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The Journey to an Anxiety-Free Life

Part One I used to think I was self-aware. I used to think I had a pretty good grasp on who I was until I set out on a journey to manage my emotional and mental health and quickly discovered that not only was I not self-aware, I didn’t completely understand what self-awareness meant. A...

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The Anxiety Umbrella

And Why It’s Never Too Late To Save Yourself! I used to believe that chronic anxiety was something I had to live with and didn’t question it. It was my affliction, something I had to endure. Anxiety had become a big part of who I was, and I hid it away as carefully as I...

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Into the Depths of Depression

Even in the depths of depression, love wins.

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How to Free Yourself from the Emotional Avalanche!

There was a time, not too long ago, when hearing unpleasant news felt like being buried beneath an emotional avalanche. Watching the evening news or seeing a social media post on destruction, death, or abuse filled me with so much emotion that my body took on a heaviness I couldn’t escape. Within minutes I felt...

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Can Vulnerability be Contagious?

“We can only experience the true beauty of vulnerability when we’re courageous enough to crack open the fractures in our mask and allow the light to shine in.” I wrote these words several years ago as a reminder to stay open. To embrace vulnerability when I struggled to share the truth for what would eventually...

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Why I Stopped Journaling

And The Lessons I Learned I used to love opening a new journal this time of year. It always felt like a new beginning, full of hope and possibilities. An opportunity to make this year the year I was finally going to be organized, grateful, eat healthier, exercise, or whatever big resolution I had going...

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People Pleasers and Toxic Controllers

Can their relationship last? Loving a Toxic Controller can come at a price.  Sometimes that price is so high that it seems almost impossible for the People Pleaser to recover. Have you ever witnessed a relationship between two people that seems doomed from the start yet despite the buckets of tears and numerous breakups, they...

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Why I Wrote a Book About My Mental Health

“I can’t write a book!” was my first reaction when my sister suggested I write one. “Why not?” she asked. I could already sense a million reservations building up inside me (okay, maybe not a million but at least three to start with.) The biggest one—the one that kept coming up repeatedly—was what I’d imagine...

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When life throws you a curve-ball

Don’t let it knock you out of the game. When life throws you a curve-ball (and you know it will,) it can sometimes feel like everything is caving in on you. It’s easy to let it knock you out of the game. Life’s challenges can seem insurmountable at times, and it’s easy to get lost in...

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The Anxious Parent

When I became a parent, worry seemed justified. I worried about our children’s happiness, their health, and their safety. Their pain became my pain. When they suffered, I suffered. The world seemed like a cruel and dangerous place, and I wanted them to be strong, to be fearless, and most of all to be happy. I believed...

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