It’s been an intense year for many due to social and economic changes. And with change comes a lot of feelings to process. Most of us have a hard time being with difficult emotions. And we’d prefer to distract ourselves from feeling the hard stuff. But when we distract, our feelings are still swirling around inside us. […]

“We are all in the same storm, but in a different boat.” ~Unknown⁠ Even though we have each been impacted by the current pandemic, we each have different needs⁠. Many are trying to survive⁠ in their business, family, marriage, job, unemployment, or compromised health.⁠ And others feel like they are growing and reconnecting with what’s […]

A week ago I was planning to travel out of state with my daughter for a spring break trip. Almost as soon as I canceled our trip, they began canceling large events as a preventative measure to help slow the spread of the Coronavirus. New closures are coming daily, and we are each being asked […]

Have you ever felt like you couldn’t catch your breath? Whether you are going through an intense time, have a hard time slowing down to relax, or find it hard to stop thinking about all the what if’s, they all impact your breath. But often focusing on how we breathe is the last thing we […]

Your stomach is in knots or it’s flopping around so much you feel sick. You are starting to sweat and feel your heart racing even though you aren’t exercising. And your mind is literally running in circles faster than you can keep up. Anxiety feels so uncomfortable that you want to run away from yourself […]

While it seems like everyone else is singing Christmas carols and baking cookies with holiday cheer, all you can think about is not having someone to share the holidays with. You find yourself single and going through a relationship breakup, a divorce, or death of a loved one. And you just want to get the holidays over with […]

Have you ever wanted to tell someone how mad you are, but you don’t? Instead, you keep your anger to yourself, so you don’t start a fight. The only problem is your anger is bubbling over, even if you don’t express it directly. Keeping your anger to yourself isn’t always a bad idea, as long […]

Have you ever been so stressed out that you almost forgot to breathe? Instead, you are breathing like you are out of breath from running a race. When we get uptight, we speed ourselves up. Alarms go off in our body because our mind is telling the body there is a danger. Just like we […]

Understanding Anxiety Humans are the only ones who can turn the stress response on by imagining threatening situations in our minds. When you worry, you are believing the “what if’s” that you tell yourself. Your fear response is activated as if there is a real danger. If you were in danger the stress response would […]

“Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but gets you nowhere.” ~ Glenn Turner When you worry, your thoughts go in circles and you focus only on what if’s. One worry leads to another worry which leads to another worry. With your mind racing ahead of you, you can’t fall […]