Anxiety Relief Tips for Creatives

As creatives, anxiety can often take over our lives and throttle us from reaching our goals. In this episode of “The Success Palette”, life coach Megan DeVito goes into the possible relationship between creativity and anxiety. Megan, who specializes in managing anxiety, shares her own journeys and gives valuable insights into the symptomatic understanding of anxiety, particularly as it impacts creatives. She also covers the pervasive cycle of "what if" thinking inciting anxiety and shares practical strategies to break free from the cycle, emphasizing the importance of understanding and recognizing anxiety symptoms as the first step to handle them.

This episode also discusses the connection between basic needs, financial instability, mindfulness, and increased anxiety levels. Leveraging Megan's years of experience as an anxiety coach, the episode goes deep into the distinction between therapy and life coaching, highlighting different approaches to different anxiety levels and conditions. Megan shares her holistic coaching approach for managing daily anxious moments and even guides in using therapy for dealing with past traumas.

Merging her expertise for creative individuals, Megan sheds light on the use of journaling as a tool to manage anxious thoughts, explaining how it can control brain activity. She encourages anyone dealing with self-harming thoughts to seek immediate professional help. The episode concludes with Megan inviting for further discussions on anxiety management strategies.

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