Rumination vs Worry: Two Kinds of Repetitive Thinking
The difference between rumination and worry, how each maintains anxiety or depression, what the research shows, and strategies for recognizing and interrupting both.
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Self-Compassion and Anxiety: Treating Yourself as You Would a Friend
What self-compassion means, how it relates to anxiety and self-criticism, what meta-analyses show, and practical exercises for building a kinder inner response.
Self-Esteem and Anxiety: How They Influence Each Other
How low self-esteem and anxiety reinforce each other, the role of core beliefs, what longitudinal research shows, and practical exercises for examining self-worth beliefs.
Sleep and Anxiety: The Two-Way Relationship
How anxiety disrupts sleep, how sleep deprivation amplifies anxiety, what research says about the bidirectional link, and practical sleep hygiene steps.
Lesson 2: One Situation, Several Different Interpretations
Lesson 2 shows how one event can be read several ways, how each reading shapes feelings and actions, and what CBT and ACT do differently with that.
Social Anxiety Basics: The Fear of Being Judged
What social anxiety disorder is, Clark and Wells' cognitive model, safety behaviors in social situations, and first steps for working with social anxiety.
Test and Performance Anxiety: When the Stakes Make Everything Harder
What test and performance anxiety are, the Yerkes-Dodson relationship between arousal and performance, cognitive interference theory, and practical strategies backed by research.
Lesson 28: Values-Based Action
Lesson 28 explains values-based action from ACT — choosing behavior based on what matters to you rather than what anxiety dictates — and how it differs from goal-setting.
Lesson 12: The Worry Time Technique
Lesson 12 explains the worry time technique, how it works, what research shows about postponing worry, and a step-by-step guide to trying it.
Lesson 1: What Do We Mean by Anxiety?
Lesson 1 explains what anxiety means, how it differs from fear, worry and stress, when it may be a disorder, and what self-guided learning can do.