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Hoosier Holistic Health

RN & Coach helping anxiety and stress management for women and LGBTQIA+ individuals

Sheila, your coach, is a Registered Nurse and Board Certified as a Holistic Nurse Coach serving women and LGBTQIA+ individuals to help manage anxiety and stress.

02/09/2026

Your partner says they love you. Your anxiety says they’re lying.
They text back immediately. Your anxiety says they’re only doing it out of obligation.
They want space for themselves. Your anxiety translates it as rejection.
Sound familiar?
Anxiety in relationships acts like a translator with a pessimism bias. It takes neutral or even positive information and filters it through worst-case scenarios. It’s trying to protect you from hurt, but instead it’s creating the very distance you fear.
Here’s what helps: Name it. “My anxiety is telling me you’re pulling away, but I want to check in with reality. How are you actually feeling about us?” Create agreements. Ask your partner what reassurance looks like for them, and share what you need to feel secure. Challenge the story. Write down the anxious thought, then list evidence for and against it. Sit with discomfort. Not every anxious feeling requires immediate action or reassurance.
Your anxiety isn’t the enemy—but it also isn’t the truth-teller. Learning the difference is relationship-changing work.

02/06/2026

“Love yourself first” is well-meaning advice that can actually increase anxiety for some people.
Because what if you’re still learning to like yourself? What if self-love feels impossible on hard days? Does that mean you don’t deserve connection until you’ve figured it all out?
Here’s a gentler truth: self-love and receiving love from others can happen simultaneously. They often grow together, not in sequence.
Sometimes being loved well teaches you how to love yourself. Seeing yourself through someone else’s caring eyes can soften the harsh critic in your head. And sometimes loving yourself makes space to receive love without sabotaging it.
Stop waiting to be “ready.” Stop demanding perfection from yourself before you open your heart. Love—both given and received—is part of the healing, not just the reward after healing is complete.
You’re worthy of love right now, in this messy, imperfect, still-figuring-it-out stage. The work continues regardless. But you don’t have to do it alone.

02/04/2026

If you’ve ever been called “too needy,” “too clingy,” or “too sensitive” in relationships, this is for you.
Anxious attachment isn’t a personality defect. It’s an adaptive strategy your nervous system developed when your early needs for connection weren’t consistently met. You learned to amplify your bids for attention because subtle ones were ignored.
This doesn’t make you broken. It makes you human with a very logical response to your experiences.
Here’s what helps: Recognizing when you’re in an anxiety spiral versus responding to actual relationship problems. Building self-soothing practices that don’t require your partner’s constant reassurance. Communicating your needs clearly instead of testing your partner to see if they’ll notice. Choosing partners who are secure enough to meet you with consistency and patience.
Your attachment style isn’t fixed. With awareness and effort, you can move toward security. But first, you need to stop shaming yourself for having needs in the first place.
You’re not too much. You just haven’t found the right match yet—or you haven’t learned to regulate your system while staying in relationship.

02/01/2026

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: finding the right person won’t cure your anxiety. Love isn’t a solution to an internal struggle—it’s a context where that struggle shows up differently.
If you’re waiting to feel “healed” before you’re ready for love, you might be waiting forever. And if you’re hoping love will finally make you feel whole, you’re setting up both yourself and your partner for disappointment.
Real love doesn’t eliminate anxiety. It creates a safe space where you can work through it together. It means choosing someone who understands that your nervous system sometimes hijacks your logic, and who doesn’t take it personally every time.
The work is still yours to do. Therapy, self-awareness, nervous system regulation—these remain your responsibility. But the right relationship can be a supportive container for that work, not a substitute for it.
You don’t need to be perfect to be loved. You just need to be committed to your own growth and honest about where you are.

01/30/2026

One of anxiety’s favorite tricks? Convincing you that you’re the only one feeling this way, that you should handle it alone, that reaching out is burdensome.
Winter amplifies this. We naturally hibernate, cancel plans, retreat inward. But here’s the truth: isolation feeds anxiety. Connection interrupts it.
This doesn’t mean you need to be social 24/7 or force yourself into situations that feel overwhelming. It means being intentional about not disappearing completely.
Text a friend. Join a virtual community. Work from a coffee shop instead of your couch. Book a session with your therapist or coach. Share honestly when someone asks how you are.
Anxiety wants you to believe you’re too much, too difficult, too broken to deserve support. That’s the lie it tells to keep you stuck. The people who love you want to show up for you—let them.
You don’t have to carry this alone. Winter is hard enough without adding unnecessary isolation to the mix.
Who’s one person you can reach out to today?

01/28/2026

If anxiety has been your unwelcome companion this winter, try this: stop fighting it and start listening to it.
Anxiety often spikes when we’re ignoring something our body or mind needs. In winter, that’s usually rest, light, movement, or connection. We push through fatigue, skip the things that ground us, and wonder why we feel so on edge.
Here’s your winter reset checklist:
Morning light exposure (even 15 minutes makes a difference). Move your body daily, not to punish it but to release stored tension. Say no to obligations that drain you—winter is a season for conservation, not performance. Reach out before you feel isolated. Connection is medicine. Create evening rituals that signal safety to your nervous system: warm drinks, gentle stretching, phone-free time.
You’re not lazy for needing more rest right now. You’re not broken for struggling with motivation. You’re human, navigating a season that asks more of you while offering less natural support.
Give yourself what you actually need, not what you think you “should” need.

01/26/2026

Winter doesn’t just change the weather—it can shift our entire internal landscape. If you’ve been feeling more anxious, restless, or overwhelmed lately, you’re not imagining it.
Shorter days mean less sunlight, which affects our serotonin and melatonin levels. Add in holiday pressures, year-end stress, and the tendency to isolate indoors, and anxiety can quietly intensify.
Here’s what helps: Notice it without judgment. Your body is responding to real changes in your environment. This isn’t weakness—it’s biology meeting circumstance.
Start small. A 10-minute morning walk, even on gray days, can recalibrate your nervous system. Light therapy lamps, consistent sleep schedules, and staying connected to others (even when you don’t feel like it) create stability your mind craves.
Winter anxiety is real, but it’s also workable. You don’t have to white-knuckle your way through the season.
What’s one thing you’re committing to this week to support your mental health?

01/21/2026

5 signs your anxiety is stealing your life (and what to do about it):
1. You’re constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop
2. You rehearse conversations that haven’t happened yet (and may never happen)
3. You feel exhausted even when you “haven’t done anything”
4. You say yes when you mean no, and then resent everyone involved
5. You can’t remember the last time you felt truly relaxed
Sound familiar?
These aren’t character flaws. They’re patterns. And patterns can be changed.
In my coaching program, we tackle each of these head-on with personalized strategies that actually stick.
Ready to break the cycle? Let’s connect.

01/19/2026

“For the first time in years, I went to a social event and actually enjoyed myself instead of counting down the minutes until I could leave.”
“I used to wake up with my heart racing every morning. Now I wake up feeling… calm. I forgot that was even possible.”
“I stopped canceling plans because of anxiety. I stopped feeling guilty for existing.”
These are the messages that fuel my work.
If you’re ready to write your own transformation story, let’s talk.
Coaching spots for January are open. Comment READY or DM me to get on the list.

01/16/2026

MYTH: “Just think positive thoughts and your anxiety will go away!”
REALITY: Anxiety doesn’t care about your affirmations if your nervous system is in crisis mode.
I’m not here to tell you to “choose joy” or “raise your vibration.”
I’m here to help you:
✓ Regulate your nervous system
✓ Identify your actual triggers (not just surface-level stuff)
✓ Build practical coping strategies that work in real time
✓ Address the root causes, not just symptoms
Real healing isn’t about pretending everything is fine. It’s about building genuine resilience and peace.
You deserve more than Instagram quotes. You deserve actual support.

01/14/2026

Why I specifically work with women and LGBTQIA+ individuals:
Because your anxiety doesn’t exist in a vacuum.
When the world constantly questions your worth, your identity, or your right to take up space—that’s not “just” anxiety. That’s living in a body and identity that society hasn’t always made room for.
You might be carrying:
• Minority stress that compounds everyday anxiety
• Perfectionism born from having to prove yourself
• Hypervigilance from environments that weren’t safe
• Exhaustion from code-switching or masking
You need support that gets it. That sees the full picture. That doesn’t ask you to squeeze yourself into one-size-fits-all advice that was never designed with you in mind.
That’s the work we do together.

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