Managing Stress
Coping with Anxiety
How do you accomplish the things you want to do when anxiety is a roadblock?
“Let’s get better about feeling” is written on her T-Shirt. Who is she? Well, she is Emma McAdam, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, creating and sharing content with the world. Thanks to the internet, we have more access to useful content than ever. Sometimes finding what we need is the challenge. Though technically this me introducing McAdams, she introduces herself nicely on her videos, which I highly recommend, like this one here, the Finding Your Why- the First Step to Dealing with Anxiety. Whether you know it or not, you’re already engaging in a step. Is it the right step?
If you said ‘not a fair question,” I will give you that for a moment. There is no right or wrong way to cope. There are ways that are more functional than others. There are ways that lead to greater potential for good outcomes. And there are ways to increase anxiety and misery.
Perhaps you might think handling anxiety is easy for me, being a trained therapist myself. But, I assure you, I am the classic stereotype of a counselor. I became a counselor because I wanted to help my family and heal myself. I discovered very quickly you can’t help your family, you can only heal yourself.
