people at some time in their career experience stress in the workplace. This could be for a number of reasons including pressure of meeting deadlines, learning new tasks, fear of speaking up in meetings or worrying that their work won’t be good enough. A little bit of stress in the workplace isn’t always bad

Anxiety is the most common mental health disorder, with it being estimated that 1 in 4 Australians will suffer from Anxiety at some stage in their life. There are many different forms of anxiety disorder but the one thing they have in common is the impact they have on day to day life. Anxiety interferes

Yes, it is quite normal to feel awkward and sometimes worry about tasks and upcoming responsibilities at work, but when that anxiety begins to control you and your professional decisions it can be a serious problem. Left untreated it can negatively impact your life and your career in many ways such as: Missing opportunities for