Anxiety isn't always an anxiety problem ๐ŸŒŸ


Dear Reader,

There's a connection between anxiety and boundaries that doesn't get talked about nearly enough.

Research suggests that a significant amount of the anxiety people experience is linked to taking on responsibility for other people's emotions, behaviours, and needs. Poor boundaries don't just make life harder. They can be a direct source of anxiety.

When Kathleen came across this, it was a turning point.

"I'd spent years thinking something was just wrong with me. Once I realised that a lot of the anxiety I was carrying was connected to not having a sense of where I ended and someone else began, everything shifted."

For those of us who grew up learning to put everyone else first, to manage others' feelings, to stay small, to never ask for too much โ€” this pattern runs deep. It's not a mindset problem. It lives in the body, in the nervous system, in years of learned survival strategies.

Which is why thinking your way out of it rarely works.

Flower essences approach this differently. Rather than pushing you to change behaviour from the outside in, they work with the emotional and energetic patterns underneath, gently, and at the pace your system can actually receive.

Reclaim Your Energy ๐ŸŒŸ

Kathleen will be going deeper into all of this on May 30th in her Reclaim Your Energy workshop, including which specific essences support this process and why.

๐Ÿ“… Saturday, May 30
โฑ๏ธ10:00 am West Coast | 1:00 pm East Coast | 6:00 pm UK
๐ŸŒฟ $27 Replay included

๐Ÿ‘‰ Reserve your spotโ€‹

If this is resonating, we'd love to have you there.

Keep flowering,

๐Ÿ’• Kathleen, Rochana, and Ruth
โ€‹The School for Flower Essence Studies

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