Hope is often defined as a wish or a desire that something of our choosing will be discovered or will come to pass.  We might say we hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow so that we can have our softball tournament.  Maybe we hope that our drunk uncle doesn’t show up for the wedding!  In short, such hopes are wishes without any guarantee we will get the desired outcome.

Some anxiety is common and even normal in many situations.  But when your anxiety disrupts your work life and starts to mess with your relationships, then it has become a problem in need of your attention.  We often think of anxiety as just one thing.  But anxiety has various causes and various ways of impacting us.