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When Your Mind Won't Stop: A Gentle Practice for Unhooking from Anxious Thoughts
Anxiety often comes with a very busy mind. It may sound like planning. Or problem-solving. Or preparing. Or reviewing every possible thing that could go wrong and then reviewing the review, just in case the first review missed something important. Anxious thoughts can be incredibly convincing. They tend to arrive with urgency, as if the mind has just discovered an emergency meeting and everyone is required to attend immediately. Preferably at 2:00 a.m. The trouble is that anx
Janet Nash, MSW, LISW-S
Jul 75 min read
When Anxiety Spikes: A Simple Grounding Practice You Can Use Between Therapy Sessions
Anxiety often arrives as if it has taken over the whole room. One minute you may be going through your day, answering emails, driving to an appointment, making dinner, or trying to fall asleep. The next minute your body is tense, your chest feels tight, your thoughts are racing, and everything feels urgent. Even when part of you knows, “I am not actually in danger right now,” your nervous system may be sending a very different message. This is one of the hardest parts of an
Janet Nash, MSW, LISW-S
Jun 255 min read
Why Is That Woman Always Homeless in a Blizzard?
The Strange World of Mobile Game Ads I play games on my iPad. Sudoku. Nonograms. Word games. Wordle. Games involving logic, language, numbers, and the quiet satisfaction of placing the correct square in the correct location. I do not play the games in which I must match three decorative objects in order to restore a neglected mansion while gradually uncovering a family secret. Nevertheless, these games have apparently decided I am their ideal audience. Their advertisements ap
A Brief History of Things I Put Somewhere Safe
They remain extremely secure, even from me. This morning, Wix asked me to complete a CAPTCHA to prove that I was human. This seemed reasonable. I have been human for quite some time and felt reasonably qualified. Unfortunately, the CAPTCHA did not agree. I clicked on the squares containing traffic lights. Then bicycles. Then crosswalks. Occasionally, a small section of an object appeared in the corner of a square, requiring me to decide whether three inches of bicycle tire le
When Life is a Dumpster Fire: What to Do When the Chariot Wheels Fall Off
A reflection on what the Bhagavad Gita offers when life feels chaotic, the chariot wheels have fallen off, and control is no longer among the available options.
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