“You are afraid to surrender because you don’t want to lose control. But you never had control; all you had was anxiety.”
– Elizabeth Gilbert
You are not your anxious thoughts.
Most individuals believe that anxiety is the enemy that needs complete elimination to live a happy life.
You judge yourself harshly for worrying constantly and not overcoming your fears. You live with constant self-doubt making it difficult to see clearly.
When living with anxiety, it’s easy to try to suppress it – avoid it, pretend it isn’t there, or try to push through it. But eventually, it can feel like too much to handle on your own.
Anxiety shows up differently for each of us. However, anxiety is often a messenger if we have the right tools to listen.
Anxiety can come in many forms.
Toxic Anxiety – You feel the dread, the heavy ruminating thoughts, always thinking in the worst-case scenario, resulting in fear, worry, self-sabotage, and panic. Everything feels out of control and uncertain.
Natural Anxiety – The healthy alarm system, anxiety’s positive purpose, protects us in times of actual danger. It helps us respond quickly to the physical or psychological hazards present and imminent.
Authentic Anxiety – This is the messenger that wants us to tap into our inner power and helps us to recognize healthy connections, the way we want to show up in the world, the way we want others to treat us, and the drive to step out of our comfort zone for more growth.
Befriend your anxiety and regain control.
Therapy helps you develop techniques and skills that allow you not to judge the anxious thoughts but instead work with them.
We will further explore the uncertainty underlying your anxiety. You do not have to stay stuck on the anxiety hamster wheel of constant worry or avoidance. We will figure out together where your anxiety is coming from and what it is trying to tell you.
Anxiety therapy will teach you how to use the difficult and uncomfortable things you’re feeling today to become a more confident, fulfilled version of yourself – no matter what life throws at you.
Get back to creating the life you want.
“Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.”
– Walter Anderson