I recently listened to The Life Coach School Podcast with Brooke Castillo, episode number 313.  She talked about pre- traumatic stress for the health care workers fighting the COV19.  They are living in fear of catching the virus and/or bringing it home to their families.   

As I was listening to that and feeling their stress and anxiety, I thought back to when my spouse, Denis received his first cancer diagnosis.  I had panic and fear many times thinking and anticipating the future with thoughts of:   

• “Is he going to die?”  
• “Am I going to be a widow in my 50s?” 
• “Are we going to lose our house?”
• “Am I going to have to quit my job?”  

Can you relate?   It's a normal feeling.

It’s interesting how our brain moves right into panic, fear and moving into that future state.  

I fought those thoughts for weeks by crying myself to sleep, going...