Are you anxious?
While the pandemic has been hard on all of us, studies show that the stress and worry of the last two years has made women almost twice as anxious as men.
Women have taken on new roles and assumed extra responsibilities, including child care, home schooling, and extra household chores. And, sadly, women tend to more often be the target of domestic violence and emotional abuse. I want you to know...
...You're not alone.
BOOK:
Calm & Sense: A Woman's Guide to Living Anxiety-Free
While women have always been more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety than men, the pandemic has made it worse. The extra burdens and worries since the onset of the pandemic have left women struggling even more with heightened anxiety and the consequences of that stress and fear.
Calm & Sense answers these concerns with compassion and pragmatism. Written by an anxious woman for anxious women, the book addresses how and why women are more anxious. It explores how anxiety impacts our lives and it offers women a tool kit of practical techniques for confronting these worries. Click for more >>
PODCAST:
Anxiety Connection
Wendy Leeds is the host of Anxiety Connection, a podcast for people who struggle with anxiety. In each episode, she examines how anxiety impacts our daily lives – and offers practical strategies for how to quell those moments of panic and ease our underlying fears.
As a three-time-cancer survivor, Wendy shares her personal story of life-long anxiety. As an experienced psychotherapist, she shares the latest research, along with a set of simple techniques you can use to make your anxiety more manageable. Click for more >>
"I've lived with anxiety my entire life.
I know from personal experience how anxiety can limit your life."
MINI-COURSE:
Why You're Anxious & What to Do About It
In this mini-course, it’s time we finally do something about our anxiety. In a simple, step-by-step approach to easing anxiety we’re going to get to know about anxiety in general – and YOUR anxiety in particular.
That's because anxiety shows up differently in all of us. Your anxiety is different than mine, which means that a plan to heal your anxiety is going to be different from a plan to heal mine. Let's develop a plan that works! Click for more >>
QUIZ:
Find Out the Cost of Your Anxiety
What's the impact of anxiety on our lives? What is it costing us in terms of loss of joy, happiness, and satisfaction?
Here's a simple 12-question quiz which should only take a few minutes to complete. It will help you discover anxiety's impact on your life and the "hidden cost" you may be paying for it. Based on your score, I will give you my recommendations for the next steps to take. Click for more >>
"It's time we finally do something about our anxiety."
WENDY LEEDS
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
Wendy Leeds is a practicing psychotherapist with both a professional and a personal interest in finding ways to help women deal with their anxiety. A three-time cancer survivor, she knows what it’s like to live with the kind of worry and fear that make the smallest things in life difficult.
Wendy's aim is to create a calm, centered, and joyful life – for herself and for others. She has assembled a practical collection of tools and techniques for dealing with anxiety – with or without medication. She uses many of these techniques in battling her own anxiety, and is passionate about sharing them with others.
Her first book, Calm & Sense: A Woman's Guide to Living Anxiety-Free, is a handbook of these techniques, along with her podcast (Anxiety Connection) and mini-course (Why You're Anxious & What to Do About It). Wendy is presently working on her second book, Solving the Anxiety Equation. Click for more >>