I like to think of it as the feeling when reaching the top of the mountain when you are in state of heightened awareness of the present moment.  You can see for miles, you can feel your legs strength, you can smell the evergreens, you can taste the sweat of your accomplishment, you can hear a twig snap.  Nothing else matters in that moment.  You are focused.  Your are present.  You are mindful.

I try to help clients learn to disconnect from the outside stressors, focus on the present and engage in a more mindful life which in turn improves emotional regulation.  Depression lives in the past (what happened, what I should have done, my failures etc.), anxiety lives in the future (what's going to happen, what will I look like, what if what if what if...).  In this precise present moment, you are safe.  I strive to help keep you there.