Lifestyles

By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. You wake up exhausted after a good night’s sleep. You take no pleasure in your activities. You have difficulty concentrating, tasks take longer than usual, at times you find yourself irritable for no obvious reason. Maybe you feel “keyed up” all the time, or as if your energy goes through […]

By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Some people seem to be wired to like variety, novelty, change from routine. Others seem to prefer the status quo, the predictable, the familiar. To some extent, this is genetic, but it is also influenced by the multitude of experiences we have been subjected to in

to avoid anxiety and depression, I only read the headlines in the newspapers, bypassing the stories. What helps are known health-related behaviors such as exercise, eating right, getting enough sleep, and especially spending time with friends. The latter may be the most important factor in dealing with stress. [nATASHA jOSEFOWITZ, acsw, pH.d]

By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Have you ever felt something to be either right or wrong in the pit of your stomach, but meanwhile your head kept repeating, “No, I can’t trust it. I can’t act on it; I need more information?” Most of us have experienced this at one time