Your Anxiety Is Trying to Protect You
Your Anxiety Is Trying to Protect You Healing Is My Hobby | October 12, 2026Last week we asked, is this a problem, or is this a prediction? This week we go deeper into why anxiety shows up the way it ...
12 Okt 14min
When Stress Becomes Anxiety: Is It a Problem or a Prediction?
When Stress Becomes Anxiety: Is It a Problem or a Prediction?All through September, we talked about your nervous system: stress signals, regulation, and the idea that calm isn't the only healthy state...
5 Okt 10min
Not Everything That Feels Urgent Is Urgent: Telling the Difference Between Real Urgency and Anxiety
Not Everything That Feels Urgent Is Urgent: Telling the Difference Between Real Urgency and AnxietyAn uncomfortable email arrives and you feel like you have to answer right now. A text goes unanswered...
28 Sep 20min
Regulation Isn't the Same as Being Calm
Somewhere along the way, calm became the gold standard for mental health. But what if we've been measuring regulation by the wrong thing? In this episode, Jessica explains why nervous system regulatio...
21 Sep 17min
You Don't Need to Earn Your Rest
Why do so many of us treat rest like a reward instead of a basic need? In this episode, Jessica unpacks the hidden rule a lot of high achievers live by: I can rest once everything is done. The problem...
14 Sep 18min
Why Rest Doesn't Feel Restful
You finally sit down to rest… and your brain starts running through your to-do list. Sound familiar? In this episode, Jessica breaks down why stopping and regulating are not the same thing — and why y...
7 Sep 18min
Why You Can't Stop: When Productivity Starts Feeling Like Safety
What happens when you finally have nothing to do?For some of us, the answer isn't relief. It's discomfort.In the Season 2 premiere of Healing Is My Hobby, Jessica explores what happens when productivi...
1 Sep 18min
Healing Moment: The Discomfort of Doing Nothing
This week, Jessica closes out the summer Healing Moments series with an invitation: what if you let yourself be uncomfortable — on purpose?Not unsafe. Not overwhelmed. Just uncomfortable. For anyone w...
31 Aug 4min
