Jodey Sharman, Registered Psychologist
305 Ross Ave. T4C1C9 Calgary, AB, Canada

Try this for small daily steps for coping calmly and kindly.

A reminder to enjoy our kids.

Finish this sentence: My reality matters because ___________. #selfhealers

I don't think we can purge negativity from our lives but we can take time to enjoy putting ourselves first and this could be what it feels like.

Check out the "gift" suggestion to make your partner a playlist of love songs that describe your relationship, your partner, and your feelings for him or her. Could be done for anyone you care about. Imagine how appeciated you might feel listening to all the ways he or she knows and accepts you through song.

One of the problems with chronic anxiety and worry is that anxiety invites us to worry about the pitfalls, mistakes, failures and dangers in even the simplest of things like how do I want to have fun today and the biggest of things like what do I want in my future. One solution might be to think about what we want when we are able to relax and set worry aside for a time. Perhaps while relaxing with a morning coffee, watching funny animal videos, or after exercising, when we are able to grab an idea and take a step closer to what we want until anxiety interferes again and we need to look for relaxation again because we deserve to know and do what we want.