The Weight of a Label

For years, I lived under the weight of labels.
“Anxious.”
“Broken.”
“Ill.”

Each time someone used those words - or worse, when I used them about myself - it felt like another brick being stacked onto a wall I couldn’t see over.

A label can feel like proof: “This is who I am. This is what’s wrong with me. This is permanent.”

But here’s the truth I didn’t see at the time: a label is just a description of a passing experience, not an identity.

The Problem with Labels

Labels can seem useful.
They give us language, validation, and sometimes even relief that “this thing has a name.”
But they can also trap us.

When we believe a label defines us, it becomes a lens we see life through.

Every wobble becomes evidence: “See, I really am anxious. I really am broken.”

Instead of pointing us to recovery, labels can keep us stuck in a story.

Fresh Eyes Through The Three Principles

When I came across The Three Principles, something shifted.

I began to see that my experiences weren’t fixed parts of me, they were simply the movement of thought in the moment.

I realised that anxiety wasn’t a permanent identity. It was a passing storm. That fresh perspective broke open the label I had carried for so long.

Recovery didn’t come from fighting the label or proving it wrong. It came from seeing who I was underneath it all: whole, resilient, and never broken in the first place.

Stories of Recovery Beyond Diagnosis

I’ve worked with so many people who felt trapped by labels: “panic disorder,” “socially anxious,” “health anxiety.”

What always moves me is the moment they glimpse something beyond the diagnosis.

Maybe they notice a moment of calm they didn’t think they could feel. Maybe they realise they’re laughing, present, and free without trying.

That’s recovery through fresh eyes - not about getting rid of a label, but about no longer mistaking it for your identity.

You Are Always More Than a Label

Whether you’ve been called “anxious,” “depressed,” or any other label, please know this: you are more than words on a page or a story in your mind.

Labels can describe an experience, but they can never capture the wholeness of who you are.

Through The Three Principles, you can begin to see yourself beyond the limits of language - living, breathing, human, and already whole.

Recovery doesn’t mean erasing labels. It means seeing beyond them.

With fresh eyes, you’ll notice that peace, resilience, and wellbeing have been part of you all along. Let me show you....