The saying "April showers bring May flowers" means good times come after adversity. But what if April is bringing you a few too many showers? Sometimes, life comes at you all at once, and it can be hard to be positive and wait for the metaphorical May flowers to arrive when you're in the midst of one personal crisis after another. So, what do you do when April is simply a deluge, and May seems so far away?

When we experience anxiety, our mind pulls us away from the present and focuses on future fears or past regrets. To get us back to focusing on the here and now and to stop dwelling on negative thoughts, we need to ground ourselves through the one thing that can only ever be in the present: our bodies. To do that, we use the five senses with what's called the 5-4-3-2-1 technique.