Howdy y’all ! Over the course of this journey thus far, I have become very intimate with anxiety. Aside from what I touch on here, anxiety is a little alert system that signals to us that something is “off”. When you are living in fight-or-flight however, this is where we are in a chronic state of anxiety and hyper-awareness. When I experience anxiety in a freeze state, it is usually due to the fact that there are endless options of things to “do” , or , “what is the next “right” choice?” The potential for creation is so strong because I HAVE the power to create!!! My teacher asked us once, “if you knew that you were an active participant in your own life, would that decrease or increase anxiety?” If you’ve been a people-pleaser, codependent person like me, then the fact of realizing that I am RESPONSIBLE for my LIFE and for what I want , after always living for other people, blew my mind. This can STILL send me into a freeze response and anxiety can be very strong. Anxiety, is a multifaceted emotional that is communicating WITH us; when we learn to regulate our nervous systems into a more grounded state, we can begin to take a look at anxiety as an emotion with very strong conviction yes, however, we can start to see it through a lens of love, and work with it. Not wish it away, but to utilize it as another tool within our tool belt. *by no means am I suggesting that anxiety is not serious; so please, if it calls to you, get professional help in any form that works best , FOR YOU!* *this is a tiny snippet of my experience from working within a plethora of different healing modalities over the years and how I’ve processed trauma through my own experience* *as ALWAYS do what’s best for you* Thank you for chillin under the Plum Thunder Tree, in•joy the shade and rest. Till next time.