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Toxic Self-Criticism: How to Silence Your Inner Critic | Iowa & Arkansas Center for High Functioning Anxiety | Hayden Finch, PhD

Toxic Self-Criticism: How to Silence Your Inner Critic

Leave a Comment / Anxiety, Depression, Imposter Syndrome, Self-Criticism & Perfectionism /

Recently, we’ve been diving deep into natural strategies to manage your anxiety — I brought you 3 mindfulness exercises to change your relationship to your anxiety and gave you all the details on weighted blankets for anxiety. Today, it’s time to address that inner critic. In this week’s article, discover – 6 proven strategies to silence your inner critic – Examples of how to use each strategy – A workbook with even more strategies and a step-by-step process to silence your inner critic

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5 Things to Know About Weighted Blankets for Anxiety | Iowa & Arkansas Center for High Functioning Anxiety | Hayden Finch, PhD

5 Things to Know About Weighted Blankets for Anxiety

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Last week, you discovered three mindfulness exercises to practice as a natural strategy for managing your anxiety (or amplifying the benefits of your medication). Today, we’re diving deep into weighted blankets. You may have heard about them and wondered whether they actually work. Today, I’ll review the research for you with 5 things you need to know about weighted blankets for anxiety. In this week’s article, I’ll share with you -5 things you need to know before you try a weighted blanket -How weighted blankets work -Links to research articles reviewing the evidence — see for yourself!

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3 Mindfulness Exercises to Reduce Anxiety

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Last week, I taught you all about mindfulness — what it is, how it works, and how it impacts your physical and mental health. Today, let’s start putting mindfulness into practice with three exercises designed to reduce anxiety. In this week’s article, I’ll share with you 3 simple mindfulness exercises designed to reduce anxiety Pointers for getting through that period when being alone with your thoughts is uncomfortable More resources for overcoming anxiety naturally

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Mindfulness: Explained | Iowa & Arkansas Center for High Functioning Anxiety | Hayden Finch, PhD

Mindfulness: Explained

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If you’ve spent any time Googling about your mental health, you’ve probably run across the concept of mindfulness. It’s got great research support as an intervention for a variety of mental health conditions, ranging from depression to anxiety to insomnia to stress and many more. But what is it really, how is it useful, and how does it impact your health? In this week’s article, I’ll share with you 8 things you need to know about mindfulness How mindfulness impacts your physical health, mental health, and relationships Resources for getting started with your mindfulness practice Dive in here!

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How to Start Believing In Yourself

Leave a Comment / Imposter Syndrome, Self-Criticism & Perfectionism, Self-Esteem /

Do you ever have the experience where you know objectively you’re pretty good at something, but you still don’t feel confident? Maybe it’s related to imposter syndrome or another type of anxiety or maybe to depression. This post is a reboot of an article I wrote two years ago with new resources and tips. In this week’s article, I’ll share with you 5 proven strategies to start believing in yourself Explanations for why these strategies work *Free* worksheets and workbooks to put those strategies into practice

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8 Non-Cliche Ways to Practice Self-Care (for teachers, nurses, stay-at-home moms, students, and others who are drowning in stress)| Hayden Finch, PhD | Psychologist/Therapist | | Des Moines, Iowa | Little Rock, Arkansas

8 Non-Cliche Ways to Practice Self-Care (for teachers, nurses, stay-at-home moms, students, and others who are drowning in stress)

Anxiety, Blog, Burnout, Depression, Stress /

Many of my clients are convinced that some “me time” is important for their mental health, and sometimes they’re even able to carve out a few minutes for that purpose.  But then, I hear some of them say they’re not really sure what to do with their “me time.”  What’s the best way to practice self-care?  If time is limited, what gives you the biggest bang for your buck?  In this week’s article, I’m bringing you 8 proven self-care strategies that don’t include cliche things like getting a facial or a manicure.  If you’re ready to actually start taking care of yourself, this article is for you.

 

In this week’s article, I’ll share with you 

  • Why self-care is important
  • How to fit self-care into your life
  • 8 evidence-based techniques to actually take care of yourself, without cliche things like bubble baths
  • Links to resources to put those strategies into practice

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5 Strategies to Build Self-Confidence| Hayden Finch, PhD | Psychologist/Therapist | | Des Moines, Iowa | Little Rock, Arkansas

5 Strategies to Build Self-Confidence

Anxiety, Blog, Depression, Imposter Syndrome, Self-Criticism & Perfectionism, Self-Esteem /

What does it feel like to be confident?  A lot of people have no idea…they’ve never experienced self-confidence, and the idea of being confident is nearly unimaginable.  When you struggle to trust your abilities or your judgment, it’s easy for anxiety and depression to creep in.  But having a healthy dose of self-confidence can help you develop skills for handling stress, setbacks, and even failure.  So in this week’s article, I’m bringing you 5 strategies to begin building self-confidence.  

 

In this week’s article, I’ll share with you 

  • 5 proven strategies to build self-confidence
  • Evidence-based techniques to make real changes in how you feel about yourself
  • *Free* worksheets to put those strategies into practice

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10 ways to fall asleep fast | Hayden Finch, PhD | Psychologist/Therapist | | Des Moines, Iowa | Little Rock, Arkansas

10 Ways to Fall Asleep Fast

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When you don’t sleep well, it makes it so much harder to get anything done…including manage your feelings.  When we’re tired, we’re more irritable, more anxious, and more depressed.  Last week, I shared with you 12 things that make it harder to sleep.  This week, it’s time to replace those 12 sleep disruptions with 10 strategies to help you fall asleep faster.  

 

In this week’s article, I’ll share with you 

  • 10 strategies to help you fall asleep faster
  • Resources for implementing those strategies in your life
  • The reasons these 10 strategies work

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12 Things Making It Hard for You to Sleep | Hayden Finch, PhD | Psychologist/Therapist | | Des Moines, Iowa | Little Rock, Arkansas

12 Things Making It Hard for You to Sleep

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Disrupted sleep is one of the most common symptoms of just about every mental health condition.  The more anxious you are, for example, the worse you sleep.  But the frustrating thing is that it just perpetuates itself: the worse you sleep, the more anxious you get.  You can really get stuck.  But it’s possible to reverse this spiral.  This week, let’s take a look at 12 things that are making it harder for you to fall asleep.  Are you making any of these mistakes??  

 

In this week’s article, I’ll share with you 

  • 12 things you might be doing that are actually making it harder for you to sleep
  • The reasons these 12 simple things interfere with your sleep

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