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HOW TO MANAGE ANXIETY & END PANIC ATTACKS
Skill Acquisition
Preparing Your Brain for Change
You would not expect a gas car engine to run well if you filled the tank with diesel. Similarly, your brain is a complex piece of machinery and it needs not only the right fuel to function, but optimum fuel if you expect it to change.
Using the guidelines in Chapter Four, easily fuel your brain in ways that help you create permanent change in your ways of thinking.
Focal Point Meditation
You need to learn how to become a Master of Choosing Your Thoughts in order to be capable of avoiding getting stuck in thought loops, and in order to choose thoughts that bring you a feeling of calm and peace rather than anxiety. Choosing your thoughts is a learned skill.
Cardiac Coherence and Pranayama
Cardiac Coherence is a form of deep breathing that helps your heart and lungs work together to create a relaxed state of balance in your body. Integrate Pranayama, a form of yogic breathing, for greater beneficial outcomes including a direct impact on lowering hormones, including cortisol, that effect your stress and relaxation levels.
Gratitude Therapy
Rewiring your brain to intuitively see the cup as half full, or more, is a key to managing anxiety, and living a happy life.
Using the basic tools of Gratitude Therapy you can lay
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