Cathy Altany Hammond, Ph.D., LISW

03/11/2026

Praying to bring compassion to my pain and the pain of others 🙏🏼🦋🙏🏼

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01/14/2026

Overthinking is exhausting meditation is rejuvenating 🙏🏼

Anxiety arises when the mind demands certainty in a world that is constantly changing. When we cannot tolerate the unknown, we try to control it — by overthinking every possibility, overplanning every outcome, and overdoing every action. We mistake control for safety.

But here’s the truth:

🌀 Overthinking doesn’t protect you — it exhausts you.
🌀 Overplanning doesn’t calm you — it tightens the nervous system.
🌀 Overdoing doesn’t create certainty — it teaches the mind that danger is everywhere.

Each time you react this way, your brain learns one message: “I am not safe unless I control everything.”
And that belief keeps anxiety alive.

🌱 Healing begins when control ends.

From a Buddhist perspective, anxiety is rooted in attachment to certainty and aversion to uncertainty. The Buddha taught that suffering arises not from life itself, but from resisting the way life truly is — impermanent, unpredictable, and uncontrollable.

🪷 You cannot think your way into peace.
🪷 You cannot plan your way out of fear.
🪷 You must feel your way back to safety.

This is where mindfulness and awareness come in.

🫶 Training the nervous system does not mean eliminating fear.
It means teaching the body that uncertainty does not equal danger.

🌬️ Breathe and stay present.
🧘‍♀️ Notice sensations without judging them.
🌊 Allow thoughts to rise and fall like waves, without chasing them.

When you stop fighting the unknown, the body slowly learns to relax within it.

💭 A powerful inner reframe begins here:
“I don’t know what will happen — and I trust that I’ll be okay.”

This is not resignation.
This is wisdom.

✨ Peace is not found in knowing what comes next.
✨ Peace is found in knowing you can meet whatever comes with awareness, compassion, and steadiness.

The mind may fear the unknown —
but the awakened heart learns to rest inside it.

🌿 This is freedom.

10/31/2025

Another day at the office 👻🧛🏻‍♂️🎃

07/21/2025

Have a beautiful day❤️🌝😊

01/28/2025

Thankfully anxiety an d depression are treatable conditions there’s help and hope for those who talk to a medical and/or mental health professional

If you know you know 💜 ✨️

11/18/2024

Keep on coloring the world ! You are amazing 🌈

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11/16/2024

There’s a light inside you that’s always there, even on the hardest days. It’s that quiet, steady part of you that refuses to give up—the part that holds on when everything feels uncertain.
This light doesn’t need to be perfect or bright all the time; sometimes, it’s just a soft glow, but that’s enough. It’s enough to guide you forward, one small step at a time.
And here’s the beautiful thing: when you let your light shine, even a little, it can spark something in others. A kind word, a warm smile, a small gesture—it all matters more than you realize.
So, no matter how dark things might seem, trust the light inside you. It’s yours, and it’s powerful. Let it guide you, and let it remind others that they, too, carry their own light.
✍️ Rivers in the Ocean
Art by Emily Balivet

10/21/2024

Remember who you really are🙏🏻😍❤️⭐️

10/19/2024

Have a peace filled weekend 🙏🏻🍁🍂🎃

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