Every once in a while I question every thing I do.  Do I work hard enough?  Is my research on lifting, programming, and jiu jitsu up to date?  Am I practicing different cues and different ways to coach to reach a broader group of people?  The other day a coach/professor/doctor I admire made this same post.  He was amazed that people loved and read his work.  The praise people gave him made him feel on cloud nine, and that is where it hit him.  This was a moment where he could stick to what he knows and what he teaches and keep it going because it gets him all this admiration.  Or, now is the time to do better and question everything he does to make sure it truly is sound research and advice.

During my daily scroll and troll of the old book of faces I came across a shared article about those suffering from anxiety and not appreciating being told to "chill".  This person who shared the article is well known in the jiu jitsu community, and in their words they "respectfully disagreed".  Nothing wrong with a respectful disagreement.  Then this person decided to give advice on how to stop anxiety and preach your ability to control anxiety through a variety of outlets.  This is where I respectfully disagree.

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I am not saying that varying degrees of anxiety (General, OCD, PTSD, Social, and Panic) can not have symptoms eased by a better mind and body connection, exercise, or through a better diet.  But you cannot paint with a broad stroke.  I am saying this from someone who once painted with a broad stroke and got called out on it.