The #1 Cure for Anxiety – Connection (90 Second Read)
Daniel Crosby • February 5, 2024

Let’s wrap this up with some straightforward honesty.


The bad news is that it seems that our world continues to spiral. The anxiety instigating events surrounding us will increase in number and intensity.


In this fallen world we live in, we are going to have some tension. We are going to feel this friction that is wreaking havoc with our minds and bodies.


Unfortunately, the “cure” for anxiety isn’t going to be erasing or numbing our feelings altogether.


The “cure” for our anxiety is to find a way that we aren’t by ourselves in it anymore.


The “cure” is CONNECTION.


  • The “cure” is to have a friend to call when you’re at your worst moment and to be able to cry with them on the phone and they just listen.


  • The “cure” is to have a friend meet you for coffee when you get that diagnosis and let you say the worst-case-scenario out loud.


  • The “cure” is for someone to see the hurt in your eyes and give you a hug and let you know they’re going to be with you through this.



I don’t believe we were created to live solo separate lives from one another as if we were castaway on our own deserted island.


I believe we were created for connection, community, and collaboration.


I believe the distress I’ve been through can somehow help you find hope and that your hurts can be liberated into great purpose to help the next person.


This means putting down the phone, stopping scrolling, turning off Netflix, and exchanging that for a phone call with someone you love asking “How have you been” or saying, “I just need to vent.”


This means ending the political bantering, the race wars, and our personal offense of choice, and starting a conversation about things we all agree on like tacos.


If you find someone to connect with, pour into that relationship, and encourage one another, your anxiety will decrease.


The thing worse than hurting is hurting alone. Go seek CONNECTION.


Every day I help hurting frazzled people by walking with them as they get back on the path toward becoming who God created them to be. Shoot me an email if there’s anything I can do to help you or someone you know.

"Uncomfortable" Book Review

By Daniel Crosby • May 7, 2025
“Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community” by Brett McCracken is a great book to read if you’re a church person or if you’ve become somewhat detached and frustrated with the church. McCracken challenges all of us, conservatives and progressives, to think about the WHY behind Christian community and one of the fundamentals of finding the WHY is approaching it with humility. Maybe you having it your way and telling everyone else they’re wrong wasn’t exactly what Christ had in mind when He instituted the church. iPhones and iPads seem to have morphed into iChurch in a sense. American culture has turned Christ’s church into a business that caters to our comforts aesthetically, relationally, and politically. It’s made us consumers, critics, and reviewers of the Church rather than servants of THE Kingdom. It’s not wrong to have preferences and to like some things better than others. Music, décor, and speaking style are all over the spectrum at different churches, but he argues that the point of picking a church and serving in it should be less about does it meet my needs and more about whether I’m showing up and using this place along with this group to glorify God. He annoyed me in parts because he steps on my toes but maybe we need that a little more often. If you’re disenfranchised with the status quo and you feel like it’d be good to be challenged about church then go grab “Uncomfortable” by Brett McCrackin.

Look for Beautiful Things

By Daniel Crosby • April 28, 2025
Look for beautiful things when you're restless, uncomfortable, or on edge. There's something about acknowledging the good around us that helps us reset and realize that it's not all bad. If you're struggling to see beautiful things in the world, come see me and we can talk more about it. www.danielcrosbycounseling.com

"The Needs of the Heart" Book Review

By Daniel Crosby • April 24, 2025
“The Needs of the Heart” by Chip Dodd is a book that will blow your mind. When I picked it up, it’s a very small thin book. Less than 100 pages. I assumed I’d breeze through it in a couple of hours. About a month later I finished digesting it. The truth is we cannot fully live the life God has called us to unless we acknowledge that we do have needs, that these needs are good, and discover the healthy ways of meeting these needs. Chip takes common human needs like Security and Accomplishment and he unpacks what they really are pointing us to in his typical concise but brilliant depth. There’s no fluff here. With chapters just 3-4 pages each, you’re going to want to have a highlighter ready to underline, to ponder these topics, and maybe then to discuss them with someone you know and trust. You’ll come away from this book with a deeper sense what is already fulfilled within you and ones that might be lacking where you need to go do a deep dive with a lot of prayer and introspection. If you liked Chip’s book “The Voice of the Heart,” this is one is your next read. Go grab “The Needs of the Heart” by Chip Dodd.