Posts Tagged ‘Anxiety’

“My Dependency Was Getting Completely Out of Control. Then Everything Changed.”

12/20/2017

If there’s a common thread that ties working America together, it’s stress. With 65 percent of adults reporting work as a top stressor, according to the American Psychological Association, we’re left asking, “How do we deal?” Read more

Navigating Anxiety in Your Thirties

10/23/2017

In her early twenties, Josie Overmyer picked up and moved across the country. That influential move was the first time she remembers the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique playing a role in mitigating stress in her life, helping to spark her into a particularly creative period of songwriting. Today, her creative endeavors are focused in a new direction: entrepreneurship.

Josie talks to us about the role that anxiety plays in her life while pursuing a new career, and how she maximizes her productivity with the help of TM… Read more

New Study: Helping Women Reduce Trauma in Prison

08/22/2017

Research finds that women are the fastest growing population in U.S. prisons, nearly double the rate of men. They enter prison with high rates of mental, emotional, and sexual abuse, and this high level of trauma results in an increased risk for recidivism. Read more

My Only Regret Is That I Didn’t Find This Practice Twenty Years Ago

01/24/2016

As someone with a creative AND whirlwind mind that moves a mile a minute, balancing my creative ideas with spinning, whirling, self-sabotaging thoughts has always been a challenge. My mind was always “ahead” of the rest of me, and this imbalance caused chaos in my personal life… Read more

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If You Are Unhappy With Your Life, Consider First Changing It From Within

12/15/2015

When adversity strikes, meditation can be our best friend. Not as an escape, but as a secret weapon to fortify our minds and bodies, to create resilience and perspective. Read more

43 Years Of Teaching Transcendental Meditation – It’s Been Quite A Journey

11/30/2015

In 1969, Bob Roth was just looking for a way to handle life. Since then, the Transcendental Meditation technique hasn’t just changed his life, but also the lives of over half a million at-risk individuals. Watch the video

Having A Father With PTSD: A Drill Sergeant In The Military And A Drill Sergeant At Home

11/11/2015

“I experienced some gruesome things there…I started having nightmares. I didn’t have any idea it was going to turn into the terrible thing it turned into…I woke up one day as an alcoholic, out of control… And I was looking for anything that would help me cope.” Watch the video

4 Millennials Try Transcendental Meditation For 60 Days

10/29/2015

“I have a resting nice face, but a lot of times behind it, it’s just like… panic. So my expectation [with trying TM] is to be calmer, and for my mind to race less.” Watch the video

How Transcendental Meditation Helped Me Through A Traumatic Experience

10/27/2014

Traumatic incidences are usually unavoidable. Your plans probably never include them, yet they happen all the same, which can leave you with a feeling of powerlessness. You’re not powerless though. Read more.

New Research on TM and Anxiety

10/11/2013

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health problem in the United States, affecting 40 million adults (about 18% of the population) and costing more than $42 billion a year. Anxiety is considered a negative mood disturbance that results from failure to predict, control, and obtain desired goals and is associated with dysfunctional cognition, behavior, and physiologic over-activity. Read more

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