Can you have high-functioning anxiety? 

Yes, you can. Let's take a look at what that can look like in your brain.  And if you want to know what that can feel like in the body, you can go read this post.  (The link will open in a new tab.)

It can look like racing thoughts, that you can not quiet in your brain.  One thing, to the next thing, and over there to a different thing, there is not a sense of balance or flow; instead, it's just one thought to the next, and is creating stress, and not allowing any time for action or solution, or completion. 


Do you have a harsh inner critic with a lot of opinions, tear-downs, and insults? All of that negative self-talk. 

• Everyone hates me
• I am just going to lose anyway
• Why did I even try
• Why did I even start
• I don't even belong here
• I probably already failed
• Everyone is doing this, or life, better than I am 
• I just need to keep trying, try harder, do more
• I will relax some other time 

Constant state of urgency, and feeling behind, and I gotta hurry up, also comes from that inner critic and low vibration self-talk.   

High functioning anxiety can also look like difficulty being present with your task, your meal, or with others. 

So what might help? 

First, remember that wellness is brain and body; it's all connected. That means the things we do for our body, also help our brain.  

When we do deeper breathing, we are flooding our body with more oxygen. When we eat healthy foods, including fats, we are providing all of our systems, gut, brain, and body, with the nutrition it needs to work at its peak.  That means we also know that when we are eating a lot of processed foods, we are not giving our brain what it needs to make better choices.    

Staying hydrated is very important for your brain, and so is a good night's sleep, at least 7 hours.  When we don't have that reset, we aren't allowing our brain to clean out the fluids and reset for the next day.  All the basics.  In fact, very often doctors will prescribe a sleep aide, relaxant for a person who is in high anxiety, just to get them to have a good night of sleep and a reset.  

But we also need to change that inner critic, and there are a couple of things that might help.  Put positive notes around, where you will see them.  Yes, you can read them, but the cool trick is that your subconscious will read them; you don't have to stop and do it.  And you can change up the notes, or where you have them posted, allowing your brain to take in new data. 

Another thing that can work is to have a ring, bracelet, or even a hair tie (think Jason Momoa with his pink hair tie on his wrist all of the time)  and when you catch that mean voice speaking badly to you, say nope, that's not for me, I am awesome.  You don't have to say it out loud, but you can! And then move the item to the other hand. So if the bracelet is on your left hand, move it to your right hand.  Something physical with the replacement words.  

This one is going to sound odd, but in the morning, make sure and see the sunlight. Yes, you can even do that through a window, even lying in bed. And again in the evening see the sunsetting light.  Both are best if you are seeing it from outside, even if that is just standing in your open door.  

And nature, spending time in nature.  You don't have to hug a tree, but you can.  You don't have to go on a hike; you can just stop at the local park.  And you can just be outside of your house, on your patio, your balcony, or in your yard, and just see what the clouds look like, do you hear birds, can you see birds?  How warm or cool do you think it is? Have the leaves changed colors? Has the grass been mowed recently?  Are there bees, mosquitoes, or hummingbirds? Can you hear water in a fountain?  Just getting back in touch with nature each day can do a lot to give your brain a break.  

And yes, these are all habits that take time.  But you are worth it! 

Instead of trying to add all the tips at once, choose one that you resonate with and try it for a week.  See if it helps, see if you notice any changes.  If it does great, keep at it! Or if you need to, spend the next week trying a different one out.  Find what works best for you, as your body learns the resonance of calmer and of the triggers.  

​We are not the same, and yeah, maybe you didn't know better, but you know now. 

I voted for Head Start, Housing for the Homeless, Mental Health Services and Training, School Aides for kids that are struggling or learn differently, Science, including cancer research, Health Care, Veterans Services (from long-term care to mental health, to vision and housing and transition to civilian life and more), Medicare and Medicaid, School Lunches and Breakfasts and Summer Feeding Programs, Food Pantries,  and Libraries, for Freedom of Religion that includes Freedom from Religion and a clear separation of Church and State, and for Veterans of every color to be acknowledged for their service, DEI which includes things like ramps for access, and brail, and street lights that make noise. I voted for the Forest Service to have the funds for preventive care, progressive care, and wildland fire emergency service, and for the EPA to have funding and standards that hold big polluters accountable, and for FEMA to take care of communities after devastation from wind, fire, and or flooding. For Social Security, the people have paid into it to be protected.  For our place as a Nation to have allies and to be the leader of the free world. For women to have rights to not only their bodies but also their death, and their lives.   I voted understanding that we have three coequal parts of Government the P, and Congress, and the Judicial, and the separation of powers, for due process under the Constitution, and I knew that meant every person on our soil is counted in that process under the Constitution, and more.  

But if you voted for trump, you voted against ALL OF THAT and more, you voted for Project 2025, you voted for someone who continues to lose again and again and again in court because he can't comprehend how executive orders really work, he can't comprehend how everyone has rights, and he put a known drug addict in charge of doge, who has found nothing substantial - if they had, they would be in court prosecuting.  We have lost as a Nation Allies, our place at the head of the table of the Free World, and we have lost our ranking of financial trust in the dollar. 

We are not the same,  we are not on the same page, we aren't even on the same bookshelf.  

And yes, ALL of the things I mentioned and many more have already been cut completely or in part. And all of the things I listed about the maga vote, yes all of those things have already happened, and it's only been about 200 days. 

It's pretty clear that if there is ANY ROAD AT ALL back for all of us in this country, it must include basic education on empathy, compassion, and forgiveness.  I still have my empathy, and compassion -- forgiveness as I continue to watch people suffer and die - I am not there yet.  

 ​Welcome, 
As you can see, there is a brand new look happening, and there is a brand new way of showing folks how to create wellness. We know, on all levels from a person struggling at home, to a degreed scientist, to doctors and psychiatrists, that the systems we have in place currently are very often making people sicker, and not bringing them to wellness.  Also, the idea that we can just pop a pill, or use a bandage to cover it up and go, just doesn't work for most things.  

Instead, it is very much about a lifestyle change that needs to happen, one person and one family at a time.  This allows that success and example to be built on by others, and for the healing to take hold and the wellness to happen. 

We know that many things create a domino effect in the body, and then the family, and that it is the brain and body together for health and wellness. But we also know that people have become disconnected from nature, and that has created illness.  And that stress is killing us.  

Here in the States, though, the main advice is - just go do better.  Go sleep better, eat better, and stop stressing.  

No real how-to, no patterns to follow, and personalization, yeah, that doesn't even exist unless you are paying a lot of money.
(and don't even get me started on overnight AI internet experts) 

Also, the simple things, the free things, all of the things that don't make insurance and big pharma money, those solutions are suppressed.  Meanwhile, the services they can bill for often come with a very, very long waiting list to be seen and are costing a person more and more money, adding to the lack of sleep, the stress, etc.  It is a self-feeding cycle of illness.  

And under the current administration, services are being cut, leaving us without places to refer people, except for emergency intake services.  

Many people, myself included, have struggled with how to move forward, with our education, our knowledge, and certifications, to help people create health and wellness outcomes.  Especially those of us who realize we are at a tipping point in the country, with creating new paradigms for not only wellness, but for how services are delivered, how more people can be included, cradle to grave, and for the coming crisis of elderly boomers needing care.  

We don't have the staff, the infrastructure, or the money in place to meet many of the basic needs of folks, and we see this with the growing homeless population. There are other places we see it too, a lack of support for our military members when they come home and are going back to being civilians.  And in nursing homes and hospitals that are using the handoff, not mine, you have to keep them, approach with patients.  

For me, I have chosen to use my skills to provide as many folks as I can with the basic tools that allow them to customize care for themselves and their families.  That's the direction I am going to use to build both a brand and a tribe of champions that are ready to move forward together, focused on wellness for all of us. 

And that includes keeping information available both free and affordable.  Not gatekeeping, not making it all complicated.  Once people can live the win-win lifestyle, it gets easier for them, but it also gets easier for all of us.  There is a saying that a rising tide raises all boats; that is the approach that is the core of what I do. 
We will work together to raise the energy tide, using new science and old skills together, allowing each of us to build the new outcomes. 
 
I hope you will stick around! 
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