Anxiety & Life Transitions
Anxiety & Life Transitions: Signs of Inner Transformation
Anxiety and depression are often seen as things to eliminate - something “wrong” that needs to be fixed. But what if they’re also signals from your body and psyche, asking for attention, care, and change?
When your nervous system has carried too much for too long, or when life demands a new version of you, the body begins to speak. You might notice symptoms like:
A racing or pounding heart
Dizziness or feeling lightheaded
Digestive issues or nausea
Tightness in your chest or throat
Restless energy or muscle tension
Fatigue, heaviness, or a sense of numbness
Difficulty concentrating or feeling “foggy”
A constant sense of dread or urgency
These are signs that your system is overwhelmed or stuck in survival mode. Anxiety and depression are often the body’s way of saying: something inside needs space, witnessing, rest, or change.
A Somatic and IFS Approach
Rather than just managing symptoms, I work with what’s happening beneath the surface - in your body, your nervous system, and your inner parts.
Somatic Awareness & Nervous System Regulation
Your body holds the story of how you’ve learned to stay safe. Through gentle body-based awareness and Polyvagal-informed tools, we’ll help your system recognize safety again. You’ll learn to track sensations, slow down racing thoughts, and move out of patterns like fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown. As your body finds balance, the anxiety or heaviness often begins to ease naturally.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Anxiety and depression often come from parts of you that carry fear, responsibility, grief, or exhaustion. Some parts might try to push harder, while others want to give up. With IFS, we bring compassion and understanding to each of these inner parts - helping you build trust with them instead of fighting against them. Over time, your system becomes more integrated, and you reconnect with your Self - the calm, clear, grounded center within you.
Navigating Life Transitions
Big changes - in relationships, career, identity, or health, can stir up old fears and leave you feeling unmoored. Even positive transitions can activate anxiety or grief, because part of you is leaving behind what once felt familiar.
Together, we’ll explore:
What’s ending and what’s trying to emerge
How to support your body and nervous system through uncertainty
How to listen to the wisdom beneath the discomfort
These moments of upheaval that come with transition are often signs that something deeper is reorganizing within you. You don’t have to silence anxiety or “fix” depression to heal. You can learn to listen to what these symptoms are asking for.
Schedule a free consult with me here.