5 Tips for Dealing With Travel Anxiety
Do you love to see new places but hate the process of getting there? As a seasoned traveler with a insatiable case of wanderlust, I…
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5 Things I Learned About Dating With an Anxiety Disorder
As a person who suffers from social anxiety, I know dating can be difficult. During a recent promising first date, I didn’t only feel the…
How Celebrating Small Victories Improves My Mental Health
I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression for years. The most concise and honest thing I can say about my own struggle is that there are…
Overcoming a Panic Disorder: 5 Simple Ways You Can Beat Agoraphobia
Anxiety has been an obstacle in my life since I was 16, but it wasn’t until I was 24 and had moved out and gotten…
How to Beat the Sunday Scaries
My Sunday night anxiety is nothing new. As a kid, I remember laying in bed wide awake, gazing up at the glow-in-the-dark stars that stylishly…
How to Talk About Your Mental Illness With a Loved One
The scariest part of your mental health journey can often be talking to others about it. When I first learned about my social anxiety and…
4 Ways to Overcome the Anxiety of an Overwhelming World
Reading and watching today’s news can send you into a panic attack. Global poverty, ice caps melting, congressional chaos, nations threatening one another. It can…
How I Found Peace in the Days Leading Up to Graduation
In the weeks before my college graduation, conversations all tend to seem the same. They go a little something like this: “How are you feeling?”…
Why Keeping a Journal in My 20s Changed My Life
When I was in my 20s, I was fulfilled. I worked hard, and I was achieving many of my goals– even if slowly and painfully–so I wanted to understand why I was anxious so much of the time. I knew I felt disconnected from a spiritual practice, and I wanted to find a way to search for a connection that felt realistic to me.
8 Small Ways to Calm an Anxious Mind
Sometimes, the world just makes me want to crawl into the coziness of my bed and never leave. From the tumultuous presidential election, to the…
