Experiencing stress and anxiety means you’re alive, and that’s a great thing. It’s your body’s built-in alarm system to warn you of potential threats, allowing you to evaluate and respond to them in appropriate ways. As a matter of fact, this heightened state of readiness (aka... stress and anxiety) can help you perform better and be more creative.

It’s when you use your imagination in self-defeating ways, like imagining things going wrong for you or your loved ones, that stress and anxiety become a problem.