Category: Grief

  • Past Lives Related to Panic, Guilt and Fear

    The question about past lives is an interesting one. And my first answer is yes,  I do believe that unresolved past life issues can cause panic, guilt, fear and anxiety attacks.  But, it’s not as important whether you believe in past lives or not. What is useful is to use whatever memories come up is a…

  • Sadness and Fear: An Exercise to Get Relief

    The following is a question I received from one of my clients.  It mirrors what so many people with anxiety feel that I decided to give a technique that I haven’t talked about in a while.  It is different type of solution and one that is worth using.  The people who have experimented with it…

  • Loneliness and Grief – 10 ways to free the mind from grief

    In my last article I shared a note I wrote to my dad when he was grieving and suffering the passing of a loved one.   In this article I’m sharing some other thoughts about my dad, my philosophy and about using the mind to relieve some of the sadness of loss. I’ve also included a…

  • Loneliness and Grief

    I received a phone call this week from a person suffering from a tragic loss because of a car accident.  I told her I would post about my own path in dealing with grief. First I offer my deepest condolences and I hope something in what I am writing today will in some small way help…

  • How to Shake Memories You Want to Forget

    It is possible to change old reactions. I have been showing people how for over 27 years. Today we will start looking at the answers to getting release from memories of past abuse and trauma.   We start with a question that was sent in to the Anxiety Control Center. Question: I’m just wondering how do…

  • Relief from Fear and Depression – Life changing techniques

    Life changing hypnotic techniques. In this article I am using the story of Todd to show how a person can get free from depression, anger, anxiety and guilt.    Todd (the name has been changed for confidentiality) is a 45 year old man,  married for 20 years and with two children. He had been weighed…

  • TRANSFORMING SADNESS TO HOPE

    STEPS FOR TRANSFORMING SADNESS TO HOPE Audrey Sussman PhD, LCSW, NBCCH, Director Anxiety Control Center Has the thought of summer ending triggered feelings of loss or sadness?  If so you are not alone.  At different times of the year the Anxiety Control Center gets inundated with phone calls from people suffering from melancholy, loneliness, sadness…

  • Grief and Sadness

    After the death of my very favorite and loved uncle just 2 weeks ago I found myself thinking, and grieving and sobbing and then . . .  beginning to move towards healing.  And it went back and forth between terrible pain of loss to uplifting feeling of connection.   I’ve decided to talk about my…