Overcoming Anxiety

The thoughts are too loud.

You can’t sleep at night. You toss and turn. Thoughts keep running through your head.

The to-do list never ends. Life feels like one crisis after another. You are tired of making all the decisions.

You can’t remember when your relationship with your partner changed into feeling like roommates. Fighting has become the norm.

There’s no time for you. Failure has become a constant feeling.

This feeling of failure follows you everywhere. It follows you to work when you want to be recognized but are afraid to speak up. It follows you as you parent your children when you raise your voice yet again. It follows you into your friendships as you worry about letting others down.

Am I good enough?

On the outside, you appear to “have it all together,” but on the inside, you are miserable. You strive for perfection even though this places more stress and pressure on yourself.

You can appear confident in conversations, but afterward, you analyze everything you said. It’s hard to take breaks without feeling guilty.

You always have to be prepared for the worst-case scenario. And it’s even harder to ask for help.

Anxiety serves a purpose (even if it doesn’t always help).

In human history, worriers were the survivors because they didn’t laugh in the face of danger. And guess what? It’s the worriers from whom we’ve descended!

In today’s world, anxiety can save you when someone runs a red light as your light turns green… or if you need to jump into action when you see someone choking.

But anxiety can also be miserable. It can make you imagine the worst in every scenario. You overthink the smallest things. You have trouble falling asleep even when you are sleep-deprived. You reject invitations even if you want to go out.

You constantly feel scared of saying something stupid and wrong. Always comparing yourself with others – you feel unwell physically and mentally.

You find it difficult to forgive yourself for the mistakes you make at work.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

We can work together to help your brain resist anxiety – to make you less miserable!

You’ll learn to confront your negative thoughts and take away the power they’ve had over your happiness.

We will identify your anxiety-igniting thoughts and then re-write these thoughts to the ones you want to have. As you practice these new thoughts, you strengthen this new path in your brain and train your brain for this new way of thinking.

You’ll learn how to change your body’s response to anxiety to interrupt the cycle of worrying.

By understanding how anxiety is created in the brain, you will learn what effective strategies stop your brain from igniting anxiety. You will learn and practice relaxation and mindfulness exercises to lower your body’s overall arousal level so that you can stop constantly feeling on edge.

Let’s get started.

You can sleep peacefully at night and wake up well-rested. You can experience greater peace. You can feel happy in your relationship and confident in your job.

Call me today for a free 15-minute consultation: (907) 691-4528.