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I was on retreat last week at The School for The Work. The Work is one of my favorite practices for finding clarity and freedom in daily life. The Work is a meditation. It doesn’t look like a meditation because it’s four questions, and questions look like cognitive tasks. But…

Allison EvansNovember 14, 2023

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What to Do When You Are Agitated and Can’t Turn Off Thinking: Part 3

Part 3: Investigate Your Thinking In Part 1 of this series, you learned how to manage the foundation of your wellbeing, your Body Budget. Part 2 taught you the important skill of “down regulation,” which is how to bring yourself from a state of agitation into state of calm through…

Allison EvansAugust 8, 2020

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What to Do When You Are Agitated and Can’t Turn Off Thinking: Part 2

Part 2: Regulate Your State of Arousal In Part 1 of this series, you learned about the Body Budget. The body budget is both foundational for wellbeing and the first step in “anxiety triage.” It is foundational in that you give yourself the best chance of a good mood by…

Allison EvansJuly 26, 2020

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What to Do When You Are Agitated and Can’t Turn Off Thinking: Part 1

It’s awful to feel revved up in your body and overwhelmed by anxious thoughts. Some people seem prone to this. It’s something they deal with daily. For others, worry comes with challenging circumstances, sometimes lasting a day, sometimes a season. This week, two clients with different temperaments – one anxious…

Allison EvansJuly 20, 2020

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What to Do When You Are Agitated and Can’t Turn Off Thinking: Part 3

What to Do When You Are Agitated and Can’t Turn Off Thinking: Part 2

What to Do When You Are Agitated and Can’t Turn Off Thinking: Part 1

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