you can see having anxiety is not a flaw but a sign of your resilience under adversity.

I am defining anxiety and breaking it down into its component parts—anxious thoughts in the mind and alarmed feeling in the body—so we can heal it.

Staying in victim mode—numb, shut down, and “protected” from vulnerability—cuts you off from the very thing you need to heal from chronic worry: love and connection.

anxiety is not a feeling.

“I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.”

Much of relieving anxious thoughts and worry is making the unconscious conscious.

growth and our freedom.”

if you are not aware of your thoughts, you are your thoughts.

Consciously bringing yourself to the present moment and affirming that you are safe