Welcome to Poolside Confessions, my summer series where I sit by the water, slow down, and share what I'm actually living and thinking about.

Today's confession is something I've been sitting with for a while.

I started thinking about the seasons of my life when anxiety showed up the loudest. Some of those seasons made sense from the outside – things were hard. But others were confusing. Things were going well. Success was real. And the anxiety was still there.

Sitting with all of it, something became clear: anxiety is never really about what's happening outside of you.

So what is it about? In this episode, I share what I've come to understand – and the practice that has quietly shifted how I live.

Here's what we cover:

Why anxiety is never about your circumstances
What always accompanied my most anxious seasons – and why I didn't see it at the time
How broken promises to yourself create low-grade anxiety you can't quite name
What happens when you stop trusting your intuition
Why the scary stories you tell yourself about the future are working against you
The practices that have built real self-trust in my life

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