Anxiety rarely happens overnight, although some in some cases, a trauma can immediately create it moving forward. Usually there is a combin

Just when you think you’ve got things figured out, that you’ve got the world bythe balls, the universe comes along and slaps you up side the back of your head.  Saying, “Uh uh uh.  Kristen, you haven’t fully figured this life lesson out.  Time for you to experience it again and let’s see how you do.”  And right now, all I can think of is great, another fucking life lesson.  Welcome to today’s lesson: self-sabotage.  That’s right.  I said it.  Self-sabotage which sometimes tak

I stood in the studio with my classmates this past spring.  My teacher was talking about clothing on the body and how placement of the scarf on the hips was more flattering for the body. She was telling a story of a woman that had an “aha” moment and was able to see her own beauty with hips wrapped and belly exposed. As I stood there with my belly covered with my shirt and hip scarf around my waist, I couldn’t help but acknowledge that I was not wearing the scarf around my hi

I remember all the nights I either couldn't sleep or woke up out of a sleep after a bad dream (usually involving work).  At the time of the anxiety, I was probably only getting three to four hours of sleep a night.  I was exhausted and I couldn't function properly.  At the time, I had no idea how much sleep deprivation was impacting me. I've since learned that lack of sleep can be a precursor to emotional disorders like anxiety. Almost every system of the body is affected whe