Tag: overcoming anxiety
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Don’t Burn the House Down: Balancing Perfectionism and Reality
The Mess: Feeling Like I’m Not Doing Enough You know that running list of things you have to do that never seem to get done. That never-ending to-do list feels especially overwhelming when my husband is on shift. There’s this added pressure to do everything spectacularly so the girls won’t notice that he is gone.… Read more
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Overcoming Anxiety of New Beginnings: Fear to Freedom
The Mess: Stressing over the unknown. I don’t mean what the future holds or when I will die. I mean overcoming anxiety of new beginnings. It’s the inescapable anxiety that bubbles up anytime I am faced with something new. At the height of my anxiety struggles, even something that promised fun made my chest tight. … Read more
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Conflicting Schedules
1 woman needing to get 2 girls to 2 different places at 5:30 that are exactly 22 minutes apart. Stop me if you’ve heard this one or if this is your everyday life. It’s officially spring time and that means tons of conflicting schedules. On this particular day, you guessed it, my husband was at… Read more