#146 - Have you ever gotten so lost you can't think clearly?

That was me this morning. 

I was driving to meet family for a holiday breakfast about an hour away. The roads were covered in snow – from last night’s storm – and the visibility wasn’t great. 

I missed a few turns, and it felt like I was driving in circles as the GPS tried to autocorrect. Panic set in, and my heart rate picked up. But before i could go too far into story, I paused and reset knowing I would be okay. 

Here's the cool part - the reset came from something I did this morning before I ever left the house. 

It's really quite remarkable because as you know I had anxiety most of my life. But these practices have been a game changer. They gently shift our emotional patterns, so those patterns don’t keep running the show. 

And because I want everyone to know about it, I created a 7-week journey called Process What You Feel to Heal where we work with five core emotional patterns of worry, fear, anger, sadness and that need to push through or pretend that shape how we think, feel, and move through life.

The 7-week journey begins in late January. You can learn more here.

If you choose to say yes to yourself before the end of the year, I’ve included a couple of things to help you ease in — $100 off and January’s workshop, Cultivating Joy, at no additional cost.

And about that drive to the restaurant, I arrived five minutes early. As I was walking through the snowy parking lot, an aha hit me:

Our mind would rather have an answer than sit in the ambiguity of not knowing. In other words, my mind would rather tell me I don’t know what I’m doing, or I’ll never get there than sit in the discomfort of not knowing what will happen next.

It’s very subtle but there is a difference.

Anxiety avoids uncertainty. It needs an answer, any answer. But often that answer sends us further into story. Further into stress.

Have you ever noticed this in yourself?  I'd love to know. You can connect with me here on IG.

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