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Living with anxiety can be painful. It can range from a variety of experiences and symptoms, but a few common ones are: ...
08/18/2025

Living with anxiety can be painful.
It can range from a variety of experiences and symptoms, but a few common ones are:
1) That feeling that something bad is gong to happen. It's the "what if's" and the worst case scenarios, playing out in your mind. on repeat.
2) Feeling tired no matter how much you try to rest. Anxiety takes energy!
3) Overthinking and that feeling of being in your head all the time. It's the lying awake at night, worrying about today and the next 30 years.

Anxiety can take a lot from us. Our brain thinks it is trying to protect us from threats, but it cannot gauge and respond differently whether if the threat is a lion trying to eat us or own internal landscape. It just knows that something is causing alarm bells for us.

The good news? There are helpful strategies to reduce anxiety and safe spaces to talk about what these experiences have felt like ❤️

Six gentle reminders going into your weekend ❤️
08/15/2025

Six gentle reminders going into your weekend ❤️

Overthinking can take up a lot of energy. It can leave you exhausted, playing out "what if's" in your own mind. Sometime...
08/11/2025

Overthinking can take up a lot of energy. It can leave you exhausted, playing out "what if's" in your own mind.

Sometimes it can help to schedule time to worry, as an established "okay, here's our focused lot of worry time." I often recommend writing the worries down, as then it's a place to visually show our mind we already did our worrying.

It can also be helpful to think about what we actually have control over, versus the things our mind is spiraling over. Things that might be in your control could be as simple as I have control over having a drink of water, taking a few deep breaths. Focusing on the action though, that can be helpful.

Finally, getting out of our heads and back into the body or sensory experience can allow space to have a shift. Spicy gum, sour candy, walking barefoot on grass or textured carpet, cold water. These are all things that can be beneficial.

Checking in - what do you need today?
07/08/2025

Checking in - what do you need today?

The Butterfly Hug is a self-soothing technique used to help with anxiety and regulate emotions. It involves crossing you...
06/30/2025

The Butterfly Hug is a self-soothing technique used to help with anxiety and regulate emotions. It involves crossing your arms across your chest and gently tapping your shoulders or upper arms, mimicking butterfly wings, while breathing deeply.

Here's a step-by-step guide:
1. Cross your arms:
Bring your hands up to your chest and cross your arms, placing your hands on your opposite shoulders or upper arms.
2. Tap gently:
Start tapping your shoulders or upper arms, alternating between your left and right hand in a rhythmic, butterfly-like motion.
3. Breathe deeply:
While tapping, take slow, deep breaths. Inhale deeply through your nose, hold for a moment, and exhale slowly through your mouth.
4. Focus on the sensation:
Pay attention to the feeling of your hands on your body and the rhythm of your breath. Notice the calming effect this creates.
5. Continue as needed:
Continue the tapping and breathing for a few minutes, or as long as you feel it's helpful.
6. End with a grounding breath:
When you feel calmer, take one more deep breath and slowly release it.

The Butterfly Hug can be adapted to different preferences, such as tapping on the knees instead of the shoulders. As always this is not medical advice or a substitute for therapy, content is for educational purposes only.

Peace is precious. How are you focusing your own time, energy and awareness?
06/23/2025

Peace is precious. How are you focusing your own time, energy and awareness?

Take what you need ❤️
05/14/2025

Take what you need ❤️

You don’t have to keep living in survival mode, chasing “enoughness” and burning out.Real healing starts when you stop t...
04/08/2025

You don’t have to keep living in survival mode, chasing “enoughness” and burning out.

Real healing starts when you stop trying to fix yourself and start learning how to care for the parts of you that are exhausted, anxious, and hurting.

You deserve a life that feels softer, more spacious, and more you. ❤️

Let’s begin.

Stress doesn’t always announce itself. It creeps in through tension in your shoulders, a short temper, or feeling draine...
04/03/2025

Stress doesn’t always announce itself. It creeps in through tension in your shoulders, a short temper, or feeling drained no matter how much you rest.

Your body, emotions, and behaviors are always giving you clues. Are you clenching your jaw more? Feeling more irritable or checked out?

Noticing these shifts is the first step. Listening to them and taking care of yourself is what helps you move through stress instead of getting stuck in it.

Therapy can be a powerful tool for self-discovery, building healthier relationships, and processing emotions. It's an in...
04/01/2025

Therapy can be a powerful tool for self-discovery, building healthier relationships, and processing emotions. It's an investment in understanding yourself and creating a life of balance and growth ❤️

Do you always feel like things are your fault? Like if you don’t double-check, over-explain, or do things “just right,” ...
03/16/2025

Do you always feel like things are your fault? Like if you don’t double-check, over-explain, or do things “just right,” something bad will happen? That’s hyperresponsibility: the belief that you have more control (and blame) than you actually do.

It can show up in everyday life: feeling like you have to prevent mistakes at all costs, worrying that you’ve unknowingly hurt someone, or believing it’s your job to keep everyone around you happy. Your brain is trying to keep you safe, but instead, it traps you in guilt, overchecking, and anxiety.

Letting go of hyperresponsibility means learning to trust yourself again. You’re allowed to set things down. You’re allowed to be human. 💛

Uncertainty and obsessional doubt might feel similar, but they’re actually very different. Uncertainty happens when we a...
03/14/2025

Uncertainty and obsessional doubt might feel similar, but they’re actually very different. Uncertainty happens when we acknowledge that some things are unknowable right now, we work with the facts we have and accept that clarity might come with time.

Obsessional doubt, though, isn’t based on reality. It creates endless “what ifs,” convincing us that something bad might be true, even when there’s no real evidence. Instead of recognizing this as just a story, we scramble, stuck in a loop of overanalyzing and second-guessing.

❤️ If this resonates and you need support navigating obsessional doubts, schedule a free 15 minute discovery call through the link in bio.

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