Anxiety Momster

Tag: mindfulness

  • ✍🏽 The Lifestyle Changes That Actually Helped My Anxiety (That Weren’t Overwhelming)

    I used to think managing anxiety meant a total life overhaul. Like I had to wake up at 5AM, drink celery juice, meditate for an hour, and go on a 3-mile hike just to “cope.”
    Spoiler alert: That didn’t work for me.

    What did work were small, realistic changes that fit into my already overloaded life — with kids, a full-time job, homeschooling, and chronic overthinking.

    I’m not cured. But I’m managing better than I used to. These are the shifts that actually helped.

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  • 5 Myths About Anxiety That Need to Die (Like Yesterday)

    There’s a lot of noise out there about what anxiety is and isn’t — and honestly, most of it just makes those of us who live with it feel worse.

    So today I’m breaking down five of the biggest myths I’ve personally run into — the ones that made me feel ashamed, misunderstood, or weak. If you’ve believed any of these, you’re not alone.

    Let’s clear it up.

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