For months leading up to this day, I kept trying to manage my anxiety around clues that things weren’t right. I was doing all the things I’ve been advised to do when I felt the edges of panic starting to close in on me. Thank you, therapy. After several years of working with my counselor I knew the regimen by heart. Drink at least four ounces of water. Pray a simple request for help. Give myself at least twenty minutes for the limbic part of my brain to settle down a bit before trying to make any decisions or have any hard discussions. Go outside and put my feet in the grass and look up to be
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