Anxiety Archives - https://rachmcmahon.com/tag/anxiety/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:46:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/rachmcmahon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MG_8149b-scaled.jpg?fit=32%2C21&ssl=1 Anxiety Archives - https://rachmcmahon.com/tag/anxiety/ 32 32 209521612 Perfect Potatoes https://rachmcmahon.com/perfect-potatoes/ https://rachmcmahon.com/perfect-potatoes/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:46:05 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=8803 Tonight my community group (life group) will host a special guest. One of our pastors is coming to give a demonstration of the Passover meal. A few members of our group have seen him do this before. I am not one of the few. The buzz about it has been like the hype that sentContinue reading "Perfect Potatoes"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/perfect-potatoes/feed/ 2 8803 EMDR https://rachmcmahon.com/emdr/ https://rachmcmahon.com/emdr/#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:08:02 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=8229 In my first EMDR session, I learned that I don’t know what I’m talking about. Not that I didn’t know. That I still don’t. It’s not a terrible place to be, because I like to learn. Also, the less I know, the less I’m afraid I’m forcing things to happen. It felt a bit thatContinue reading "EMDR"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/emdr/feed/ 2 8229 Flat on My Back https://rachmcmahon.com/flat-on-my-back/ https://rachmcmahon.com/flat-on-my-back/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2023 18:22:11 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=7049 Last week was rough. I feel less like I’m on a roller coaster now and more like I’m on a seesaw. Still up and down, but not nearly as exciting. Re:generation is hard. Inventory is hard. I thought I had knocked it out. On the first week of inventory, I got a hotel room andContinue reading "Flat on My Back"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/flat-on-my-back/feed/ 4 7049 Glitter Pen Girl https://rachmcmahon.com/glitter-pen-girl/ https://rachmcmahon.com/glitter-pen-girl/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:25:37 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=7030 I’ve always been a pencil person. I have a power sharpener by my desk, and I zip a pencil in it every time I so much as jot down an item on my grocery list. Then back into the pencil cup it goes, tip upward, one yellow beast in a bouquet of wrist stabbers. TheContinue reading "Glitter Pen Girl"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/glitter-pen-girl/feed/ 1 7030 Inventory https://rachmcmahon.com/inventory/ https://rachmcmahon.com/inventory/#comments Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:07:09 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=6993 The re:gen book asked for my first impression of the inventory process. Usually, I find narrowing down my response difficult. I can write thousands of words in minutes, but summaries slay me. Today, not so much. In a word: NO In a few more words: NO NO NO NO NO I don’t want to leaveContinue reading "Inventory"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/inventory/feed/ 7 6993 Change – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly https://rachmcmahon.com/change-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ https://rachmcmahon.com/change-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:30:16 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=6965 Some things never change. Depending on circumstance, I may see that as a good thing or a bad one. Today I feel torn. The Good This week, I’ve been filled with joy. People have commented on it. I radiate joy, they say. And it’s true. I’m in a much better place now, relying on God.Continue reading "Change – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/change-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/feed/ 1 6965 Hands Up! https://rachmcmahon.com/hands-up/ https://rachmcmahon.com/hands-up/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2023 17:22:05 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=6900 Falling With Style I’ve noticed that I tend to post most of my updates when I’m struggling. I said I was in free fall, and I scared a few people. It earned me some hugs and concerned questions at church yesterday. I wasn’t bluffing, but I failed to mention the good part. The rush, theContinue reading "Hands Up!"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/hands-up/feed/ 3 6900 Who Do I Think I Am? https://rachmcmahon.com/who-do-i-think-i-am/ https://rachmcmahon.com/who-do-i-think-i-am/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:22:14 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=6867 Imposter Syndrome Inevitably, it got me. Yesterday was so good. I felt surrounded by love and support. I was sure great things were about to happen. Then comes the drop. I know the roller coaster analogy is overused, but it’s only because it’s so accurate. I’m in free fall. Today I’m asking myself why IContinue reading "Who Do I Think I Am?"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/who-do-i-think-i-am/feed/ 1 6867 Do It Scared https://rachmcmahon.com/do-it-scared/ https://rachmcmahon.com/do-it-scared/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:55:54 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=6841 Advice From a Pro I went to my first meeting with a writers’ group last weekend. I’ve been writing off and on since I was twelve years old, so this was long overdue. The guest speaker is a friend of mine from an online writers’ group. She gave me some advice when I told herContinue reading "Do It Scared"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/do-it-scared/feed/ 2 6841 Step One https://rachmcmahon.com/step-one/ https://rachmcmahon.com/step-one/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2023 20:00:21 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=6812 Admit I’m nailing this whole blogging thing, right? I’ve finished groundwork and am already in a re:generation closed group, starting week two of step one, and I haven’t shared anything since … well, whenever. I considered giving up on this whole thing and admitting that I’m not a blogger. I’m not, after all. I preferContinue reading "Step One"

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