by Meredith Walters | Apr 26, 2016 | Blog, Common Challenges, Fear, How to Make Decisions
“My mind is a bad neighborhood that I try not to go into alone. –Anne Lamott I know how easy it is to get stuck in your head. When my brain isn’t churning with thoughts, memories, worries, plans, analyses, or trying to figure something out, it’s attempting to...
by Meredith Walters | Mar 29, 2016 | Blog, Common Challenges, Uncategorized
I recently realized that I’ve been missing something my entire life. It’s stopped me from doing the things I dreamed of. It’s made me feel a lot less capable than I really am. And I see now how it’s gotten in the way of achieving the things I most wanted for my entire...
by Meredith Walters | Feb 2, 2016 | Career Change, Common Challenges, Fear
I realized yesterday that I’m terrified. Rattled. Completely unnerved. Though it’s not something I’m thrilled to admit so publicly, I wanted to share because it’s helped me realize something important. It started when I woke up yesterday morning from an uneasy sleep...
by Meredith Walters | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Common Challenges, Fear
“Anxiety, heartbreak, and tenderness mark the in-between state. It’s the kind of place we usually want to avoid… Becoming intimate with the queasy feeling of being in the middle of nowhere only makes our hearts more tender…By not knowing, not only hoping to know, and...
by Meredith Walters | Dec 22, 2015 | Blog, Career Change, Common Challenges
I realized recently where 99% percent of my stress comes from. Last month we had a mold explosion in our house. It started with a few spots on our window frames and closet shelves, and then suddenly three days later I noticed that it was covering everything—and I mean...
by Meredith Walters | Oct 14, 2015 | Blog, Career Change, Common Challenges
I want to talk about something different today. I want to talk about career change and depression. I’ve struggled with paralyzing low moods since I was a young teenager. Depression, along with debilitating levels of anxiety, was what forced me into therapy in my...
