The staff at Mindful Living Counseling Orlando picked five of their favorite books they highly recommend you read in 2022. These books are a gentle reminder of ways you can find comfort and distraction when you start to feel anxious or stressed. You can also pick up these books anytime throughout the year when you need to refocus your energy and find some peace. Our list includes a book to help ease your anxiety, a book simply for distraction, and a book for some self-help.

As Orlando Therapists at Mindful Living Counseling, we understand that 2021 has been a tough year for everyone. We are still living through a pandemic even though we have found some sense of normality we are all still adjusting and dealing with daily stressors. It has been a challenging year for all of us and despite the progress, we have made, it can be hard to celebrate any personal accomplishments when the world is still healing.

At Mindful Living Counseling Orlando, we will often work with our clients in developing and understanding all the various aspects of themselves. This guided practice is intended to be a resource if you started a practice of exploring internal aspects of self. This is a guided practice that is intended to be a daily check-in to notice any aspects of self that may be disturbed and need some additional support.

Mindful Living Counseling Orlando provides grounding practices to our clients that struggle with anxiety and trauma. Guided meditation is one of our favorite grounded techniques

Get yourself into a comfortable space, and ready to listen to our guided meditation Working with Parts of Self.

Do you experience anxiety, sleep problems, and feeling overwhelmed? How about the inability to focus or mood swings? Did you know these are symptoms of both PTSD and ADHD?

Talk about feeling overwhelmed… trying to suss out the difference between both of these diagnoses can be overwhelming. Is it PTSD? Is it ADHD? Or is it both?

At Mindful Living Counseling Orlando, almost all of our clients struggle with some form of PTSD, whether it be from a single life-threatening event, from years of not having their emotional needs met in childhood or some variation of the two.

Whether it feels like the stakes are super high and you’re afraid of making the wrong decision or you don’t like your options, there is a way to navigate difficult decisions when life places you right in front of what seems like an impossible crossroad.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an option for those who want to build acceptance for what is out of their control, and commit to actions that enrich their lives.

Get yourself into a comfortable space, and listen to the Breath and Body Grounding practice below to help reduce your anxiety by focusing on your breath and body.

If there is one thing that will put you in your own personal hell and destroy your mental health, it’s judgement. What does judgement do? It categorizes things into two categories: one that is desirable and one that is undesirable, much like good/bad, right/wrong, pretty/ugly, worthy/worthless, smart/stupid. I’m sure you get the picture.

Anxiety Therapist Shares a Guided Meditation for Anxiety: Container and Storage

By: Lauran Hahn, LMHC

Anxiety and overwhelm can be a powerful dictator in someone’s life. However, it can be managed through daily meditation and mindfulness practice. At Mindful Living Counseling Orlando, we provide grounding practices to our clients who struggle with anxiety and trauma. Guided Meditation is one of our favorite grounding techniques.

Get yourself into a comfortable space, and listen to the Container and Storage practice below to give yourself the tools to put away certain events, memories, or situations that are causing you anxiety at the moment and return to them when and if you are ready.

Orlando Anxiety Therapist providing tips to settle when your inner critic is taking over.

You know that little internal voice that spews negative self-talk? Of course you do! We all have one. I like to call it your little inner critic.

The little inner critic says things like, "You're not enough." Whether it is not good enough, smart enough, or skilled enough, it is constantly sending you messages that you don't measure up in some way.

An anxiety therapist in Orlando providing relaxation tips to increase your ability to sleep.

Having difficulties sleeping? Sleeping difficulties are common when life is or becomes turbulent. You could be having difficulties with work, with your relationship, with your friends, conflict in your spiritual world, a tough time with your mental health, financial difficulties, or be going through some big life changes - all of which could contribute to your difficulties sleeping.

Orlando anxiety therapist providing 6 simple steps for implementing a sustainable self-care plan.

Does 2020 have you feeling exhausted, anxious, or worn out? This year has put every person on the planet through the wringer. It taxed our communities, our nation, and our world. Through all the trials and tribulations, this year has compelled many of us to take a stand for things we believe in big and small. If this year is tugging at you to dig deep and make changes personally, politically, or globally, you will need to bring the best version of yourself to 2021.

Orlando Anxiety Therapist Providing Gift Ideas for People with Anxiety

When gifting a loved one, choosing something personal and meaningful is often the best way to go to provide them something that you know they will cherish. If your loved one struggles with anxiety, a gift that can bring calm, relaxation, and grounding into their life may be the best direction to take.

Orlando Therapist: 7 Tips for Reducing Stress Through a Pandemic Holiday

However, as an anxiety counselor and trauma therapist, I understand that the idea of a new and different holiday can make some people feel anxious. Change can be difficult especially during a sensitive time like a pandemic where our need to feel safe, secure, and supported is already at an all time high.

I invite you to continue reading for ways to help you reduce stress and anxiety during this year’s pandemic holiday season.