I have dealt with anxiety since I was a teenager. As it is a chronic condition, the severity of it comes and goes. Sometimes I feel fine; the anxiety is quietly humming away in the background and I can carry on as normal. Other times, I feel so unwell that I can’t do much more than get out of bed. It is not unheard of for me to take a day off from work or cancel an … [Read more...]
You Are Already Enough: 7 Ways To Relieve the Stress of the New Year
“New Year, new you.” That’s the slogan. Starting fresh sounds appealing, no? For many of us, that’s been more true now than ever before. A lot of us are happy to say goodbye to 2016. We’re looking boldly ahead to 2017 and slamming the door shut on this disastrous 12-month saga. At the same time, many of us are anxious about what the future will bring. As we leave this … [Read more...]
Holiday Stress: Five Ways to Manage the Chaos That Comes With the Holidays
With the coming dark, my own body shifts into a cycle of down time. As someone who celebrates the shifting of the yearly cycle, I’ve learned to let myself flow with them. When winter comes, I hibernate and it’s okay. But hibernating is hard with the rush of the holiday season. There’s just so much to celebrate, along with so much to do. In the last couple of days alone, I … [Read more...]
“How Can I Best Support You?” and 6 Other Questions To Ask When Your Friend Is Suffering
When I hit rock-bottom in my drug addiction and mental health, I spent a whole year and a half recovering. Six months of that time, I slept almost every day until two or three in the afternoon. I would not say that I had nothing to live for, but I felt there was nothing in my immediate future to work towards. I did not even see it as time to “work on myself” because I was … [Read more...]
