Is your anxiety a distraction?

I want to share something with you that I see in my work and have experienced myself many times.

Many people I work with experience a lot of anxiety (no surprise I'm sure). It's the main topic of conversation, and I understand why. Anxiety is uncomfortable and loud. It's a real show stopper, and with good reason - it's our bodies way of alerting us to risk, threat or danger. It's the alarm telling us that something is wrong.

And we are obsessed with' what's wrong', so much so that it takes all our attention, and it can be hard to focus on anything else.

Often what I see when people experience ongoing anxiety, is that there are other emotions bubbling underneath....

Anger, sadness, shame.

Emotions that are not so easy to express.

Emotions that are often suppressed.

Emotions that are longing to be seen, felt and expressed.

And it's the resistance to these emotions that is causing stress, tension and anxiety.

When our system is not able to process emotions it gets stuck. The emotional cycles are incomplete and are unintegrated into the body.

The result = Anxiety.

The thing is, we are not necessarily aware of this because we have learned to naturally supress certain emotions like sadness and anger. They are not very 'acceptable' and often seen as 'too much'.

So if the experience of anxiety is familiar to you, I encourage you to take a look beyond the headline.

Ask yourself......

'What else within me is longing to be seen, felt and expressed?'

You could explore this in a journal or whilst out walking, or with someone you feel comfortable with.

Going beyond the headline and helping people direct their attention to the parts of themselves that need to be seen, felt and expressed is my jam! So if you can relate to this and want to move beyond the heaviness of anxiety, then book in a chat with me.