Welcome to Nobody Told Me.

And I'm Laura Owens.

Let's face it, we all worry.

We worry about work, money, relationships, our families, our health,

and other important life issues. We worry about things we've said and done, how people perceive us,

what might go wrong, and about things that we can't control. Our guest on this episode,

Lori DeShane, is the author of a new book called Tiny Buddha's Worry

Journal, a creative way to let go of anxiety and find peace.

Lori, thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you both for having me.

How did Tiny Buddha's Worry Journal come about?

My last book that I did was a gratitude journal, and I very much enjoyed doing that

because it was a creative experience, something different than what I've done, incorporating

both coloring pages and questions and prompts to help people take their gratitude practice to the

next level beyond just listing things you appreciate in a daily basis. So when it came time to do

my next one, I knew I

wanted to do something that was a journal, incorporating a creative element and again. And it seemed

like the logical next topic would be worry and anxiety, because on the one hand, whereas gratitude

is something we can do to foster positive feelings on a daily basis. The other side of that coin is

what we are dealing with on a daily basis. Some of the more, you know, troubles we deal with.

And anxiety is one of the most popular topics on the site. It's on Tiny Buddha. It's also something

that I've struggled with throughout my life. And I think it's something that almost everyone has,

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