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Friendship Anxiety

Friendship Anxiety

How are you doing this week? I'm doing great...and at the same time, I've been going through some friendship ick over the past year or so and in talking with my clients, I've found I'm not alone in this.

Turns out: adult friendships can be tricky. And we've been making ourselves anxious about it…

The Never-Ending Bear Hunt

The Never-Ending Bear Hunt

Are you familiar with the children's book We're Going on a Bear Hunt? In case you haven't been inside a preschool in the past, well, ever, it's a children's story about overcoming obstacles.

For some reason, 4 kids, a baby, and a dog are on this adventure (hunting bears?!) and they encounter a bunch of barriers (a deep cold river, thick oozy mud, a big dark forest) on their way to the bear's cave…

Disassociating

Disassociating

This week on The Transforming Anxiety Podcast, we're talking about a topic that I've had on the to-podcast-about list for a long while...we're talking about disassociating.

Disassociation is a break in how your mind handles information…

Buffering with Anxiety

Buffering with Anxiety

This week I’m talking about something that is a little mind-bendy and not at all obvious...but it's something that I've personally experienced and seen with enough clients that it's worth exploring.

Typically, when I talk about buffering, I'm talking about things like: food, alcohol, sex, drugs, social media, shopping, work…