Hardiness with Dr Paul Taylor Mojo Monday: Anxiety, Acceptance, and Letting Your Values Lead with Carly Taylor
Dec 7, 2025
Carly shares her raw journey with anxiety, revealing how everyday worries differ from disorders. She discusses the futility of trying to control anxious thoughts and bodily sensations. Instead, she advocates for tolerance and acceptance, viewing anxiety as a wave to ride. Personal experiences, like her daughter's solo trip, trigger deeper reflections on parenting and fear. Using Stoic principles, she emphasizes letting values guide actions amid anxiety. Carly encourages living fully, even with anxiety lingering in the background.
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Anxiety Starts In Body Or Mind
- Anxiety can begin as thoughts or as bodily sensations and the two can be separated for clarity.
- Tolerance of anxiety, not anxiety itself, determines whether it limits your life.
Acceptance Beats Control
- Trying to control uncomfortable sensations often increases anxiety because you become anxious about being anxious.
- Developing acceptance and tolerance lets you ride the anxiety wave instead of avoiding life.
Leaving A Grown Child At The Airport
- Carly describes saying goodbye at the airport as her 19-year-old daughter left for Central America alone.
- Her protective role pivoted to anxious vigilance as she lost immediate control over her daughter's safety.