How to Heal Your Anxiety

Drained.  

Burned out.

Anxious. 

Depressed. 

Unhinged. 

The moment it all erupted for me I was living in Sofia, Bulgaria for a month leading my salesteam that had just expanded from a humble six to a mighty thirty through a three-month intensive international summer training. 

On the surface, it seemed like it could have just been a typical case of burnout. I had been working fifteen hour days for months and had been traveling full-time for nearly three years. This particular moment in time was packed with constant socializing, modeling the full “work hard, party hard” for my team. 

But all of a sudden, it all started to fall apart. 

Work felt like it was crumbling beneath me becoming more toxic by the hour; my already rocky relationship at the time was disintegrating before my eyes; family stuff back home began catching up with me even though I was thousands of miles away.   

Before I knew it, I couldn’t get out of bed for two weeks.  

I’d felt sadness before, but not like this. 

I’d felt loneliness before, but not like this. 

I’d felt drained before, but not like this.

For the first time in my life, I was depressed. I’d pushed myself to the point where I couldn’t stop crying.

 I’d gone so far past taking care of myself that my body literally started to shut down. 

And it felt terrible. 

 As a kid, adults used to nickname me “smiley”.

Optimistic, positive and bubbly are my norm. Not sad. Definitely not sad. 

Those two weeks cracked something open in me that I am forever grateful for.

Have you been there?

Have you felt the depths of you crack open?

Have you pushed yourself beyond your limits?

Do you, maybe even now, feel anxious, unsettled, or just unhappy?

Our emotions (such as anxiety) are our internal guidance system. At their best, they are gracious servants here to help us learn all of life's important lessons. Often, our negative emotions are just pointing to old stories, wounds or traumas that are asking to be healed.

However, most of us have been taught that these are "bad" emotions that must be repressed, numbed or avoided. When we do this, we lose out on important healing and growth opportunities. 

By feeling into our emotions, building relationships with them, and opening up space for them to communicate messages to us, we let them do their job. And, when their job is done, they can then easily be released.

Use this meditation to heal your anxiety by building a relationship with it so that you can hear the messages it has for you and then allow the emotion itself to release. This meditation can also be used to move through anger, sadness, or any other "uncomfortable" emotion. 

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Emily is an Intuitive Career Strategist, healer, world traveler, mermaid and lover of all things Pachamama. She is here to support all of us in living our most extraoardinary lives.