by Laurie Strand | Jun 15, 2026 | Anxiety Relief, Blog Post, Resilience, Self Help, Uncategorized
I used to really dislike spring. Where we live, spring can feel like a funny in-between season — a stretch of weather that can never quite decide what it wants to be. Warm one day, cold the next. Sunny, then windy. Green and blooming, but still chilly enough to need a...
by Laurie Strand | Apr 3, 2026 | Anxiety Relief, Blog Post, Resilience, Self Help, Uncategorized
Spring is springing, people! I’m working in Boise for part of the week, and wow—things are starting to bud. I spotted my first tree blossoms on a sweet walk this morning, which got me thinking……Have you ever gone on a walk and gotten back to where you started without...
by Laurie Strand | Feb 20, 2026 | Anxiety Relief, Blog Post, Resilience, Self Help, Uncategorized
I try hard to practice what I preach — to make a daily habit of practicing the skills and embodying the nervous-system supportive tools that I believe so deeply in. After spending most of January reflecting on values (see last month’s blog) — In February, I made it a...
by Laurie Strand | Sep 1, 2025 | Anxiety Relief, Blog Post, Self Help, Uncategorized
You are not your stress. You are not your stress response. I am not my stress response! 🙂 Believing this is hard enough on a “normal” day… but especially difficult and important in times of uncertainty, periods of transition, loss, or change. All of us experience our...
by Laurie Strand | Jun 1, 2025 | Anxiety Relief, Blog Post, Self Help, Uncategorized
I’m sitting here in my cozy office on a rainy June day, listening to the creek and the soft sounds of summer drifting in through the sliding door. Outside, a fully leafed-out cottonwood tree sways gently. Even as I write these words, I feel more spacious inside — a...
