Navigating Anxiety: Embracing Glimmers of Peace
Navigating anxiety is exhausting, and living anxiously without finding glimmers in your day can make everything feel dark.
Navigating anxiety is exhausting, and living anxiously without finding glimmers in your day can make everything feel dark.
You’ve heard the phrases on a hard day “be grateful for this, someday you will see the bigger picture, let’s look at the silver lining”. While well intentioned these phrases actually make us feel small and isolated more than they help.
I know, I know, you don’t need another person telling you what to do to help you on a day like today. But is it possible that those who are offering suggestions might actually be in the right direction? Not as a cureall but to support us in feeling just a little more like ourselves today? Small steps today might not seem like they help with the big goal, but the thing we know about our minds and bodies is that these small steps actually help us making the movement towards the big goal.
Tired of the hustle culture? Always needing to prove your worth and waiting for others to notice your acheivements? We are too, start with these four steps to start leaning into recognizing your inherent worth and feel free.
Getting stuck in a cycle of stress is exhausting – try these 7 tips to close the cycle out.
When your negative thoughts get too loud, acknowledging them instead of avoiding them may actually be the way through.
Therapy has new depths when we start to include the body. It can support the changes that you have been hoping to see all this time.
Are you often finding yourself labeling, focusing on good vs bad, and having thoughts of food taking up more of your day than you want? Then improving your relationship with food is a valuable step toward a healthier and more balanced approach to eating and living.
Finding your breath in times of stress helps your mind and body reset. Mindful breathing is one of the first skills I like to introduce to my clients since no matter where you are or what you’re doing, you have your breath.
If you find it difficult to control your worry, you aren’t alone – and it sounds like anxiety might be running your life. Art Therapy is a creative tool to support you in coping with and moving through anxiety.
Anxiety in children can look a little different than in adults and has some developmental impacts. Chances are you are a parent reading this wondering how to help your child, we are here to support you.
Anxiety is a survival skill. It tells us there is danger near, kicks on our fight-or-flight, and gets us ready for action. Having anxiety is a good thing when it’s appropriate for our survival instincts to kick in. However, avoiding anxiety usually leads us to create more anxiety.