Have you ever had the experience of finally creating some calm, stability and structure in your life - and rather than feeling the relief of peace, you actually find yourself feeling MORE anxious?
Have you ever noticed that when life gets calm - when you get time off, are on vacation, are in a period of life where challenges are few and your day to day is rather predictable and mundane that you struggle to feel safe?
Have you ever been through a particularly challenging or turbulent time - going through a divorce or breakup, experiencing a prolonged health issue or losing a job and having to find a new one - only to find that when you actually get to the ‘other side’ so to speak, you aren’t able to ENJOY the new situation but you feel trapped in fear instead?
Have you ever noticed that you have a hard time trusting the safety of others? That even when you might be able to objectively step back and see that you are safe in your relationships to the degree that you can be - that you never actually FEEL safe and are always waiting for the other shoe to drop?
Finally, have you noticed that when life gets quiet, your inner critic gets REALLY loud - shouting at you about all the things you’ve done wrong in your life and all the ways any pain you may have in your life is your fault and due to you messing up?
If so, you’re not alone. Today we are going to unpack all of this - we’re going to explore why this happens, why we might have trouble trusting safety, why our inner critic yells at us most when we are in a state of peace and how to navigate all of this in a healthy way.
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