Are you feeling anxious?

Are you feeling anxious right now? Try this simple reset. Right now, do it with me. Pause. Take a deep breath. Stay with me. If your nervous system is spiraling, you're overthinking, your heart is beating fast, or whatever is going on, It potentially could be because you have left your body. You're in the future or you're in the past. So this is an invitation. Let's come back. Here is a quick 30-second reset. First, reference an object. Look around you. Name an object out loud. A chair. Look at the speaker and say, "That's a speaker." This is a desk. This is a tripod. Second, feel your weight. And I'm gonna add, feel it without judgment. Just feel the weight. Of your body and say, "This is where I am." Number 3, say this: I am here. I am in my body. I am not the story. Welcome back. For deeper grounding, if you choose to, start by squeezing your fingertips, not to each— a level of actual pain, but squeeze it enough to bring your body enough sensation and signal to your brain that this is where you are. Not in the story, not in the past, not in the other dimensions, but right now, right here, in your body. Second, press your tongue to the roof of your mouth. Keep your hands squeezed, tongue to your roof, and try to build breathe while you focus your eyes on one single object. Yes. I can't do the tongue to roof. Joel for Mouth right now, but I'm doing the 3 others with you. I'm feeling my fingertips. I'm bill breathing. And I'm focusing my eyes. Remember this: you don't always need to escape a situation. And you certainly don't want to escape anxiety. But you need to exit. You need to exit the realm the anxiety lives in. You're not anxious. You are misplaced. Right now, come back to physicality. Come back to this present moment in time, in this body, right now, right here. Thank you, Dr. O'Connor.