By Kayla DeKraker
HOME TOWN star Erin Napier struggles with something many do — worry — but she faced her fear as she traveled abroad with her family.
“I wrote a journal every day…for eight years,” she told podcaster Annie F. Downs of how she deals with stress. “I started in 2010… I never missed a single day in eight years writing about the best thing that happened every day because I am such an anxious worrier.”
Napier joked, “I could worry professionally. Someone could pay me a salary for the way I worry, and it would be a good salary too because I’m very good at it.”
She explained that journaling conditioned her to combat worrying with gratitude: “So training myself to do that, even on the days when somebody died, I had to write about something that was great about that day, and it helped it helped a lot.”
But worry reared its ugly head again ahead of the Napiers’ family trip to Scotland this summer.
“Right now, we’re getting ready to take a trip to Scotland in July to study his family heritage, and I am absolutely terrified,” Erin confessed.
“Like, I have so much anxiety about crossing an ocean with my children. I, like, can’t even think about it. I have to just — I’m disassociating from it because I can’t let myself think about all the things that can go wrong. I could list at least 20 things right now if you want to hear what I think could go wrong.”
Luckily, the Napiers seem to be having a wonderful time abroad.
Last week, Erin posted a photo of her and husband Ben in the country, writing in the caption, “Seeing his homeland with my Scotsman 🏴”
People shared excitement for the couple in the comment section. “Please let this be an episode!!!! We wanna hear all of his antics and excitement!!!!!!!!!!!!” one fan said. Another person joked, “He’s 💯 bringing back a kilt isn’t he!?”
Erin is not alone in her struggles with anxiety, but thankfully the Bible has an answer for how to deal with it. 1 Peter 5:7 says, “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 2 Timothy 1:7 also reminds us, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
Let the HGTV star’s vulnerability remind you that you aren’t alone in your struggles with worry. Through God’s help, prayer and other useful tools such as journaling, you can overcome it.
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