Guidepost 8 — Cultivating Calm and Stillness: Letting Go of Anxiety as a Lifestyle

We all have different ways to find calm and stillness. I recommend starting by asking yourself, "What do I enjoy?" Extract something healthy from that enjoyment and see how it affects your emotions, especially when feeling reactive. Some people choose to stay busy, but this doesn't necessarily help manage anxiety; it just pushes it aside. As we now know, the body keeps score. Anxiety doesn't disappear; it compounds and eventually catches up with us. It's better to find a way to manage it so that it can coexist with us as we lead as normal a life as possible.