anxiety

A Love Letter to My Anxious Self

Hey girl, Take a deep breath. I know it feels like you can’t breathe in deeply enough – but I promise you can. Breathe in. Let the air flow to your fingers and toes. Now breathe out. There you go. You are okay. You. Are.

Cultivate Joy with Gratitude

Hey sweet friend, It has been a WHILE since I posted last. Between completing the first year of my graduate program, planning for the summer, taking care of normal life stuff, and working through some big personal developments (I’d love to share more later) –

Fight Self-Defeating Thoughts with Clear Values

Hey sweet friend, I mentioned in this post how I use connection to my values to avoid comparison and insecurity in public situations. Well, getting crystal clear about values is useful not just to fight off insecurity but anxiety and self-defeating thoughts as well. First

Christian Affirmations for Anxiety

Hey sweet friend,  Over the years, I’ve come across the advice over and over again to use affirmations or mantras to help relieve anxiety. The idea is to replace negative thoughts with positive ones.  This is great advice, if you take it with a grain

When You Feel Unworthy to Pray

Hey sweet friend, It’s Wednesday morning and your alarm is going off. You reach out of the covers for your phone to hit the snooze button and your eyes feel SO heavy. No way you got eight hours of sleep. But sure enough, you’ve been