Alicia H Clark PsyD Wellness Digest

Timely tips for managing anxiety, nurturing healthy relationships, and optimizing wellness from a psychologist in the trenches.

Previous issues

Perspective is powerful when it comes to harnessing worry. - Issue #21

#20 Nov 3, 2019

Honoring Mental Health Today, and Every Day

#19 Oct 10, 2019

Why It's Difficult to Regain Calm After Fearing Anxiety

#18 Sep 28, 2019

#17

Aug 10, 2019

Hack Your Anxiety Audio is (finally) here! – Coincidentally, it was exactly a year ago yesterday that Hack Your Anxiety released in print. What an
#16

Jul 27, 2019

Training Our Minds to Notice the Positive – Summer is in full swing. Longer days, fantasy-worthy temperatures, and the buzz of outdoor fun draw u
#15

May 25, 2019

Anxiety Can Be Both Healthy and Unhealthy; Here's How to Know the Difference. – May can bring lovely weather and the promise of a more relaxed season, but it can also bring chaotic
#14

May 6, 2019

It's Only When We're Pulled Off Balance That We're Reminded to Stand Tall – With spring in full swing, school curriculums marching to year's end, and myriad celebrations populat
#13

Apr 6, 2019

Where Our Thoughts Go Our Feelings Follow – While it may not always feel this way, we actually have more control over our feelings than most of u
#12

Feb 22, 2019

Surround Yourself With People Who Value You – Lately I have been having more conversations about the quality of our relationships and their impact
#11

Jan 12, 2019

My New Year's Gift To You – The "new year, new you" season can bring all kinds of expectations, hopes, and even anxiety, as we wr
#10

Dec 30, 2018

The Only Accurate Barometer of a Relationship Fit Is How You Feel – With 2018 drawing to a close, and with the extra socializing of the holidays, relationships can emerg
#9

Nov 17, 2018

Stress Doesn't Have to Feel Positive to Be Positive – There are many ways stress can pressure us, and its effects decidedly aren't comfortable. Whether eve
#8

Oct 30, 2018

Anxiety Keeps Us Alert To The Things That Matter Most – With so many things to care deeply about, anxiety is part of the landscape these days. We can't contr
#7

Oct 16, 2018

Fearing Anxiety Only Escalates It – How we think about anxiety when it strikes can determine how we experience it. There is anxiety that
#6

Oct 4, 2018

Focusing on anxiety's purpose, rather than its discomfort, helps keep it positive. – How we think about anxiety matters. When we see it as a messenger, rather than a problem, we unlock t
#5

Sep 4, 2018

Viewing Stress Positively Allows Us To Use It To Our Advantage – How we think about stress matters. With summer officially over and real life demands squarely on deck
#4

Aug 23, 2018

Worry Can Motivate Solutions If We Don't Get Stuck Ruminating – Fundamentally anxiety's job is to harness our attention and motivate us to act. But sometimes circuit
#3

Aug 7, 2018

"Hack Your Anxiety" By Changing How You Think About It – In celebration of my new book, Hack Your Anxiety, hitting the shelves TODAY, here are some ideas abou
#2

Jul 28, 2018

Good Stress Can Be As Easy As Deciding It Is – Managing stress and anxiety in ourselves and those we love isn't easy, but it starts with taking cont
#1

Jun 30, 2018

What It Means to Hack Your Anxiety? – Whether you have been receiving my blog digests or nothing yet at all, welcome to my Wellness Digest!