Anxiety: Journal Prompt 6

Adjusting high expectations for yourself and others is a good place to start to better manage anxiety. - When expectations are high—difficult to sustain over a long period of time—it sets you up for failure, disappointment, and more anxiety. - Prompt: How might life be different for you with lowered expectations? - More on Anxiety … Continue reading Anxiety: Journal Prompt 6 →

Anxiety: Journal Prompt 5

Stealing your energy. Leaving you exhausted. Unchecked anxiety drains the life from you. - Journal Prompt: Where has your anxiety flailed without check? - More on Anxiety

Anxiety: Journal Prompt 4

The voice of anxiety is distinct from you. It is not all of you, it is one part of you. - Your voice of anxiety has a tone, traits, and an identity. Some have described their anxiety voice as: The annoying friend that talks too much The relenting mother that never sleeps The aggressive storm … Continue reading Anxiety: Journal Prompt 4 →

Anxiety: Journal Prompt 2

Managing anxiety begins with your awareness. Consider the experiences likely to trigger anxiety for you. Likely culprits for anxiety triggers can be found in places, conditions, and people. Here are some examples: -Big crowds -Public speaking -Overly demanding people -Tight schedules -Exhaustion - Prompt: My triggers for anxiety are... More on Anxiety Triggers Anxiety: Journal … Continue reading Anxiety: Journal Prompt 2 →

Anxiety: Journal Prompt 1

Anxiety shows up in your expectations—what you hope for and work towards in a day. Expectations like, a hope to feel close in a relationship, to be on time, or meet a goal that's important to you. Anxiety loiters in these spaces because you care about them. Reasonable. - Prompt: My expectations today are to... … Continue reading Anxiety: Journal Prompt 1 →

Anger: Journal Prompt 5

Stale anger can linger from old family dynamics. Painful narratives that make you feel boxed in or ruminating labels that you struggle to leave in the past. These are places anger can fester if you don't allow them to be heard and worked through. Prompt: Family dynamics bring up... Day 6

Anger: Journal Prompt 4

Anger can bring out unkind parts. The parts of you that are unsettled and unwell. Like your unmerited irritability with a receptionist. Or the flares of judgment with strangers. Prompt: I experience my unsettled and unwell parts when… Day 5

Anger: Journal Prompt 3

Anger can be passive aggressive, which is to say, it can show up indirectly and not in response to what you are truly angry about. Like sometimes the trash bag doesn't fit the can correctly and my anger shows up. Anger that I more likely feel towards a sense of loss. Or when I am … Continue reading Anger: Journal Prompt 3 →

Anger: Journal Prompt 2

Working through anger unfolds from processing unearthed emotions. I think of how intense disappointment can be, how it can make you feel desperate and aggressive. I think of loneliness that sits inside isolation that can harbor anger. Prompt: Under my anger is... Day 3

Anger: Journal Prompt 1

Anger is a type of amplified stress in your body. Anger can be felt in the space between your knuckles and in the tips of your fingers, in the far corners of your mouth behind your molars, or in the middle of your back where you shoulder blades meet your spine. Prompt: Anger in my … Continue reading Anger: Journal Prompt 1 →