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March 14 - March 17, 2024
Go about your day “love bombing” your subconscious mind.
Start by taking some deep belly breaths. Belly breaths are ones that lift your stomach instead of your chest. Imagine you’re breathing down into your legs. Breathe in until you feel full, hold it for a few seconds, and then breathe out slowly. As you’re breathing in, I want you to imagine that you’re inside a waterfall of white light. The bright light is falling from high above. The water is illuminated with a brilliant intensity. Feel it pouring over the top of your head and down your arms and legs. On each in-breath say to yourself, “I love myself.” Hold for a few seconds, and then, as you
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“Fear is finite, hope is infinite.” You have to maintain your faith and hope that your circumstance will change. When you least expect it, things will get better.
Remember, it’s not forever. Everything changes, and this storm will pass.
Everyone has those days where you just want to hit the snooze button and stay under the covers. Those low points are to be expected. Prepare for them and promise yourself that you’ll keep moving forward whenever they occur.
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” –Rumi
Mahatma Gandhi said, “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
Real strength comes from facing a challenge like anxiety and learning to function all the while with it.
Far from being a curse, anxiety can be your teacher. It can help you grow and develop as a wiser, stronger and more compassionate human. I know this can be hard to see when you’re feeling so “broken” right now, but if you allow it time, your cracks can mend and you can feel whole again.
Studies have shown that being just half a liter (the equivalent of two cups) dehydrated can increase your cortisol levels, making you feel more anxious and on edge.
Studies have shown that being just half a liter (the equivalent of two cups) dehydrated can increase your cortisol levels, making you feel more anxious and on edge.
When you’re suffering from frequent panic attacks, your stress response is firing more than usual, and this creates a buildup of toxins in your system that need to be flushed out. This is why it’s so important to keep yourself well hydrated all the time.
When you’re suffering from frequent panic attacks, your stress response is firing more than usual, and this creates a buildup of toxins in your system that need to be flushed out. This is why it’s so important to keep yourself well hydrated all the time.
When you’re aware that dehydration is a factor that contributes to anxiety and nervousness, you start to pay much greater attention to how much you’re drinking daily.
the ideal diet for anyone suffering from anxiety is a low glycemic diet.
In his book Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, he explains how exercise is as effective in reducing depression as taking the most commonly prescribed antidepressant, Zoloft.
People who don’t exercise are much more prone to anxiety and depression.
Keep getting up, keep pushing out, keep demanding more. That’s the very fastest way to get your life back.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. –Buddha
Don’t doubt yourself or the process. Simply trust that it’s working, and over a short period of time, you’ll start to feel a whole lot better.
Remember, recovery is not the absence of sensations. It’s about living life regardless of what sensations are present and not letting those sensations get in the way of what you want to do. Eventually over time those sensations fall away all by themselves because you no longer pay them any heed.
The only way out is through. Of course, there will be setbacks along the way, but as long as you understand that these setbacks are a key part of the recovery process, they won’t hinder you.
Time is your most precious resource. Don’t waste any more of it on anxiety. Life is waiting for you—go out and join it! I dare you to. You’ve been away too long. Barry McDonagh
Time is your most precious resource. Don’t waste any more of it on anxiety. Life is waiting for you—go out and join it! I dare you to. You’ve been away too long. Barry McDonagh
