How to walk into an exam feeling calm and confident

Do you ever have bad dreams about taking exams? I had one of these dreams the other night. My anxious exam dreams usually go something like this . . . I’m back in high school and I’m not having a fun time. I’m freaking out because I haven’t studied for an exam (and this exam […]

Stress and the Teenage Brain (Part 1): The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Here’s a fact that may surprise you: The average high school student today experiences the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient of the 1950s. Take a moment to let that sink in: teenagers who are now considered normal would have been referred for specialist treatment in the 1950s. What’s causing teenagers to […]