Explore how anxiety can show up in your life, work, and relationships
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Feelings Come and Go
"According to Harvard psychotherapist Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD, trying to get rid of anxiety is exactly where I, and many others suffering from it, go wrong...The theory behind it is that the more comfortable we get with the sensations that come with anxiety — panic, fear, and accelerated heartbeat — the more we will discover that the emotions associated with these sensations come and go, like everything else."
The Secret Handshake
I think all of us who are highly sensitive have access to the secret handshake. It's an incredibly powerful skill, and not just in the party setting. If you were to know that the person you were about to be interviewed by had experienced anxiety, as you do, don't you think it would help you perform more naturally in that interview?
No Matter How Rigid, Everything Can Bend
I came across this post about Spanish sculptor José Manuel Castro López and was blown away by what I saw.
Why do I do this project?
This post includes some criticism from a friend. When she spoke the words to me, it felt like my own worse fears come to life. What was I going to do to deal with the situation? I decided to write about it publicly. I needed to face those fears head on.
Postpartum Anxiety & Postpartum Depression: Five Differences I Experienced
That kind of head-in-sand, bullshit attitude is out-of-touch, ignorant, and deadly. It’s also that attitude that is making damn sure we don’t know a whole lot about Postpartum Anxiety. And that we fail to recognize out-of-control anxious thoughts as something far more serious than just the stress of being a new parent. As something that needs to be acknowledged, investigated, called to carpet, and treated...
Postpartum Anxiety: Stephanie Lucianovic's Story
Stephanie wrote about her experiences with postpartum anxiety back in 2013 when she was still in the midst of it (and before the depression set in). I wanted to ask her some questions about the experience. It's more widespread than you might realize...
Transatlantic GADfest
I asked Rachel Hawkins (of Our Rach Blogs): "Did you make up the term GADDer? I made up Gaddie. I don’t know what we’re actually called, either in the US or in the UK." She lives in Bristol, England.
Sensitivity -> Superpower: Step One
Anxiety is a hyper-sensitivity. If we can tune in to that sensitivity and use it as a strength, it becomes our super power. But in order to do it, we have to turn down the volume on our self-questioning, and turn it up on our self-understanding.