QUESTION: Despite my outgoing demeanor, I am really shy. I don’t feel like I fit in at most social events. Is there a way for me to get over that anxiety? CALLIE’S ANSWER: When I find myself feeling ...

Longer exhales stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system and reduce threat activation. Even one minute can help.

When it feels like your anxiety is getting the best of you — whether because your kids are having trouble at school or you have a major work project looming or your parents’ health is suffering (it’s ...

Anxiety brings out our tendencies to avoid or wish things were different, but our true agency and effectiveness come from ...

“It all boils down to our relative status in the history of our species when we would hang out in groups of around 150 people,” he says. “Relative status wasn’t who drives the fanciest car or who’s ...

One of the most powerful ways people maintain their anxiety is by avoiding whatever it is that makes them anxious. This avoidant behavior can present itself in many different ways: Someone who gets ...

Doing scary stuff sucks…which you’re definitely aware of if you’re dealing with mysterious health symptoms and dragging your feet about facing them head-on. I know I’ve put off doctor’s appointments ...

Anxiety is one of those words that means a hundred different things depending on who’s using it. A clinical disorder. A mood. A personality trait. A vague feeling that you don’t understand but ...

Anxiety among children and teens is on the rise, and that concerns clinical psychologist and Temple University professor Philip Kendall. Kendall directs Temple’s Child & Adolescent Anxiety Disorders ...

If the worst thing does happen in a social situation — an awkward conversation, a misspoken word or even a fall that calls attention to yourself — know that most people don’t remember those things ...