Anxiety: The Use of Grounding Skills

Anxiety: The Use of Grounding Skills

We can think of our anxiety as the tide. Our anxiety levels will go in and then they will go out.  This is not dependent on being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder! At times when we feel our anxiety levels are creeping higher than we would prefer, grounding...
Sweaty Palms

Sweaty Palms

Anxiety has been a constant companion in my life for as long as I can remember. It started with small things, like worrying about getting good grades or making friends in school. But as I grew older, it became more cognitive in nature with going over the same thought...
The Dastardly Ways Our Demons Manifest

The Dastardly Ways Our Demons Manifest

It’s about 10:30 at night, and you are in tune with about every creak and crack your dwelling is making.  This is because you are still awake.  Very awake.  No number of covers are calming the demons’ whispering thoughts of not being good enough. Turning on your...
Family Historian

Family Historian

I have become my family’s historian by default after my mothers’ side of the family started to pass away.  Tubs of pictures, clippings and other items were passed on to my mom and then on to me. I was in awe and a little inundated with the amount of pictures and...
Paralyzed By Choice

Paralyzed By Choice

We live in a day and age where we have endless possibilities through endless scrolling.  There is Facebook, Twitter and my personal favorite: late night Netflix. You run through Netflix and before you know it, an hour has passed by and you haven’t committed to a...