Picture yourself looking at your phone, scratching your head. Your friend cancelled on you again. And you’re pretty sure it’s because of anxiety. You care about them. You believe in their good qualities. You enjoy them as a person. But you have no idea what to do when this keeps happening. You want to help, …
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It eats at you. The resentment. The pain. You wish it weren’t like this. That you didn’t have to feel this way. That things had happened differently. But they didn’t. Some things can never be forgiven, you remind yourself. But sometimes you wonder, can they? Because the truth is, you’d like to be free. To …
Did you catch my guest post at Love Wide Open? “You can actually heal your heart by opening it. Amazing, right? When you see stress as a threat, your cardiovascular system literally tightens. Your blood vessels constrict and inflammation increases. It’s a biological carryover from times when humans faced more physical threats. It’s great news …
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The regret follows you. Regardless of what you’re doing now, you’re also reliving then. You wish you could stop. Rewind. Redo. Since you can’t, you replay. Again and again. It’s like a form of penance. But what if there were a better way? A way to not only give your past mistakes meaning, but to …
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The criticism is relentless. What’s wrong with you? You failed again. I don’t know why you even try. You just aren’t good enough. You’d like to tune it out. Shut it down. Finally leave the naysayers behind. Except it’s more complicated than that, because the negative voices are coming from inside your own head. What …
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There’s a disconnect. Between you and other people. Between you and yourself. Between you and life. An emptiness so acute its painful. You want to live fully. You want to embrace beauty and joy and love and goodness. Except you don’t. Because when it comes down to it, you pull back. You see opportunities, but …
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It’s scary sometimes. This vision you have for the future. You know that you want something different, but its hard not to look over your shoulder. The past looms large behind you. And in the quiet moments, your doubts loom large too. You’ve heard lots of advice about how to move forward. Most of it …
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It shouldn’t be such a big deal. You are good at getting some things done. You know this. You may even remind yourself of it at times—especially when you come face to face with the other thing. You know the one I’m talking about. The one that makes your stomach tighten and your heart put …
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It haunts you. The fear is always there — following you, whispering to you in your quiet moments. When you dress in the morning, you look in the mirror and wonder: Is it enough? Am I enough? And even if tell yourself yes, the fear inside you answers no. When you talk with people you wonder: What …
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Stuck. You’re mired in the same old self-defeating patterns that have held you back for years. You’ve tried to change. You’ve read books, listened to advice. New Year’s resolutions have come and gone. But nothing is really different. It’s overwhelming. Discouraging. But what if change doesn’t have to be so hard? What if you could …
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