Let's talk coffee!! It's a great distraction and well it is the hidden pun in my name after all so it's time we get to it!! Coffee and...

One large issue that occurs for over thinkers, those focused on "the work," or emotionally driven is that we can get so caught in those...

“The first step to getting anywhere is deciding you’re no longer willing to stay where you are.” -Anonymous I haven’t written much...

So you know you find joy in healing when you get excited for therapy! Haha. Well, I am excited to start ART! No it's not the crafts kind...

My brain is full. It’s clogged. I haven’t been sure why, but it has been clogged and is currently a struggle to write. This explains my...

Background info: I was faced with a decision that set me into panic mode. Specifically, I was prompted with flying instead of driving....

Recently I was asked, would it have made a difference if someone had stepped in and addressed me about the abuse they thought was...

Someone commented on my social page that “You don’t have to be anxious,” and a bunch of other unkind things. Which is what it is. If my...

First I'd like to highlight and have you read this poem I wrote because it speaks immensely to living through trauma and healing after....

This subject may sound odd to you but it truly is another topic we tend to shy away from. Looks. Yes, we are well aware of society’s...

Anyone else ever feel like you are juggling a thousand things, carrying the weight of everything, yet still trying to be perfect at all...

I'm an overthinker. An overanalyzer. Anyone else? Thoughts spin around in my head ALL THE TIME. When I was in high school and couldn't...

I wrote a poem recently called "Drowning in insecurities" and I love it! It's provided an enormous amount of awareness and healing for...

Tackling anxiety! I mean that is what this blog is named after anyway, so let's start addressing it. A few definitions for you:...

Yes, I’m aware the phrase is life is a journey or life is a highway, but hear me out. Life is a walk. There are phases, different...

Wait, what? Justify my emotions? Why do I do that? I shouldn’t have to explain or justify why I feel the way I feel. Aren’t I allowed to...

There is this phrase we hear often in our heads “I’m not enough.” Scratch that. That’s not the phrase we hear. We hear: I’m ugly, they...

Change is uncomfortable. This is a fact that we all know, so we avoid it right? Contrarily, change only usually happens in the...

"Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will be easy." -Les Brown When I heard that quote, it changed...

Welcome to the Anxious & Awake blog! I'm sure you all are wondering about the title and logo, and maybe what to expect from this blog....