Author: Tom Flanagan

The Anxiety Crisis

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It may be a sign of an improving society to see that anxiety itself is rising as a concern and an opportunity.  Anxiety affects anyone who pays attention to life around us, and it adversely affects almost all of us at some time or another either acutely (immobilizing us) or chronically (nudging us to self-administered reactions).  Many will accept the “just get over it” or the “it’s a normal part of life” thoughts about burdensome anxiety.  And any of us will self-medicate our way through anxious times with comfort food, social alcohol, or natural or pharmaceutical “remedies.”   Surely it is… Continue Reading

June 11, 2024: Moving Meditation

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Again, starting with check in, challenges & successes, and a brief guided meditation, we reflected on our reaction to the meditation exercise.  While we almost always agree that the meditation was enjoyed, this week one of us felt that they just couldn’t quite ease into the pace of gently letting each thought bubble up and float away.  The problem was that sometimes too many thoughts rumble to the surface at once … “like a never-ending grand finale to a fireworks display.”  We talked about how anxiety can bake and get to truly intense levels for us, each in our own… Continue Reading