Hi my loves!!
I’m sure we can all agree on this…
Anxiety sucks. Like sucks soooooo bad.
For most of my life, I considered myself to have pretty mild or moderate anxiety — spiking most often around stressful life events. However, after I went through something my body and mind perceived as a severe trauma… my anxiety became something that could be completely overwhelming me. And something that could persist through each and every day… all day long.
Now, let me say: This is an email. In this email, in the video linked in this email and in my various online content, I am not acting as a trained therapist. I am acting as a human being who creates resources in the name of inspiration, education and entertainment that tens of thousands of people have found to be very helpful in their lives and businesses. That does not mean that this email is meant to be a substitute for medical care or mental health counseling. Nor does it mean that I am indicating that my advice is right for everyone.
I have learned a lot about moving through my own panic, disassociation, anxiety and subsequent fears. I have learned what helps me be with it, process it, accept it, move through it, and release it with more and more ease… making it a very small part of my life when it used to be a wildly huge part of my life.
In today’s video I share a little bit of the mindset and perception has helped me when it comes to anxiety (as I give a bit of advice to someone waking up with anxiety each day).
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It’s important to note that like with everything else, I have a relationship with it. In some moments it’s easier. And in others it’s harder to work with.
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The thing about anxiety is that it can magnify and catastrophize any given scenario.
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The thing occurring might be minor in the whole scheme of life… but anxiety can make it feel so, so big. Anxiety can make you feel like someone or something has power over you, that you are not going to be okay and like there is no way out of what you feel stuck in.
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For me, it could make me feel like I was going crazy. Literally, crazy.
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What has helped me the most is this perception: There is nothing wrong with me.
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Considering everything I’ve been through, endured, worked through and overcome… I am so fucking normal.
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The anxiety I deal with is normal. The repercussions of my trauma are normal. The unhelpful beliefs and feelings my body and mind take on are… normal. AND… I am normal. I am okay.
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And and and…
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I am getting better as I go. I am actually doing quite fucking well. The past is behind me. The fears are fading. I am moving through. I am healing beautifully. And I win… in the end.
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Peace is my birthright. Joy, love, and abundance are who I am, how I believe and what I recieve. And all is… f*cking well.
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These words are from my soul… I hope you can feel them now.
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Check out today’s video:
