Breaking Free from Anxiety
Practical Skills to Live Your Life More Fully
October 23–24, 2026 | Sylva, NC
Do you find yourself stuck in anxiety? Have you tried to manage it, control it, or push it away—only to find yourself caught in the same cycle?
Join us for a practical, interactive workshop designed to help you understand what's happening when anxiety shows up, recognize the patterns that keep it going, and learn new ways to respond.
Early Bird Pricing: $79 through September 23
Regular Admission: $99
When Anxiety Takes the Driver's Seat
Anxiety can affect far more than the moments when you feel worried.
It can shape the way you think, the way your body feels, the choices you make, and the things you avoid. Sometimes, the more we try to get rid of anxiety, the more power it seems to have.
You may find yourself:
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Overthinking and struggling to turn your mind off
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Avoiding situations because they feel overwhelming
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Feeling constantly "on edge" or unable to relax
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Getting caught in cycles of worry, fear, or self-doubt
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Knowing what you want to do but feeling unable to move toward it
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Organizing your life around trying not to feel anxious
What if the goal isn't to never feel anxious? What if you could understand your anxiety, respond to it differently, and keep moving toward the life you want, even when anxiety shows up?
That's where we'll begin.
Understand the Cycle. Change Your Response. Live More Fully.
In this workshop, we'll take a closer look at the anxiety cycle.
We'll explore what's happening in your mind and body when anxiety shows up—and how thoughts, physical sensations, behaviors, and avoidance can work together to keep the cycle going.
Then we'll move from understanding to practice.
You'll learn practical skills for responding differently when anxiety appears, so that anxiety doesn't have to keep deciding what you do, where you go, or how you live.
Our goal isn't simply to help you feel less anxious. It's to help you develop the skills and confidence to live more fully, even when anxiety is present.
By the end of this weekend, you’ll understand why anxiety has kept you stuck, learn a different way to respond when it appears, and begin building a life guided by what matters most even when anxiety shows up.
What We'll Cover
1. Understand Anxiety
Why haven't the things I've tried worked? Why does anxiety keep coming back?
Begin seeing anxiety differently by discovering why common attempts to eliminate anxiety often strengthen it instead. Understand how the Anxiety Cycle works and recognize the patterns that keep it alive.
2. Map Your Anxiety Cycle
Discovering My Anxiety Cycle: How Does This Happen in My Life?
Identify the thoughts, physical sensations, behaviors, and avoidance patterns that can keep anxiety going.
3. Learn A Different Way
How Do I Stop Running on Autopilot? What do I do when anxiety shows up?
Learn to notice anxiety with greater awareness instead of reacting automatically. Practice making room for anxious thoughts and feelings rather than fighting them.
4. Get unhooked from anxiety
Learn how to step back from anxious thoughts instead of treating them as commands that must be obeyed. Learn how to continue with life without allowing anxiety to keep you from the people, experiences, and goals that matter most. Learn to step back from anxious thoughts.
5. Create a Path Forward
How do I start living the life I want?
Clarify what matters most, integrate the skills from the workshop, and prepare to take values-directed action when anxiety returns.
What You'll Experience
This is an interactive, practical workshop designed to give you opportunities to learn, reflect, practice, and apply what you're learning to your own life and experience.
✓ 7 hours of interactive teaching
✓ Overcoming Anxiety workbook
✓ Practical exercises and reflection
✓ Q&A with licensed therapists
✓ Light refreshments
✓ Discounted lunch at a local restaurant
You'll leave with more than information.
Understanding
A clearer picture of how your anxiety works
Skills
Practical tools you can use when anxiety shows up
Direction
A personal path toward responding differently and living more fully
Ready to break the cycle?
You don't have to wait until anxiety disappears to start living the life you want.
October 23-24
Sylva, NC
Early Bird Pricing: $79 through September 23
Regular Admission: $99
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop may be a good fit if you:
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Feel caught in persistent worry or overthinking
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Struggle with avoidance or fear
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Notice anxiety affecting relationships, work, or everyday life
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Want to better understand what's happening in your mind and body
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Want to help your brain and your nervous system feel more settled
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Want to respond to anxiety differently
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Want to make choices based on what matters to you rather than what anxiety tells you to avoid
Details
Join us downtown Sylva
Where:
Asbury Room
First United Methodist Church
77 Jackson Street
Sylva, NC 28779
When:
Day 1: October 23 from 6-9 PM
Day 2: October 24 from 9 AM-2 PM
*Lunch break from 12-1
We'll provide a discount for lunch at a local restaurant
Investment:
Regular admission: $99
Early bird discount: $79
*Early bird pricing through
September 23
What's included:
Seven hours of interactive teaching,
Free Overcoming Anxiety workbook,
Light refreshments,
Discount for lunch at local restaurant
You don't have to let anxiety keep calling the shots.
Understanding anxiety is a first step.
Learning how to respond differently can open the door to finding freedom to live according to what matters to you.
October 23-24
Sylva, NC
Early Bird Pricing: $79 through September 23
Regular Admission: $99