Goals. We all have them. We all want to achieve them. What are your goals? When I’m considering my goals, I find it helpful to embed them in the larger picture of my life: what I value, and what I’ve already achieved.Looking at my goals with this lens helps me feel confident that 1) my […]
Month: May 2020
Things That Feel Like Anxiety but Aren’t
Ever since I started paying more attention to how my body feels (instead of how I THINK it should feel), I’ve noticed some patterns. Sometimes the same feeling comes up over and over again, in different situations and with different causal factors. One of these is anxiety: that hot, jumpy, scattery feeling. Most of the […]
Finish What You Start
You know that anxious feeling you get when you have a bunch of unfinished obligations? When you make promises to yourself (or others) that you haven’t delivered on. To me, it feels like holding onto a huge bouquet of helium balloons in a windstorm, balloons I intended to deliver to a friend. Each of those […]
3 times I ghosted my doctors
There are criteria that make you pick a doctor: a recommendation from a friend, a referral from another trusted physician, internet research. It’s also good to know when to UNpick a doctor. Some of those are obvious: You stop seeing a specialist for cancer when you no longer have cancer. You stop seeing a pediatrician […]