 Photo by Jennifer Uppendahl on Unsplash Anxiety Comes Calling Have you ever experienced being scolded by a squirrel? How about a few squirrels at the same time? It’s noisy! While it might be cute for the first 10 seconds, it quickly becomes annoying. Sometimes, my anxiety feels like I’m being scolded by multiple squirrels with a blue-jay or two thrown in for good measure! And it’s important for me to clear out the anxiety-noise that runs around like a scurry of squirrels in my head so I can create space to hear the really important concerns and questions in my heart. And how to move forward usually comes to me quickly once I understand my own questions - usually. So how do I clear my head of that scurry of squirrels? Clearing Out the Noise Life is filled with anxiety-inducing moments and events. In addition to all the good, all the wonderful things in our lives we all experience losses, disappointments, disasters - even thinking about these things can cause our hearts to beat erratically and our breaths to come a bit faster. All. Of. Us. So, how do you take care of yourself - how do you bring yourself (and your kiddos) back to a place of equilibrium? How do you regulate your anxiety? Me? I sew, I cook, I read crazy science fiction and fantasy novels. I try to say yes when the Boss asks me to go for a walk. I eat - although this one can become a problem.... If you need a few ideas to get you going, check out Kimberley Quinlan's The Anxiety Toolkit podcast for some really good ideas on How to Manage Election Anxiety. This 12-minute, October 27th podcast - just long enough for a nice, hot cup of coca - talks about anxiety before the election, but the recommendations are excellent for any anxiety inducing moment. Concise, but filled with ways to take care of anxious resulting from just being alive! Anxiety is your friend only as long as you know how to quiet the squirrels,
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