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 3

Anxiety shows up in your body. It is a signal communicating to you, trying to get your attention. Your body is a guide. Consider the muscle tension that nudges you to set a boundary. Consider the nausea and upset stomach that tells you it's time to make a big decision. - Prompt: Where is your … Continue reading Anxiety: Journal Prompt 3 →

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 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 →

Grief: Journal Prompt 6

Grief is a time that we get clear about the things we need for healing and the other things we absolutely do not need. For years after my son passed I daily wore a necklace with some of his ashes. One summer my grandmother brashly told me it was time to have another baby so … Continue reading Grief: Journal Prompt 6 →

Grief: Journal Prompt 4

Grief is unorganized. It has no respect for rules, timetables, or expectations. Prompt: My grief feels unorganized when... Blog Index Day 5

Grief: Journal Prompt 2

Grief removes something or someone you depended on. Grief reveals unfamiliar experiences of vulnerability; a place you could be emotionally hurt. Prompt: Since my loss, I sense vulnerability... Day 2