I am Writing a Book

I am Writing a Book

5-1-16

Sunday

May is Book Month

I am writing a book

Dr. Tony’s

Anxiety Solutions

And

Your Wisdom Within

This book will be made up of blogs I have written daily

Over the past two years

All the blogs are written in a poetry format

I have referred to them in the book as both blogs and poems

Now my task it to identify why I’m writing them

The following is a tentative list of those reasons:

First, this book has been written for you

But in the process of writing it

It is also teaching me

We both learn

My needs are the same as yours

And I hope this book will help both of us

Gain a clearer understanding

Of the meaning of life

This book is written to better our lives

It is about anxiety in our society

A condition that affects each one of us

We are discussing it

Because it is such a common issue

In the lives of so many people

The final part of the book

Addresses the wisdom within

Yours and God’s

Which will help you

Solve your problems in life

Dr. Tony

The Wisdom Within

The Wisdom Within

4-24-16

Sunday

Anxiety Reduction Month

There is much wisdom in the world,

And the bulk of that wisdom is within us

Waiting to transform us.

It has the power

To guide us

And release us

From the nightmare of anxiety,

And it will open us to the joy of healthy living

What a life that will be.

The joy of healthy living.

This is being written to make you aware

Of this magnificent wisdom

That dwells within you

That wisdom

That will teach you all the solutions

To free you from anxiety

And guide you to a healthier life

Beyond which you have ever imagined

Believe it!

The wisdom is there within you

Open your eyes and see,

Open your ears and listen,

Open all your senses and begin to live

Now is the time

Now is the present

This is the moment

Seize it

Dr. Tony

Anxiety and Healthy Living

Anxiety and Healthy Living

4-21-16

Thursday

Anxiety Reduction Month

Anxiety and Healthy Living

What do the two have in common?

They have the 16-step program,

For both anxiety and healthy living.

When you diminish your anxiety,

You open the door

To healthy living

It’s the identical program

With a slightly different focus.

We just give it a new name.

Reducing or releasing anxiety

Actually is healthy living.

When anxiety no longer is the main issue,

Our focus becomes healthy living,

But it’s still the same program.

We end up doing the same things.

But now we have a different purpose.

It was reducing anxiety,

Now it’s living a healthy life.

But you may wish to call it healthy living

Even when you’re freeing yourself from anxiety

Now you have one program for life.

That makes it simple.

Dr. Tony

16-Step Anxiety Program

16-Step Anxiety Program

4-20-16

Wednesday

Anxiety Reduction Month

16-Step Anxiety Program

 The 16-Step Anxiety Program

The List

1. Ask for help from the wisdom within you.

2.      Believe your wisdom will take care of you.

3. Focus on the present and be mindful.

4. Think positive thoughts

5. Understand the consequences of negative thinking.

6. Identify the onset of anxiety.

                                                                                                                                                                                    

7. Let peace and calm replace anxiety.

8. Learn from the past

9. Breathe for inner peace.

10. Discover your anxiety triggers.

11. Avoid negative persons, places and things.

12. Use the calmness scale.

13. Avoid negative thinking.

14. Trust God will help.

15. Do your part in feeling better.

16. The way out of anxiety.

Dr. Tony

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The 16-Step Anxiety Program

The 16-Step Anxiety Program

4-18-16

Monday

Anxiety Reduction Month

The 16-Step Anxiety Program

 

This program may be viewed

As a Healthy Living Program,

Or merely as an Anxiety Reduction Program.

They are both the same.

The goal is the same:

Love, peace and Joy

What we are saying is,

Anxiety reduction

Takes the same path as

Healthy living takes.

There is no difference,

Just the names.

Both paths will produce

A healthy life,

Physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

The path will be your path,

Because this is a self-development program.

You are the director of the program.

All I have done,

Is give you 16 steps,

To choose as you wish,

How you wish and when you wish

I am merely your guide

You are the master of your destiny

More tomorrow on your path

Your guide

Dr. Tony

Anxiety Reduction Do Your Part

Anxiety Reduction

Do Your Part

4-16-16

Saturday

Anxiety Reduction Month

Photography Credit: Scenescapery

Anxiety Solutions

“Do your Part”

This is the fifteenth solution

On our anxiety solution list

There is no anxiety solution without me.

Only I can solve the riddle.

Only I have the ultimate solution.

Only I am in charge of my life,

And of my anxiety.

Thank you for giving me the wisdom

To heal my anxiety.

The wisdom is already within me.

It has always been there.

I have always been able to be the master of my destiny.

So has it been ordained

From all eternity.

I am able to do—

All I need to do.

The answer is within me.

My task is to search within,

And find the answer.

It awaits my discovery.

I have the wisdom,

And the energy to make the needed changes.

Do I have the motivation

To use the energy,

And tap the wisdom?

In order to be healed

I must say

I do!

Dr. tony

Discover Your Anxiety Triggers

Discover Your Anxiety Triggers

4-11-16

Monday

Anxiety Reduction Month

Anxiety Solutions

“Discover your anxiety triggers”

This is the tenth solution

On our anxiety solution list

Remember!

This is about your anxiety triggers,

Not mine or anyone else’s,

Just yours.

What upsets you?

I’ll bet your negative thoughts do.

Maybe even your worrying does.

Maybe we should call worries negative thoughts.

What happens when you’re confused or scared?

Are those feelings caused by events that trigger your anxiety?

How about when your mind runs amuck?

Does that set you off?

How come you’re antsy sometimes?

Like fidgety, nervous, impatient.

What was it that upset you?

Are people inconsiderate, mean, stupid?

We all have our triggers.

I better recognize mine,

Before somebody else does,

And pushes my buttons.

It’s all about me knowing myself,

Getting to know my triggers,

Getting rid of them,

And getting my act together.

Why don’t you write down your triggers?

Dr. Tony

Breathe for Inner Peace

Breathe for Inner Peace

4-10-16

Sunday

Anxiety Reduction Month

Anxiety Solutions

“Breathe for Inner Peace”

This is the ninth solution

On our anxiety solution list

Didn’t you know how powerful you were?

You can simply breathe

And fill your being with inner peace.

That’s all you have to do.

Breathe!

You carry with you

The Breath of life,

The giver of inner peace.

You have that power.

Breathe!

It’s yours to use,

It’s precious.

It’s your breath.

It’s among your greatest gifts.

God breathed into man

The breath of life,

Genesis 2:7

And you became a living being.

Breathe!

You have the breath of life

From the Source of all life.

It has been given you

To breath beauty into the universe.

And to breathe your inner peace!

Dr. Tony

Learn from the Past

Learn from the Past

4-9-16

Saturday

Anxiety Reduction Month

Anxiety Solutions

“Learn from the past to reduce anxiety”

This is the eighth solution

On our anxiety solution list

If we are wise

We will learn from the past.

Just because we don’t use the wisdom within us,

Doesn’t mean it’s not there.

The wisdom is there,

And it can teach us.

We just have to learn from it,

And believe we can.

If we believe,

All we have to do is ask,

And we will receive it.

The wisdom awaits us.

Let our past experiences be our teacher.

That purpose of the past

Is to teach,

 Not to blame.

All our wisdom comes from the yesterdays.

We just don’t realize

What a treasure trove of wisdom is enshrined within us.

It is filled with the knowledge to heal us.

Don’t be afraid to look at your past

And learn from it.

It’s a hidden treasure

Of anxiety solutions.

The past contains all the wisdom

To live the life we are meant to live.

Dr. Tony

Consequences of Negative Thinking

Consequences of Negative Thinking

4-6-16

Wednesday

April is Anxiety Month

Anxiety Solutions

“Understand the Consequences of Negative Thinking”

This is the fifth solution

On our anxiety solution list.

The most usual consequence

Of negative thinking is

Anxiety.

Maybe people don’t realize what they are choosing.

Negative thinking is a trouble maker.

It invites the anxiety demon into our lives.

It’s not a pretty picture.

It can be pure hell.

Anxiety

Is a state of uneasiness, apprehension and worry,

Turmoil and confusion,

Anger and stress,

And on and on.

And the culprit that always brings on anxiety is

Negative thinking.

It always is.

Steer clear of it!

The saving feature in preventing the tons of anxiety so many people have is

Positive Thinking.

And the cause of all that anxiety is

 Negative thinking.

I wonder why I can’t stop choosing it?

Why is it so easy to fall into

The negative thinking trap?

I wonder Why.

I’m going to have to figure that out.

Dr. Tony

Focus on the Present

Focus on the Present

4-4-16

Monday

April is Anxiety Reduction Month

Anxiety Solutions

 

“Focus on the Present”

This is the third solution

On our anxiety solution list.

This present moment is all that exists,

Nothing else does.

Neither the past—It’s gone forever.

Nor the future—it hasn’t arrived.

All that exists is “now”.

Why fret over what no longer exists?

It makes no sense.

It’s nonsense. It’s unreal.

Then let’s be masters of the moment.

And the only way to master it,

Is to embrace it, love it

And live it.

This moment is perfect.

It possesses all you need

To succeed.

Nurture this moment.

Mindfulness

It’s the magic of being in this very moment.

It’s not the here, there and everywhere of anxiety.

It’s the now of peace and calm.

Anxiety cannot exist in mindfulness’ presence.

They are opposites.

They cannot live together.

Choose the now of mindfulness.

It’s the present.

Dr. Tony