Agoraphobia If anxiety was a familiar feeling before we were told to “Stay Home, Save a Life” in 2020, you may find yourself a bit nervous to leave home. Even if you and your loved ones have been vaccinated, you may find it difficult to re-enter your community. Where the government…
Transcript: We are moving toward opening up our communities once again. Like I’ve said in the past, I’m not able to give medical advice re: medical conditions. However, I can speak to anxiety and fear. Anytime we’ve avoiding something that has us concerned, we actually increase our anxieties. As a country we’ve…
Let’s talk about masks. A timely topic, don’t you think? If you’re old enough to remember The Lone Ranger, you may recall the ending of each episode: as he rode away, someone would ask, “Who was that masked man?” Today, that line feels almost ironic. In a world where we carefully manage our…
I work a lot with folks who battle with shame. A key truth about shame is that it lies. But the lies it comes up with are super sophisticated: they are based on truth – but only a very little bit of truth. Then shame brings our focus to only see that one…