Test: What’s stopping you from finding meaning?

Your fears or anxieties are taking centre stage right now. Ideas and new projects do come your way, but before you can allow them to flourish, you get caught up in an overthinking cycle: will this work out?

If security was inconsistent in your childhood, you can grow up with your ‘threat radar’ permanently stuck on alert mode. Or perhaps you’ve always been supersensitive and feel like you’re missing a layer of skin that other people have to defend you against life’s blows.

When you’re dealing with anxiety, having a sense of purpose can feel like a luxury or something to think about ‘when you feel better’. But the truth is, you won’t feel better until you’ve found it. On good days, you get snatches of a different way of living, one that allows you to connect with what matters, rather than being trapped by your fears and worries.

Pin down those moments by capturing them in a journal, then think about what tiny steps you can take to move your life in that direction.