by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Jan 6, 2019
Inactivity makes anxiety worse. I have lived it, so this is not theory to me. There is almost nothing more painful than sitting still with your worry, your fear, and the physical tension your own body is generating with nowhere to send it. You sit there marinating in...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Jan 6, 2019
I am writing this from a quiet room, lying down, just listening to music. We are so busy, all of us. We pack our minds with noise and negativity from the moment we wake up until the moment we finally pass out. I have not watched the news in about two years. Instead, I...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Jan 6, 2019
Time to produce. I cannot wait to get back with my tribe of brothers tonight to record a couple of podcast episodes. It has been three weeks, and I miss their dumb jokes and the way they keep me locked in on what I am actually supposed to be doing. Because here is a...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Jan 4, 2019
I was talking this week with a brilliant man, and the deep question was not mine. It was his. That is usually how it goes with this guy. He sits across from me and gives the most beautiful account of his own inner life, explaining that he is simply obeying the orders...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Jan 3, 2019
Most hunger is actually thirst. Most anger is actually fear. And most of the destructive things we do are just clumsy attempts to deal with fear and unmet needs we never properly named. Get under the surface of almost any blowup, and you will usually find something...
