Anxiety and Perfectionism
Because you shouldn’t have to white-knuckle your way through life just to feel okay.
Living with anxiety as a high-achieving perfectionist can feel like juggling a hundred glass balls while trying not to drop your smile. This space is for you if you’re exhausted from trying to hold it all together. Here, you’ll find support, tools, and trauma-informed insights to help you untangle the roots of anxiety, loosen perfectionist patterns, and finally exhale.
You don’t have to keep managing it all alone. If something here resonates, I’d love to explore how therapy can support your healing and nervous system regulation.
What Is Anxiety, Really? A Trauma-Informed Guide for When It's More Than Just Stress
If you've spent years wondering why you can't just calm down, think your way out of it, or make the anxiety stop, this is for you. Anxiety isn't random. And understanding where it actually comes from changes everything.
How to Stop "Shoulding" All Over Yourself
Have you ever thought “I should be farther in life” or “I should have been able to push through that” or “I should ‘fill in the blank here’”? If you have, you’re not alone in the world of “shoulding”. Read on to understand why it’s not effective and how to start living better.
When the Go, Go, Go Becomes Utterly Exhausting
The constant go mentality of our culture and of the holidays can be exhausting and draining on our mental health! Find several tips here to release ourselves from that exhaustion.
Ways to Ease the Perfectionist Mind | Anxiety Therapy Phoenix
Your head won't stop spinning. You're always going. And saying no feels like it costs you something every single time. This isn't just stress, and it doesn’t mean something is wrong with you. Here's what's actually happening underneath perfectionism, and what it feels like to start letting it go.
3 Myths About Anxiety Therapy & How EMDR Therapy Phoenix Approaches Anxiety Differently
Many people who seek anxiety therapy have already tried meditation, breathing exercises, or even therapy before. Yet anxiety can still feel impossible to turn off. In this article, I explore three common myths about anxiety therapy and how EMDR therapy in Phoenix approaches anxiety from a different perspective.