If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, then you know that anxiety is a topic that has been near to my heart forever. It’s something that I have struggled with as far back as I can remember. Overcoming the anxiety that once debilitated my life and continuing to manage it to this day, is one of my life’s greatest victories. I have been blogging for over…
anxiety
-
Do You Have Anxiety? Get support from BetterHelp
Read moreDo You Have Anxiety? Get support from BetterHelp According to the AADA, 40 million adults in the United States suffer from an anxiety disorder per year. Even so, some people don’t have a diagnosis, whether that’s due to financial barriers to diagnosis or not recognizing…
-
4 Practical Tips for Dealing with Overwhelm
Read moreOver the course of the last year, my relationship with anxiety has shifted dramatically. For the most part, my anxiety is no longer running the show. I am so aware of it and I have made so much peace with it. I understand that it…
-
later you will understand
Read moreHello, friends. It’s been awhile — a three week break that I hadn’t planned, but such is life. Right? Things have been really hard for me since the middle of July. When I look back on these last few months, the title of Pema Chodron’s…
-
You can do anything. But you can’t do everything.
Read more“How did I end up here, again?” I asked myself, lying on my back in the emergency room hospital bed a couple of weeks ago. It was the second time in as many years that I found myself in that very position. Recently a friend…
-
let it be beautiful.
Read moreHappy Monday, friends. I hope that you had a beautiful weekend. It is cold, dark, and rainy outside my window right now, just the way a November morning should be. Before I start this post, I want to say thank you to each of you…
-
Write Hard and Clear About What Hurts :: Part One
Read moreThe past three weeks of my life have been good. I am healthier and happier than I’ve been in a very long time. But rewind to the twelve months that came before this, and it was a completely different story. A year ago, my life…
-
HALT: A Simple Reminder for Self-Care
Read moreSo many times in life, we discover that the little things really are the big things. As I wrote in my last post, I’ve been going through some major life changes and they’re far from little. But what I’ve noticed is that although the big…
