Embracing Anxiety: A Path to Emotional Freedom

Embracing Anxiety: A Path to Emotional Freedom

Anxiety is something every human experiences. It is not a flaw, a weakness, or a sign that something has gone wrong. It is simply part of being alive in a nervous system designed to protect us.

One of the most important truths I teach is this:
All feelings are allowed.

Yet so often, we’ve been taught to fear uncomfortable emotions. To distract ourselves. To push them away. To “calm down” as quickly as possible.

The problem is that avoidance doesn’t dissolve anxiety.
It amplifies it.

There’s a reason the saying “what you resist, persists” rings so true. When we resist emotions, we trap them in the body. When we allow them, they move through.

Thoughts, Feelings, and the Body’s Wisdom

Our thoughts are powerful. They create emotional responses that can pull us into the future, worrying about things that haven’t happened yet and may never happen at all.

Anxiety is not danger.
It is energy in motion.

It shows up as sensations, vibrations, tightness, or heat in the body. When those sensations are misunderstood or judged, the nervous system stays on high alert. But when they are met with curiosity and compassion, the body begins to settle.

When we shift our perspective, anxiety stops feeling like an enemy and starts becoming a temporary experience we can process and release.

My Personal Approach to Anxiety

When anxiety shows up for me, I no longer try to get rid of it. I meet it.

Here’s what that looks like in practice.

1. Regulate First Through the Body

I begin with tapping using the Rapid Relief Technique. This helps calm my nervous system, bring me back into my body, and create a sense of safety. Regulation always comes before insight.

2. Allow the Feeling Fully

As I tap, I give myself permission to feel whatever is present. I remind myself that emotions are not permanent and they are not dangerous. They are simply energy moving through me.

3. Tune In Without Judgment

I gently notice where the anxiety lives in my body. Is it tightness in my chest? A flutter in my stomach? A buzzing in my arms?

I observe the sensations without trying to fix them. No stories. No shame. Just awareness.

Something powerful happens here.

Within about 90 seconds, the emotional wave naturally crests and begins to pass. The body does what it is designed to do when it feels safe.

Once the intensity softens, I can then reflect on the thoughts that triggered the anxiety with clarity instead of fear. From this regulated state, I get to choose how I want to respond.

Emotional Awareness Is Empowerment

Learning how to navigate anxiety is not just personal healing. It is leadership.

As Warrior Mamas, when we learn to process our emotions rather than suppress them, we model emotional intelligence for our children. We teach them that feelings are safe, temporary, and manageable.

This is how we break cycles.
This is how nervous systems heal.
This is how families soften.

Our children don’t need us to be emotionless.
They need us to be emotionally aware.

A Gentle Invitation

The next time anxiety arises, pause and remember this:
You already have everything you need within you.

By allowing yourself to feel, you create space for release, healing, and growth. You move from fear into self-trust. From overwhelm into empowerment.

Inside Warrior Mamas, we practice this work together. We focus on nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and learning to listen to the body’s wisdom so you can parent and live from a grounded, confident place.

You were never meant to do this alone.
And you were never meant to fear your emotions.

With the right support, anxiety becomes not something to avoid, but something that leads you home to yourself.

With love and trust in you,
Lara 💗