The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

In today's episode, Gina shares a mini coaching session with ACP listener Lindsay. Lindsay describes her own personal struggle with anxiety, how she came to find the podcast and how the tools she has learned has helped her overcome much of her struggle with anxiety. Listen in for a sample of what Gina has to offer!Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. -Helen Keller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Being awake in the middle of the night can be unnerving. There are 7 tips in today's episode to help you get the best rest possible even if you wake and can't get back to sleep!Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACPTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. -John Steinbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina shares her knowledge and experience of aromatherapy and essential oils in the context of anxiety. Gina suggests a whole range of oils you can try today and gets specific with five oils. Additionally, Gina describes how you can go about using these oils to help improve your experience today!ACP episode 300 with Aromatherapist Liz Fulcher:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/300-aromatherapist-liz-fulchers-anxiety-healing-journeyPubMed article:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19962288To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Healing begins with an aromatic bath and daily massage. — Hippocrates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina shares a question from a listener in Russia relating to the breath and anxiety. Gina speaks about her own experience with the breath during the anxious period of her life and how we can use the breath to help control and ameliorate anxiety. Gina recommends using our meditation time to focus on the breath and take advantage of its powerful influence on our overall experience.Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACPTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:When your chest is open and you're breathing deeply, it lifts your spirits. -Mandy Ingber Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina shares a letter sent to her by an ACP listener and former guest on the show, Michelle. Michelle relates to Gina a success story about a recent long distance trip she took with her family by car. Gina uses this letter as an example of the value of faith in the process of clearing anxiety and hopes this wisdom reaches all of her listeners.Episode 466: Mini Coaching Session with ACP Listener Michelle: https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/466-mini-coaching-session-with-acp-listener-michelleSupport today's show sponsor and protect your files! Receive a fully featured 15-day no-risk free trial at: Backblaze.com/acpTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:My wish is ever strong that you find enough patience within you and enough simplicity to have faith. May you gain more and more trust in what is challenging and confidence in the solitude you bear. Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right in any case. -Rainer Maria Rilke Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina shares her knowledge of nutrition and herbs in the context of anxiety. Gina recommends foods and herbs that help alleviate and reduce anxiety while also indicating what foods and herbs to avoid to keep from making anxiety worse. The foods and herbs are discussed not only in the context of anxiety but how they can benefit overall health.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Bodies always tell the truth. They give us hints of how to listen for it, and to recognize it when we hear or see it. ―Robin Rose Bennett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina shares her knowledge and wisdom of laughter. Laughter has numerous health benefits for all people can can be especially important for people suffering with anxiety. Gina shares a number of these physical and psychological benefits of laughter, as well as how to bring more laughter into your life.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote: Laughter is carbonated holiness. -Anne Lamott Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina shares information about EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and tapping. Tapping helps with negative thoughts and emotions by combining positive affirmations with the body's meridian system (acupuncture points). Listen in for a step by step guide and get started tapping and clearing your guilt, shame and anxiety today!Tapping Expert Gene Monterstelli Ep 179http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/fbce3xvin10kyofx7x1wi7clpn6bqaTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. – Rumi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina guides listeners through a contemplative meditation exercise. In this exercise, we look back at a recent episode of anxiety and consider what thoughts and environmental factors affected us and how we reacted. Learn more about your anxiety through self-inquiry with Gina's guidance and support.Meditation from Ron Siegel https://www.mindfulness-solution.com/index.htmlTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.-William Faulkner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina talks about the importance of acceptance and change in healing anxiety. In particular, Gina discusses the benefits of allowing our anxiety experience to unfold, in contrast to fighting the anxiety and trying (often desperately) to make it stop. The fear of and fight against the anxiety is exactly what keeps anxiety sufferers in the loop of anxiety-panic. Listen in for suggestions on how to prevent this anxiety loop from taking over your life.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.-Louisa May Alcott Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina discusses avoidance and aversion in the context of anxiety. Included in this discussion is an emphasis on the importance of how we interpret signals and information that we are perceiving and how very often we are able to choose whether or not we are threatened by a particular thing. Anxiety sufferers tend to be biased toward overestimating the threat of things. Listen in for tips on how to overcome this tendency.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. -Marie Curie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina has a guest from the ACP tribe: Kelli. Kelli was a full ACP group coaching member, then a mini member and is now leaving after having progressed substantially in her healing journey and largely cleared her anxiety. Listen in to hear Kelli's story of how she suffered with anxiety and how she found help, hope and healing with Gina and the Anxiety Coaches Podcast group coaching membership program.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.-Jerry Cantrell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina discusses a blog post by Leo Babauta about solitude and its importance in our lives. Using this post, Gina helps connect the dots between our cultivation and embrace of solitude and our healing and recovery from stress and anxiety.Link to Leo's entire posthttps://zenhabits.net/nonsolitude/To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Now, more than ever, we need our solitude. Being alone gives us the power to regulate and adjust our lives. It can teach us fortitude and the ability to satisfy our own needs. A restorer of energy, the stillness of alone experiences provides us with much-needed rest. It brings forth our longing to explore, our curiosity about the unknown, our will to be an individual, our hopes for freedom. Alone time is fuel for life. —Dr. Ester Buchholz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina discusses the importance of cultivating mindfulness in order to heal anxiety using a Blinkist of Jon Kabat-Zinn's Wherever You Go There You Are. Gina shares a number of methods for "being" in the moment rather than "doing" and thereby increasing your mindfulness and your ability to heal your anxiety.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. This kind of attention nurtures greater awareness, clarity, and acceptance of the present-moment reality. It wakes u up to the fact that our lives unfold only in moments If we are not fully present for many of those moments, we may not only miss what is most valuable in our lives but also fail to realize the richness and the depth of our possibilities for growth and transformation. -Jon Kabat-Zinn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode Gina discusses how stress and anxiety affect our eating habits. Along with describing some of the physiology involved in the stress response, Gina offers listeners methods and tools to bring mindfulness to bear on the situation. Journaling in particular, guided by questions Gina offers in this podcast, can be particularly helpful.Link to Group Coachinghttp://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/group-coachingAmazon Link to Savor by Thich Nhat Hanhhttps://amzn.to/2IgxDwYTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future; live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.–Thich Nhat Hanh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina discusses a topic that has come up in the ACP group coaching membership program recently, the idea of the highly sensitive person. Gina goes through a long list of signs that you may indeed be a highly sensitive person (very common among anxiety sufferers), and offers some suggestions for soothing yourself and improving your overall experience.Link to the Highly Sensitive Refuge and the 21 signs of an HSPhttps://highlysensitiverefuge.com/Link to Elaine Aron's book The Highly Sensitive Person https://amzn.to/2GLL9X0To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Sensitive people like a slower pace of life. We like pondering all our options before making a decision and regularly reflecting on our experiences. We hate busy schedules and rushing from one event to the next. —Jenn Granneman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina shares a mini coaching session with listeners. Today's client is Susan, who has suffered with anxiety for some time, observing its adverse affects on her work life and personal relationships. While Susan has only just started with a mostly irregular meditation practice, she finds much relief in walking. Coach Gina offers some more suggestions for Susan, including the possibility of blending both meditation and walking for beneficial repose.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Patience is not just the ability to wait, it’s how we behave while we’re waiting. -Joyce Meyer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Medications are often the first offering to people who ask for help with anxiety and panic. Today Gina talks about the decision to use drugs and explores Making an informed decision How medications are not getting to the root of the problem Why some patients are taken off medications for therapeutic treatment Get Tara's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACPTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina conducts a mini coaching session with ACP listener Kristine. In this session, Kristine talks about her experience with anxiety and particular situations in which she experiences it most: driving, air travel and work meetings. Coach Gina shares some helpful tips, useful to Kristine and the wider ACP audience alike!Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:When we understand how precious each moment is, we can treat each breath, each moment, as a newborn baby.-Michele McDonald Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina shares with listeners ten tips for responding to life with gratefulness rather than fear. The source of these suggestions is an article by Kristi Nelson linked below. Using the mental state of gratitude can help extricate oneself from pain and anxiety in remarkable fashion. Listen in for these ten practical tips!Kristi Nelson article Ten True Things About Gratefulnesshttps://gratefulness.org/blog/ten-true-things-about-gratefulness-a-conversation-with-kristi-nelson/To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:The root of joy is gratefulness … For it is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful. -Brother David Steindl-Rast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina answers a question from a member of the ACP Group Coaching membership program. The group member asks: how do I just let things be? Gina explores one of her favorite answers to this question through the use of the work of Eckhart Tolle, derived from text obtained through the sponsor of today's show: Blinkist. This answer revolves around being in the present moment, the Now.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:You cannot be both unhappy and fully present in the Now.–Eckhart Tolle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina discusses how blood sugar and nutrition influence our experience of anxiety. Right eating, particularly a whole foods, plant based diet can do wonders for our health, in both body and mind. Gina discusses a medicare sponsored program of Dr. Dean Ornish relating to maintaining well-being through diet and cites a pubmed article relating to plant based diet as a treatment for diabetes.Pubmed article by McMacken and Shah:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466941/Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Think about it: heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the US and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely preventable by making comprehensive lifestyle changes without drugs or surgery. -Dean Ornish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina shares with listeners a new meditation for anxiety: the Lake Meditation. Take a moment to get comfortable and listen in as Gina guides us through a meditation with nature imagery, breath awareness, healing and peace.Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Listen to your life...touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments and life itself is grace. -Frederick Buechner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina discusses the importance of learning to stimulate your vagus nerve, thereby enabling your body to reduce the stress and anxiety you may be experiencing. Listen in as Gina shares more than five techniques for stimulating your vagus nerve and thereby activating your parasympathetic nervous system and entering the safe, secure, "relax and digest" state of being.Get started with a 30-day trial when you go to https://www.audible.com/coachginaor text coachgina to 500500Episode 307 on the vagus nerve:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/307-stimulate-your-vagus-nerve-to-reduce-your-anxietyTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.-Chinese Proverb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina discusses anxiety's roots, including the notion of signal anxiety, which involves the anxiety we experience around the content of our own minds (thoughts). Mindfulness practices and RAIN are discussed as practices that can help us ease our experience of fear and anxiety.Episode 167 about RAIN: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/167-clearing-stress-and-anxiety-with-rain?rq=167To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it's important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. -Shakti Gawain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Seasonal Affective Disorder often plays a part in triggering anxiety-panic during the long dark days of winter. Find out if you have SAD triggering your anxiety and what you can do about it today!Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.-Albert Schweitzer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina conducts a mini coaching session with ACP listener Joanna. Joanna shares her particular situation with anxiety as it relates to her life. In particular, Joanna struggles with anxiety at night and has experienced considerable sleep disturbance around it. Coach Gina shares a number of helpful guiding tips for Joanna and listeners sharing some of the same issues. Listen in for the supportive guidance today!Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.-Thomas Merton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina reviews the importance of time and acceptance in our anxiety clearing journey. Many people suffering from anxiety face signs and symptoms of anxiety even during periods in which they are generally feeling fine and have moved beyond their more acute anxiety stage. It is through the passing of time, self-compassion, the understanding that anxiety symptoms are not dangerous and acceptance of what is that we can overcome the lingering symptoms that anxiety has left us with.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. -Lao Tzu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina reviews the many benefits of journaling and provides listeners with four journal prompts that are specifically tailored for intrusive thoughts and anxiety. The prompts help listeners to review their thinking and reclaim the power they have to accept thoughts or dismiss them as unhelpful. Listen in to take advantage of this powerful tool that can help you reduce and eliminate your anxiety!Links to journaling related episodes:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/311-anxiety-release-through-writinghttp://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/262-journal-writing-and-gratitude-for-healing-anxietyTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Life is simple. It’s what we believe about life that complicates it. —Byron Katie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina shares a guided meditation with listeners of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast. In this meditation, Gina guides listeners through a loving look back at the past year and a hopeful look forward into the next year, all while staying centered in and aware of the present moment. Tune in for a refreshing opportunity for contemplative meditation practice.Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:I am not what happened to me. I am whatever I choose to become. —Carl Jung Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina presents nine anxiety reducing ways of living that Leo Babauta posted on his blog. From setting one's intentions early on, to creating more space, and listening to what life is calling for you to do, these suggestions are sure to help you move more deliberately and regain your peace.Link to Leo's posthttps://zenhabits.net/deliberate/Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?QuoteIn an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.— Pico Iyer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina gets personal and shares some of her favorite things with listeners. From material products to digital apps and websites, most of Gina's favorite things are helpful resources that you can put to use for yourself today, for free! Listen in as Gina talks about some of her favorite things!Some of Gina's favorite things:Panda Planner https://pandaplanner.com/Insight Timer https://insighttimer.com/Br David's Gratefulness https://gratefulness.org/To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. —Lao Tzu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina invites ACP listener Michelle onto the show to share her struggle with anxiety and to receive some personal attention and support from coach Gina herself. Michelle has experienced anxiety-panic for some time and has particular trouble with traveling on airplanes and other forms of public transportation. Gina shares a number of thoughtful recommendations for helping Michelle to soothe the anxiety beast, not least of which is instruction to develop a regular meditation practice. Listen in for all the details!Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?-Fred Rogers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina shares statements and sayings with listeners that can help provide peace and calm when anxiety starts to intrude. Gina recommends committing some of these peaceful, coping thoughts to memory so that they may be drawn upon in a time of panic or anxiety. Using these statements during an anxiety or panic attack can be relaxing, reassuring and enable one to "float" through the trying time. Write some down and start practicing today!To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina discusses the idea of "getting back to normal". Gina recommends that we do not focus solely on our anxiety but additionally, what we want our lives to look like when we achieve this "normal" state of being. Fixating on anxiety only exacerbates the anxiety. Gina provides steps you can take to minimize the power of anxiety over your life.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. -Louisa May Alcott Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina talks about anxiety and its close relative depression. Often people suffer with both anxiety and depression simultaneously. Though depression can be a very difficult companion condition to suffer with anxiety, these conditions can often be brought about for a higher purpose in our lives that we may only be able to see after deep self-reflection after time has passed.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person. -Fred Rogers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina discusses the importance, or rather the unimportance, of the idea that a person needs to know the cause of his or her anxiety-panic. Sometimes a cause for anxiety-panic is easy to identify but this is not always the case. Not knowing the cause of our anxiety can be a great stress. In this podcast Gina helps enable listeners to set themselves free from this unnecessary stress.Right now, for a limited time, you can get 3 months of Audible for just $6.95 a month. That’s more than half off the regular price. Give yourself the gift of listening. And while you’re at it, think about giving the gift of Audible to someone on your list. Go to https://www.audible.com/coachginaTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Hope is not dead, it is just larger than our imaginations.-Kathy Hobaugh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina explores the wide ranging physiological benefits of meditation. Three types of meditation practice are identified and discussed: focused attention, open monitoring and self-transcending. Publicly sponsored, peer-reviewed research studies pertaining to the physical benefits of meditation are reviewed.Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us. -Marcel Proust Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Coach Gina shares with listeners a mini coaching session with ACP listener Laurie. Laurie has been struggling with anxiety with some time and experiences the most acute episodes around driving. Coach Gina offers a range of suggestions in this session, including using a physiological tactic to initiate a break in the anxiety panic cycle in its early stages. Listen in for Coach Gina's wisdom and advice!Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny, but what we put into it is ours.-Dag Hammarkskjold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina shares a set of steps from Robert Emmons to increase the level of gratitude in your life and thereby increase your peace of mind. In addition to these steps, Gina is offering listeners of the ACP a free guided gratitude meditation available at the acp website. Be peaceful this holiday season.Link to the 18-minute guided gratitude meditation audiohttps://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/gratitudeTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. -Melody Beattie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina offers listeners three easy methods for experiencing gratitude during the holiday season. Gina claims Thanksgiving and the holiday season gives people a perfect opportunity to practice and benefit from mindfulness. Often we forget to realize that the opportunity to practice mindfulness is immediately available to us. Listen in as coach Gina reminds us how with specific techniques you can use today!Link to the Guided Gratitude Meditationhttps://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/gratitudeTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude. - A.A. Milne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina discusses TMS and the work of Dr. Sarno and former ACP guest Steve Ozanich. Many who struggle with TMS and anxiety suffer from excessively "living in the head". Instead of doing, many will just think about it and get stuck in what-if scenarios, never acting or getting a full experience of life. Gina recommends movement and embracing the body to get out of what can be torturous thought-cycles.Steve was on Episode 266:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/266-the-mindbody-syndrome-with-steve-ozanichSteve Ozanich's website: http://www.steveozanich.comTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn't you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are. -Rachel Naomi Remen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina reminds listeners of the importance of a meditation practice and shares five mediation habit forming tips. Meditation can help us with relaxation, acceptance, distress tolerance... the list goes on and on. Whether you are just getting started with the many guided meditations that are available or are a seasoned silent meditator, Coach Gina's tips will help you improve you mediation habits today!Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.-Buddha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Gina discusses how different parts of the brain function differently according to their developmental age (how long ago and for what purpose various parts of the brain developed and thus continue to function) and how we can use this knowledge to reduce our anxiety. The most ancient part of our brain, the "lizard brain", is the part of our brain associated with our basic survival functions. Listen in as Gina describes how being aware of how this lizard brain functions and how to address it with the other parts of our brain and being can improve our struggle with anxiety.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:A calm mind releases the most precious capacity a human being can have: the capacity to turn anger into compassion, fear into fearlessness, and hatred into love. –Eknath Easwaran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, coach Gina shares a mini coaching session with ACP listener and Group Coaching mini-member Krystal. Krystal shares with listeners some of the issues with anxiety that led her to find the podcast as well as a number of skills she has adopted since becoming a listener and a mini-member. Meditation and caffeine reduction have played an important role in Krystal's recovery.Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. -Carl Rogers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, coach Gina discusses acceptance and allowance as a primary method of easing and clearing anxiety. Acceptance is a core component of the Claire Weekes approach to anxiety recovery (Face, Accept, Float, Let time pass). Using the term 'allowance' can help people who have some resistance to the word 'acceptance'. Gina offers practical steps to employ the power of acceptance in your life today.Pick up a copy of Claire Weekes Hope and Help for Your Nerves:http://amzn.to/2zBLuryTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Happiness can exist only in acceptance. – George Orwell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question relating to meditation and experiencing distraction and interruption during this generally quiet, peaceful time. Gina responds and allays any concerns Joanna or other listeners may have about these issues with meditation and makes a few suggestions for avoiding common causes of interruption and distraction.Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:So what is a good meditator? The one who meditates. – Allan Lokos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina discusses the anxiety of waiting, such as occurs in long lines at the market or on busy city streets or the highway where traffic is congested. Gina offers listeners three specific methods to bring mindfulness to bear on these moments when the waiting seems to last forever and help soothe the angst and discomfort that can arise.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. –Dalai Lama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode Gina talks about the inevitable revisiting of the anxiety wormhole as we progress in our healing. It is natural and common to experience temporary setbacks as we grow through our experience of anxiety-panic. Gina discusses both less desirable defense mechanisms that can bring us back to the wormhole of anxiety as well as practices that can help us to regain the balance and peace we desire.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourself a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. -Helen Keller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina interviews ACP listener Carolyn, who shares her story of anxiety and panic. Carolyn describes her initial experience with a panic attack when driving with her child in an unfamiliar area. From this point she describes her pathway to overcoming anxiety, including help from Gina and the podcast. A number of important and useful techniques for overcoming anxiety are shared.Grab an awesome audio book for FREE, like The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety?Quote:You are not a mess. You are a feeling person in a messy world.-Glennon Doyle Melton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.