Building a Non-Anxious Life

by John Delony

they chose

learn to trust your body’s alarm systems,

said yes to everything,

disconnected from my friend

healing my marriage,

making decisions about my career,

finding com...

true inventory of my ...

discerning the necessary steps to improve ...

My feelings,

weren’t telling me the truth.

Anti-anxiety medications

do not cure anxiety.

manage sy...

dosages generally

be increased over time to keep up their anti-anxiety properties.

creating

non-anxious life.

start/stop transition.

Some days

think your body is failing you.

try all dietary, sleep, and physical

trying pills.

I am in charge of my life

my body.

take ownership of your health

Our vision constricts,

obsessed with my.

how we feel.

We all must learn to express our needs and reflect on our past traumas and present realities.

“soft-headed self-indulgence.”

Discipline is critical.

stopped running, stopped fighting,

headed directly

healed some relationships,

moved on from a few

had money in an emergency fund

A peaceful life isn’t drama-free or pain-free. A peaceful life refers to how you’re able to handle things when they do indeed fall apart.

isn’t something that just happens.

Peace

both disciplined hard work and a gift.

feel both safe and passionate.

being ambitious and driven

Peace is walking out the door of a toxic workplace because you refuse to spend another

transformative organizational change and safety for other employees.

honest about what’s coming.

Family divisions.

Building a non-anxious life is about being focused on controlling what I can control—and nothing more.

I can control are my thoughts and my actions.

doing what I can—and