You are anxious. But you cannot quite tell whether this anxiety is your nervous system telling you to leave, or your nervous system telling you that you are growing. Whether the relationship, the job, the city is actually wrong for you, or whether you just need to stay with the discomfort and work through it. In this episode, Lucy makes the distinction that she wishes she had understood years earlier. Not all anxiety means the same thing. Not all discomfort is a red flag. And not all discomfort is a growth edge either. You will understand why blanket advice like regulate yourself through it or if it's not a full body yes it's a no is not only unhelpful but can actively lead you away from good things and keep you in wrong ones. You will hear the specific question Lucy uses to figure out which kind of anxiety she is sitting in at any given moment. And you will find out what she realised about her flat after a week of house-sitting, and why she is moving. This is a short, practical, quietly important episode. Find out more at www.lucymaeve.com.

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