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A Letter to My Clients: What to Expect When We Start Working with a Fear of Flying

by Joel SchmidtAnxiety, Self-improvement, Stress, Therapy, Worry January 5, 2026January 6, 2026No Comments

You’re here either because you recently decided to start work with me or because it’s something you are considering. If you’re dealing with flight anxiety—either avoiding flying altogether or white-knuckling your way through flights—you’re probably ready for relief. Ready to get over this thing so you can get on with doing the things that are truly important to you in life. And you’re also probably anxiously waiting to see how this all might work, what …

How Starting Therapy Helps You Stop Avoiding What Keeps You Stuck

by Joel SchmidtAnxiety, Self-improvement, Stress, Therapy, Worry November 13, 2025January 9, 2026No Comments

Is it possible that starting therapy can help you stop avoiding what keeps you stuck? One of the biggest and most recurring themes that comes up in therapy sessions is that of avoidance. A seemingly intuitive thing to do when faced with something uncomfortable is to try to avoid doing that thing. We avoid difficult conversations, facing our emotions, dealing with hard things that need to be taken care of, trying new things, meeting new …

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When Following Your Intuition is Bad Advice

by Joel SchmidtAnxiety, Healthy Thinking, Mindfulness, Worry April 9, 2025April 9, 2025No Comments

When Following Your Intuition is Bad Advice: I recently saw a post on Instagram that said something like this: “Follow your gut. Trust your intuition. If something feels wrong, it is wrong.” Well-intended advice, I’m sure. I suppose there’s something to it—and there are definitely times when we might indeed “go with our gut.” More than a handful of times since starting a business, I’ve begun some sort of professional business relationship with someone where …

3 Tips for Sleep when your Thoughts are Getting in the Way

by Joel SchmidtSleep, Stress, Worry December 22, 2018July 16, 2019No Comments

I came up for the idea for this post, ironically, as I found myself lying in bed at 3am thinking about what to write for my next blog post. After a few minutes of allowing my mind to wander and come up with new ideas for the next BIG smash blog post, I realized that it was only a couple more hours until I needed to get up for work and that now was not …