You can be successful at work and still spend the day bracing for mistakes. Learn why overpreparing, checking, rumination and perfectionism can keep work anxiety going, and what to do differently.

Shame can turn a mistake into a much bigger judgment about who you are. Learn what helps when self-criticism, perfectionism, and fear of judgment make it hard to move on.

You can love your spouse and still find yourself avoiding intimacy. Sexual anxiety can make touch, initiation and even bedtime feel loaded. Here is why that happens and what can help.

Dating someone with anxiety can leave you wondering when to reassure, when to give space, and when to stop trying to fix it. Here is what can help, what tends to make things harder, and how to know when the relationship needs more support.

Feeling sad, empty, anxious, or unexpectedly tearful after sex can be confusing, especially when the experience felt good. Learn why these emotions can surface after intimacy, what postcoital dysphoria means, and when the pattern may be worth exploring more closely.

Sometimes the person occupying your mind is someone you barely know. Limerence can involve intense longing, intrusive thoughts, idealization, fantasy, and a powerful need for signs that the other person might reciprocate. Learn why uncertainty can make the fixation stronger.

Anxiety does not only happen in your thoughts. The brain and digestive system communicate constantly, which is why stress can cause butterflies, nausea, stomach tension, bathroom urgency, and other digestive symptoms.

Trying to force negative thoughts away can make them more important. Learn nine evidence-informed ways to reduce rumination, challenge unhelpful thinking and create distance from self-critical thoughts.

Taking things personally is not always about being overly sensitive. Anxiety, rejection sensitivity, self-criticism and old relationship patterns can make ambiguous moments feel like evidence that something is wrong with you.

A compassionate guide for federal employees, contractors, and public service professionals in Washington, DC navigating job loss anxiety, RIF uncertainty, burnout, shame, grief, security clearance concerns, and the stress of trying to stay steady through workplace change.

Burnout is not just being tired after a hard week. For many high-achieving professionals in Washington, DC, it can become a pattern of exhaustion, dread, disconnection, and self-doubt that affects work, relationships, and mental health.

Are you having a hard time coping with being called back into the office? You’re not alone. Here’s why this is so hard for so many of us, and how you can cope.