Anxiety often feels like living life with the brakes on and the gas pedal pressed down at the same time. Even in quiet moments, something inside remains tense, alert, scanning for what could go wrong.

Many people describe it as a "background hum" of unease that never quite fades, or as waves of panic that seem to arise from nowhere. It can make even simple, beautiful parts of life — relationships, work, rest — feel exhausting.

Beneath the surface of symptoms like racing thoughts, physical tension, and spirals of worry, there is often something deeper happening: a nervous system shaped long ago to anticipate danger, disconnection, or disappointment.

Anxiety is not a personal failure. It is often the very human legacy of a life that had to learn vigilance early.

The Deeper Story

At its root, anxiety is often tied to early patterns of survival:

• Growing up feeling unsafe, unseen, or unsure if love could be trusted.

• Living with unpredictable caregivers or subtle emotional neglect.

• Carrying unspoken grief, loss, or fear without a place to bring it.

The mind learns to scan ahead constantly, trying to anticipate what might hurt. The body learns to tense, to move quickly, to brace.
And even when real danger has passed, the patterns can linger.
Anxiety, in this deeper view, is the echo of a heart that once needed to be very careful.

Healing anxiety, then, is not about "just calming down."
It’s about gently unwinding those ancient strategies.
It's about slowly teaching the mind, body, and soul that it is safe to live here now.

My Approach

When we work with anxiety together, we do more than manage symptoms — we honor the intelligence that created them.
We work slowly, at the nervous system's pace.
We invite the deeper stories to come into the light, not to blame the past, but to release it.
We build trust — not just between you and me, but between you and your own body again. Between you and life itself.

Along the way, you may find that the endless scanning and bracing begin to loosen.
You may find moments of true rest, of spontaneity, of real joy — not because you forced yourself to "be positive," but because the walls of fear are no longer needed.

You are not broken.
You are finding your way back home.

You Are Welcome Here

If you are tired of running, bracing, second-guessing,
if you are ready to find a steadier ground beneath your feet,
I would be honoured to walk with you.

You don’t have to do this alone.