addiction & anxiety

Transforming Addiction Through Mindfulness

Transforming Addiction Through Mindfulness

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Addiction often creates a cycle of euphoria followed by anxiety, driving compulsive behavior to escape discomfort—but the true suffering of withdrawal is largely mental and short-lived. Healing requires replacing harmful...

Transforming Addiction Through Mindfulness

marcus antebi

Addiction often creates a cycle of euphoria followed by anxiety, driving compulsive behavior to escape discomfort—but the true suffering of withdrawal is largely mental and short-lived. Healing requires replacing harmful...

Why Everyone We Know Is Anxious (Including Us)

Why Everyone We Know Is Anxious (Including Us)

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When a friend asked how I was doing, I told him the truth: I’m putting in the work—and that work is learning how to live with anxiety instead of letting...

Why Everyone We Know Is Anxious (Including Us)

marcus antebi

When a friend asked how I was doing, I told him the truth: I’m putting in the work—and that work is learning how to live with anxiety instead of letting...

Write Like Your Life Depends on It

Write Like Your Life Depends on It

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Journaling is not about perfection—it's a daily practice of accessing truth, giving voice to your higher self, and transforming raw emotion into clarity. Write not just for yourself, but for...

Write Like Your Life Depends on It

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Journaling is not about perfection—it's a daily practice of accessing truth, giving voice to your higher self, and transforming raw emotion into clarity. Write not just for yourself, but for...

Why Your Brain Can't Stop Fearing Death (And How to Take Back Control)

Why Your Brain Can't Stop Fearing Death (And Ho...

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This entry explores how our fear of death drives the human need to create meaning, and how persistent thoughts of death or suicide often stem from unresolved emotional pain and...

Why Your Brain Can't Stop Fearing Death (And Ho...

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This entry explores how our fear of death drives the human need to create meaning, and how persistent thoughts of death or suicide often stem from unresolved emotional pain and...

The Anatomy of Grief: Healing Sadness, Anxiety, and the Roots of Addiction

The Anatomy of Grief: Healing Sadness, Anxiety,...

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Grief is not a flaw or failure—it’s a vital, non-linear process that helps us metabolize loss, reconnect with our emotional truth, and return to life with deeper awareness. Beneath addiction,...

The Anatomy of Grief: Healing Sadness, Anxiety,...

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Grief is not a flaw or failure—it’s a vital, non-linear process that helps us metabolize loss, reconnect with our emotional truth, and return to life with deeper awareness. Beneath addiction,...

What If This Is All Easier Said Than Done?

What If This Is All Easier Said Than Done?

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Even when life is overwhelming, painful, or full of resistance, your commitment to stay present, breathe deeply, and keep going is a profound act of healing. Enlightenment isn’t handed to...

What If This Is All Easier Said Than Done?

marcus antebi

Even when life is overwhelming, painful, or full of resistance, your commitment to stay present, breathe deeply, and keep going is a profound act of healing. Enlightenment isn’t handed to...