The Only Way Around Anxiety is Through It

by | Mar 22, 2020

I’m about to get cliche AF up in here …

One day at a time.

Yeah, yeah. I can feel the eye roll, but let drop some science first before you assume I’m just giving you lip service.

Why are stress and anxiety so high right now?

Well … duh … because we’re in the middle of a pandemic.

True. However, it goes a little deeper than that.

Let’s unpack what’s happening in our brains …

Our primitive brains love certainty.

Our primitive brains love to plan.

Our primitive brains have been stripped of both.

Certainty and planning can be helpful for survival.

So, when our brains don’t receive those things, we’re left feeling anxious.

Then, we worry. Worry gives us a sense of doing something.

Even though it’s not helpful … at least it’s something.

It also leads to irrational behaviors that give us comfort in a weird way (insert toilet paper joke).

If you are familiar with anxiety, then you know the only way around it is through it.

This is our reality.

We don’t know what’s going to happen weeks from now or months from now.

You know what you can control?

TODAY.

You have the ability to set your intentions for the day. To frame your situation in a positive light. To take action on the things that actually matter right now.

Give your brain that feeling of certainty that it craves. Plan for today.

Then, do it again tomorrow.

One day at a time.

See … it actually makes sense.

 

Interested in 1:1 Coaching?

And let me know that you’re interested in the 1:1 signature coaching program.

Consistency and Lifestyle Changes = Lasting Results

Consistency and Lifestyle Changes = Lasting Results

If you're frustrated by your lack of results or how slowly progress seems to be happening ... It's probably because you're not consistent enough. Ouch, though. You may be cursing me out right now and that's fine with me. I've made a shift in my life over the past...

read more
Change the Frame and Get Better Results!

Change the Frame and Get Better Results!

Change the frame and you can change your results. There are so many things that are out of our control in life. Today, you wake up and you can't control the weather. You can't control the other drivers on the road on your way to work and you can't control what your...

read more
Don’t Make This Costly Dieting Mistake

Don’t Make This Costly Dieting Mistake

The biggest dieting mistake that you're probably making that is costing you the results you desire 99% of the time that I have a conversation with an individual who reaches out to me for help, they say that their goal is fat loss. Sometimes they attach a number to it...

read more