Anxiety & Overachievement

So often, if we had the time to stop and notice, we’d be shocked at how disconnected we feel from everything, including ourselves. We want to think we have everything under control but it’s sometimes a temporary, glitchy feeling until life is too much and the control crumbles away.  

If you’re noticing that your body is tense all the time as you are continuously on the move just trying to keep it all together, and you can't enjoy time off because everyone constantly needs and depends on you, then maybe it’s time to stop and reconsider your priorities.

We all want to feel successful, but isn’t it supposed to feel better than this? Shouldn’t success provide the time and freedom to enjoy life and feel rested, and have built-in opportunities for recharging our creative minds? Overachievers typically push themselves so hard that they miss out on the best parts of building success. And instead, they endure long, exhausting days and sleep that is elusive or full of nightmares about it all falling apart. 

What’s behind the constant running toward achievements?

What are you afraid of discovering if you slow down? Sometimes we’re afraid that life would feel empty or that we will lose our sense of purpose. When we do slow down, sometimes the emotions get too overwhelming and we’re terrified that we’ll lose control of everything we’re trying to hold together, so we push the emotions away and get back to work.

I have the counseling tools to help

I’m Jess and I am a holistic counselor who works with anxiety and the exhaustive cycles of overachievement. I support clients who struggle with work-life balance and those who are so overwhelmed that they’ve lost connection to their body’s cues and warning signs. 

My clients want to feel a sense of freedom and security in their lives without working themselves to death. They want to know that they can feel content and maintain healthy connections with others, even when they take time to disengage and be still. 

My clients have typically been in therapy before and they comment on how my love for therapy shows up in session. I bring compassion and perspective to our work as we explore what’s beneath all of the hard work and challenges with slowing down. I will support you in learning to accept and affirm your whole self and embrace what you need to feel balanced and fulfilled. We develop tools and insights to help you become more present with your body and reconnect with your nervous system. And we work and stretch together to create a vision of what healthy, sustainable success might look and feel like.

Put that amazing work ethic to work for YOU!

If you feel that you are past ready for the freedom and peace of mind that’s been missing for far too long, then it’s time to put some of your amazing work ethic into something you absolutely do have control over - YOU! 

Contact me for a free consult as the first step of your body-mind-heart-soul journey toward a life that has room for peace of mind.