Action Plan

Experience the concepts and tools presented in the audio CD: Exploring “New Program” A Blueprint For Recovery. It will give you an overview of how to approach your anxiety/panic differently.

Experience the concepts and tools presented in the audio CD: “Understand The Wounded Child Within” It will give you a deeper appreciation of how to recognize and begin healing wounded parts of yourself.

Experience developing your own inner coach with the book: “Who’s REALLY Driving Your Bus?” It will take you through the step by step process of how to build your own personal inner coach.

Experience developing the tools and skills needed to build healthy esteem and learn to parent the wounded parts of yourself with the book: “Changing Attitudes In Recovery – A Handbook On Esteem” It will show you how to begin building healthy self-esteem. It will also show you how to begin a loving, parenting relationship with the wounded kids inside.

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

At the heart of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is an excessive, exaggerated fear and worry about everyday life experiences. People with symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder continually predict disaster and can't stop worrying about what is going to go wrong and how they will cope with the impending crises. They feel an overwhelming pressure to ‘be on guard’ at all times and in all situations. In people with GAD, the worry is often unrealistic and out of proportion for the situation. Daily life becomes a painful ordeal demanding a state of worry, fear and dread. Although people with GAD may realize that their anxiety is excessive or unjustified, they are unable to simply “snap out of it.” This vicious circle of fear feeding more fear eclipses healthy living, interfering with daily functioning.

The causes of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are complex and difficult to understand. Research has shown that three significant contributors to the cause of the disorder include environmental (stressors), genetic (family history of GAD), and an imbalance of certain chemicals in the brain (neurotransmitters - serotonin and dopamine).

Those who develop GAD, often begin to have anxiety symptoms during childhood or adolescence, but they can also begin in adulthood. GAD affects people of all ages, and the disorder is twice as likely to affect women as men.