by Tracy Shawn, MA author of The Grace of Crows Please Note: This is a revised piece from an earlier blog and was also published with online magazine Psych Central under the title "Walking Away From … [Read more...]
Very Inspiring Blogger Award
February 27, 2015 by
By Tracy Shawn, M.A. Thank you very much to Michelle Robin La for nominating me for the “Very Inspiring Blogger Award.” This award allows bloggers to share other websites they feel are … [Read more...]
Holiday Survival When Anxious or Depressed
December 10, 2014 by
By TRACY SHAWN, M.A., Author (This article was first published in PsychCentral.com) For those of us who suffer from anxiety or depression, the holiday season can prove especially … [Read more...]
3 Creative Ways to Combat the Blues
September 16, 2014 by
By TRACY SHAWN, M.A. (This article was first published in Psychcentral.com) Often, stress, disappointments, and mundane realities of everyday life plague our inner worlds so much that it’s … [Read more...]
The Healing Power of Animals in Our Age of Technology
August 5, 2014 by
(First Published in: PsychCentral.com) I think I could turn and live with animals, they’re so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long. ~ Walt Whitman (1819-1892), Song … [Read more...]
Strategies for the Chronically Overworked
July 21, 2014 by
By TRACY SHAWN, MA (First Published in Psych Central Magazine: http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/author/tracy-shawn/) The following is an interview with Dr. Greg Marcus, … [Read more...]
How Fiction Writing Helped Me Conquer Real-Life Anxiety
July 16, 2014 by
By Tracy Shawn, MA First Published in Psych Central Magazine Anxiety, or mental unease, can be seen as the crying out of the internal artist: Let me out! Let me speak! ~ Frances … [Read more...]
The Courage That Comes with Anxiety
July 1, 2014 by
First Published in Psych Central By Tracy Shawn, M.A. author of "The Grace of Crows," a novel about a woman's journey through anxiety “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather … [Read more...]
Why Novel Reading Reduces Anxiety
June 10, 2014 by
Why Novel Reading Reduces Anxiety By TRACY SHAWN, MA First Published in Psych Central Magazine “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but … [Read more...]
