Hi Reader,

I was getting ready to sit outside to pray, so I set up a fan and diffuser with some peppermint oil (because bugs hate peppermint and wind) and was about to sit down when I noticed my diffuser didn't work.

What the heck could be wrong with it? The fan was on, so I knew it wasn't the fuse.

Was there too much water in it?

Did it just crap out?

For like a minute or so, I was stumped.

Ahhh...it wasn't plugged in.

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Do you ever feel like you're doing all this work and don't know why you're still struggling?

I wandered through the wilderness wondering this exact thing 👆🏻for over 25 years, and I am so grateful to tell you that reconnecting to yourself is the shortest path to getting all your healing efforts to work.

By plugging into your experience of your physical sensations, thoughts, and emotions, you can start to process what your body is trying to tell you.

So when a thought or feeling comes up, or when you're stuck in a season of numbness and don't feel anything at all, don't try to figure it out; just sit with it.

Feel the sensations in your body (numbness is a sensation), then allow it to exist without trying to control it.

Then when you start to understand what you feel and what situations, current and past, have caused those feelings, you can make changes to create a life that allows you to rest emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

Of course, this is a process, and guidance helps. That's why I wrote a blog post with nine books so you can understand why you feel anxious and what you can do about it.

To learn tools with how to deal with these overwhelming emotions right away, I suggest starting with #5.

*When you purchase a book through one of my links, please let me know so that I can send you a personal thank you! Your support means everything and helps me keep this blog going.

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Thanks for being here,

💕Donna Bartos | Anxiety Recovery Blogger

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