Tom Earnshaw (he/his)

Like the killer in a horror movie anxiety lurks. You run; it walks. You hide; it finds. You think it is gone; it comes back for sequel after sequel. Anxiety does this because it is a part of all of us. We cannot rid ourselves of anxiety and to do so would probably be a little dangerous. Since we cannot seem to ri

Like the killer in a horror movie anxiety lurks. You run; it walks. You hide; it finds. You think it is gone; it comes back for sequel after sequel. Anxiety does this because it is a part of all of us. We cannot rid ourselves of anxiety and to do so would probably be a little dangerous. Instead of running how about we turn around and better understand what anxiety is trying to tell us. If anything at all.

Like a seesaw you didn't ask to get on and can't get off. You have been on it so long you barely remember a time when it was level. You know it can be. Let's find that place together.

Eeyore on steroids. Like him, the head always feels down. Always expecting the worst. Yet like Eeyore there are moments where hope is expressed. Let's make like Winnie the Pooh and find that honey pot or in this case hope.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility is what we can use in any situation to lead to a fulfilling life.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders, and severe mental illness. To put it another way, you were introduced to these ideas without even knowing they were therapeutic techniques i.e. "don't make a mountain out of a mole hill".