{"id":854,"date":"2014-04-17T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxboroarttherapy.com\/?p=854"},"modified":"2016-01-04T17:29:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T17:29:02","slug":"anxiety-remedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/anxiety-remedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Befriending Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Befriending-Anxiety.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3136\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Befriending-Anxiety-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Befriending Anxiety\" width=\"606\" height=\"606\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Facing the Unknown<\/h1>\n<p>By Amy Maricle<\/p>\n<p>Confronting the unknown is unnerving. \u00a0Whether you are leaving a job, ending a relationship, having a baby, or starting a business, the unknown has a way of bringing up our deepest fears.<\/p>\n<p>What if I&#8217;m not good enough? What if they don&#8217;t like me? What if I fail? What if I&#8217;m a bad person?\u00a0Stepping into the unknown can be really uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Stepping Back<\/h2>\n<p>Of course change is scary. When I left my full time job and started a private practice, I was terrified that I would fail. I had pre-conceived notions of what I could and could not do.\u00a0And then I heard a talk from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/cope-with-stress-foxboro\/\">Ariane de Bonvoisin<\/a>\u00a0about the qualities of people who manage change successfully.<\/p>\n<p>It shifted things for me. First I decided that I was allowed to fail. Then I realized my anxiety was important &#8211; necessary even. When I stopped fighting against it, it lost a lot of steam, and I could look at each fear and address it.<\/p>\n<p>It was one scariest changes I ever made &#8211; and also one of the best. Isn&#8217;t that often true?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Comments<\/h2>\n<p>What changes are you making? Have you confronted the unknown? Tell us about it in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7770.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-855\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7770-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7770\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facing the Unknown By Amy Maricle Confronting the unknown is unnerving. \u00a0Whether you are leaving a job, ending a relationship, having a baby, or starting a business, the unknown has a way of bringing up our deepest fears. What if I&#8217;m not good enough? What if they don&#8217;t like me? What if I fail? 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