The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

In today's episode Gina explores a great listener question submitted via the speak pipe on the ACP website regarding insomnia and anxiety. Gina lays out a substantial list of helpful tips and strategies that will help you reclaim your peace and calm at one of the most important times: bedtime. Don't let anxiety keep you awake one more night - tune in to this episode!To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety?Quote: People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills . . . There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind. . . . So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself. — MARCUS AURELIUS 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 reads a letter from a listener who wrote her anxiety itself a letter. The letter describes her experience of the anxiety, the fight-or-flight response, the wise-mind and how these forces interact and influence her life. Listen in as Gina considers the wisdom contained in the letter as well as suggestions for other listeners to write their own letters to their anxiety.Content from today's show:Hi, Gina,I discovered your podcast online and have been delving into the many episodes you have made available. I really have enjoyed listening and am learning a lot. I took your advice and decided to write a letter to my anxiety. I wanted to share it with you. Thank you for your excellent program.Dear Mr. Fight-or-flight,We’ve been roommates for a couple of years now, although you have come to live with me periodically at different times in my life. Each time you have moved in with me, you told me you were concerned about my safety and that you felt it necessary to be my protectorI think it’s time we had a little chat.I know you mean well, but you have gone a little haywire in your endeavors to protect me and you have some very unpleasant ways of keeping me safe. You can be extremely demanding and loud, insisting that I listen to you and pay attention to you at the most inopportune times.If I don’t pay attention to you, you just get louder and if I try to push you away, wow, you can be a real bear! Sometimes you try to scare me into listening to you which is hardly an acceptable solution to me. I am laying down a few ground rules.First, I refuse to let you control me and run my life. I have some good friends that I have lost touch with since you came along and I want to renew my relationships with them.My good friend, Live-in-the-moment has been reminding me of the good times we once had together and I want to be with her more often. I guess I can’t stop you from tagging along if you must, but she will be the primary focus of my attention when I am with her.My cousins, Goodness and Mercy have been telling me they would like to have a greater presence in my life as well and they will be shadowing me every day just so you are aware.There are a couple of other traits you have that I find very annoying.You are notorious for propagating fake news which I’m sure you have heard of by now.Many of the stories you have been telling me are simply not true, and they are always so negative and judgmental! They are kind of like reading tragic fiction all day and all night.My neighbor, Mr. Wisemind has informed me of these tendencies of yours and I intend to rewrite those tragic tales you’ve been telling me into something positive. You can be so convincing sometimes and I’ve let you take me on some pretty hellish rides. This is going to stop, maybe not all at once but it will change over time.My Aunt Mybody has encouraged me to sit down and relax with her and take time to breathe and listen to her. She is one of the most realistic, down-to-earth relatives I have and I need to spend some quality time with her every day. I’ve also been inviting Wisdom and Favor to accompany me on my life journey.So … I appreciate your good intentions and your desire to help and I’ll be there for you when you feel you can’t live another moment without my undivided attention.Everyone needs a little compassion and that includes you. I’m grateful for the things I have been learning because of you. All that being said, I will not continue to reward your bullying behavior by giving into your incessant demands.Don’t be surprised if I just watch you from a distance and separate myself from you. I have a secret place I can go where you won’t be allowed to disturb me.Sincerely,C. R.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety?Quote:Change your thoughts and you change the world. -Norman Vincent Peale 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 reads a letter from a listener who wrote her anxiety itself a letter. The letter describes her experience of the anxiety, the fight-or-flight response, the wise-mind and how these forces interact and influence her life. Listen in as Gina considers the wisdom contained in the letter as well as suggestions for other listeners to write their own letters to their anxiety.Content from today's show:Hi, Gina,I discovered your podcast online and have been delving into the many episodes you have made available. I really have enjoyed listening and am learning a lot. I took your advice and decided to write a letter to my anxiety. I wanted to share it with you. Thank you for your excellent program.Dear Mr. Fight-or-flight,We’ve been roommates for a couple of years now, although you have come to live with me periodically at different times in my life. Each time you have moved in with me, you told me you were concerned about my safety and that you felt it necessary to be my protectorI think it’s time we had a little chat.I know you mean well, but you have gone a little haywire in your endeavors to protect me and you have some very unpleasant ways of keeping me safe. You can be extremely demanding and loud, insisting that I listen to you and pay attention to you at the most inopportune times.If I don’t pay attention to you, you just get louder and if I try to push you away, wow, you can be a real bear! Sometimes you try to scare me into listening to you which is hardly an acceptable solution to me. I am laying down a few ground rules.First, I refuse to let you control me and run my life. I have some good friends that I have lost touch with since you came along and I want to renew my relationships with them.My good friend, Live-in-the-moment has been reminding me of the good times we once had together and I want to be with her more often. I guess I can’t stop you from tagging along if you must, but she will be the primary focus of my attention when I am with her.My cousins, Goodness and Mercy have been telling me they would like to have a greater presence in my life as well and they will be shadowing me every day just so you are aware.There are a couple of other traits you have that I find very annoying.You are notorious for propagating fake news which I’m sure you have heard of by now.Many of the stories you have been telling me are simply not true, and they are always so negative and judgmental! They are kind of like reading tragic fiction all day and all night.My neighbor, Mr. Wisemind has informed me of these tendencies of yours and I intend to rewrite those tragic tales you’ve been telling me into something positive. You can be so convincing sometimes and I’ve let you take me on some pretty hellish rides. This is going to stop, maybe not all at once but it will change over time.My Aunt Mybody has encouraged me to sit down and relax with her and take time to breathe and listen to her. She is one of the most realistic, down-to-earth relatives I have and I need to spend some quality time with her every day. I’ve also been inviting Wisdom and Favor to accompany me on my life journey.So … I appreciate your good intentions and your desire to help and I’ll be there for you when you feel you can’t live another moment without my undivided attention.Everyone needs a little compassion and that includes you. I’m grateful for the things I have been learning because of you. All that being said, I will not continue to reward your bullying behavior by giving into your incessant demands.Don’t be surprised if I just watch you from a distance and separate myself from you. I have a secret place I can go where you won’t be allowed to disturb me.Sincerely,C. R.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety?Quote:Change your thoughts and you change the world. -Norman Vincent Peale 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.

Today Gina answers a question about anxiety around the opinions of others. Join in for the why and how to find peace!Links/resources mentioned in the episode:Grab an awesome audio book for free like Hope and Help For Your Nerves by Claire Weekes http://www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrialGroup Coaching Membership:http://www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/group-coachingFor more information on 1:1 Anxiety Coaching email us here: [email protected] by the website to learn more about anxiety and to send us an audio recording or email of your Q to be played and answered on the show!http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comWhat is anxiety?Quote: Don't let other people's opinions burn holes in your dreams. ~Eksa Joy Bailey 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 answers a listener question about persistent pain that exists despite medical reports indicating no physiological problems. Gina delves into the work of the late Dr. Sarno and former guest Steve Ozanich concerning The Mind-body Syndrome (also known as TMS), a frequent cause of otherwise unexplainable pain in the body. Listen in as Gina strives to help shed light on how anxiety relating to past trauma or emotional disturbance can cause pain in the body and how to heal and improve the situation. Links from today's episode:Steve Ozanich TMS Episode 266 https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/266-the-mindbody-syndrome-with-steve-ozanichAll The Rage Saved By Sarno Documentary http://alltheragedoc.com/Dr. Sarno Books:Healing Back Pain https://amzn.to/2HhrMTVThe Divided Mind https://amzn.to/2qbCLqD Quote: The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. -RumiTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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 this episode, Gina describes the immense utility of even a basic meditation practice for essentially any and all anxiety sufferers. Gina reveals a simple process by which listeners of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast may take advantage of the help available through meditation: starting with only one minute of silent meditation each day. Listen in for advice on how to start the process today! Links to ACP meditation episodes:Episode 309 Formal and Informal Meditations For Anxietyhttps://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/309-formal-and-informal-meditations-for-anxietyEpisode 164 How to Ease Into a Formal Meditation Practicehttps://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/164-how-to-ease-into-a-formal-meditation-practice-for-anxiety Quote: You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. —R. Buckminster FullerTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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 this episode, Gina explores steps you can take to find relief from panic attacks and anxiety-panic symptoms. Gina found these tips in a blog post from Jamie Price (see direct link below). To summarize, the steps outlined in Jamie Price's article:How to Curb a Panic Attack1) Investigate2) Shift into taking deep, relaxed breaths3) Connect to the senses4) Visualize the release of anxious feelings as a cloud floating away in the sky Link to Jamie Price's post: https://www.mindful.org/4-ways-curb-panic-attack/To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety?Quote: We did not ask for this room or this music; we were invited in. Therefore, because the dark surrounds us, let us turn our faces toward the light. Let us endure hardship to be grateful for plenty...We did not ask for this room or this music. But because we are here, let us dance. -Stephen King 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 answers a listener question relating to guilt and anxiety. Tune in for the tips you need to strengthen your repose and enhance your capacity for enduring and limiting your experience of guilt and other adverse feelings relating to anxiety. Quote: Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry --all forms of fear – are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness and all forms of non-forgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence. - Eckhart TolleTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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 this episode, Gina shares with listeners the wisdom of Leo Babauta, who outlines simple steps that can be taken to become more peaceful and calm. Leo follows the advice of his calm motto: "No big deal." There are things we can do to change the situation and often times, we cannot act to change the situation. Making forward progress towards our goal when we can act and accepting our limitations when we can't act can help us to find the calmness that we seek. Links from today's episode:https://zenhabits.net/becalm/Quote: “No big deal.” -Leo BabautaTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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 this episode Gina goes through ten touchstones (simple ideas) listeners of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast can use to alleviate their experience of anxiety-panic when it arises. Staying in the present moment, allowing the future to be just that: a distant moment only incidentally relevant to our experience in the present moment now, and reminding ourselves that we are safe, are just some of the ideas Gina shares with listeners in today's podcast.Need a good book to read on peace? Check out http://www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial and grab a copy of Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh Quote: Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle. -Phillips BrooksTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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 explores the issues surrounding anxiety and uncertainty. Working to develop our skills of trust, surrender and self-acceptance, we can learn to release our requirement for control over our environment. Gina explains this need for control over our environment is not founded in good reasoning. Apply the skills described in this podcast and feel better today! Link mentioned in podcast:https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_stop_being_a_control_freak Quote:I do not at all understand the mystery of grace--only that it meets us where we are but doesn't leave us where it found us. -Anne LamottTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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 this episode, Gina explores solutions to a listener question about disassociating the link that forms between situations that have caused anxiety in the past and anxiety itself. Gina's suggestions can help listeners feel safe even in environments that have triggered anxiety-panic symptoms in the past. Listen in as Gina explores tips and tools you can use today to break the cycle of anxiety-panic. Quote:Change your thoughts and you change the world. -Norman Vincent PealeTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

12 Common Anxiety Behaviors are the focus of Gina's episode today. Join in as the signs and red flags of anxiety are discussed.Links/resources mentioned in the episode: Grab an awesome book like Destructive Emotions; A Scientific Dialogue with The Dalai Lama for free through Audible: www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrialGroup Coaching Membership:www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/group-coachingStop by the website to learn more about anxiety and to send us an audio recording of your Q to be played and answered on the show!Quote: Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes form your own actions. ~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 this episode, coach Gina leads a guided meditation of loving kindness. Take a moment for yourself and enjoy the peace and joy inherently available to you at this time. Need a good book to read on peace? Check out http://www.anxietycoachespodcast.com/audibletrial and grab a copy of Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh Quote:The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another. -Thomas MertonTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Gina explores the differences between counseling, coaching and therapy. There is not a right or wrong answer to the question of which type of professional helper you want to see. Social workers, counselors and psychologists subscribe to the medical model and utilize DSM labeling for insurance billing purposes. Coaching is an alternative helper to those listed above. The International Coach Federation (largest credentialing body for coaches) defines coaching as "partnering with clients in a thought provoking and creative process that inspires them for maximizing their personal and professional potential. Professional coaches provide and ongoing partnership designed to help clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Coaches help people improve their performance and enhance the quality of their lives. Coaches are trained to listen, they observe, and they customize their coaching approach to individual clients needs. Coaching is largely about teaching. Steps for finding a coach, therapist, or counselor: 1) Look for an anxiety expert 2) Find someone who validates you and your feelings 3) Find someone with experience 4) Find someone who is confident 5) Find someone who is skills based (empowering) Quote:The way you come to fully appreciate the infusion of the Spirit is to more and more come fully into the moment, where this moment is enough. -Ram DassTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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 this episode Gina Ryan answers a listener question regarding anxiety and sleep.Insomnia is unfortunately very common in adults with one in three having occasional bouts and one in ten adults suffering with chronic insomnia. One of the problems caused by insomnia is anxiety! Regardless of which came first, anxiety or insomnia, we all do better with a good night's sleep and even one good night's sleep can put us on the road to recovery. Quote:Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find. -Ann PatchettTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Using a mantra can be a huge calming addition to your life! But cultivating the practice of using a mantra in your meditation or quiet moments you will find it becoming a way to find your center easily and effortlessly...it just takes time :) Listen in and find some simple words and phrases to help you get started.Quote:As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your body and environment. -Joseph Murphy To learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/group-coaching/What is anxiety?https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/what-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.

Gina has an inspiring conversation with her coach George Kao! Listen in and learn how to keep your to-do list from running your life keeping you in a state of rushing, lack of self-care, and stress! George shares his wisdom on balance and joy without guilt and joyful productivity.Follow along and learn his system of capture, categorize, and calendar your ideas and to-dos to eliminate a lot of your stress! George says "You are going to be fine even if you don't finish your to-do list. Seek balance first."Links mentioned in the show:George's websitehttps://www.GeorgeKao.comYoutube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/user/georgekao/videosBook on AmazonAuthentic Content Marketing To learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Desensitization and progressive exposure can be an effective technique in improving anxiety. What we don't want to do is confuse this with white knuckling through things! Listen in for tips and tools to start desensitizing.Quote:Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.-Brian TracyTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

A listener with health anxiety sent in a speak pipe recorded question. Shannon asks when we don't feel well what can we do to know it's OK to not feel well...how can we feel it's OK to be sick?If you would like to send in a question to be answered on the show visit our website homepage and click the little microphone on the right!Quote:Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security. -John Allen PaulosTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Coming to the realization that all one's thinking isn't true can be a major breakthrough for the anxiety clearing process! Anxiety is very loud and very demanding and we tend to jump when it speaks. Today Gina points the way to teasing out the anxious thoughts from the wise mind.Quote:When speaking about intrusive thoughts on one of our group coaching calls one member said: "Remember these are FAKE thoughts". -ACP Group Coaching MemberTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Gina shares an "ah-ha" moment from a client! "When the shame is taken away, a natural learning from mistakes happens anyways - so my mind doesn't need to worry about that. This is a big piece of the anxiety recovery for me, I think! Confidence + handling uncertainty".Quote:It was when I found out I could make mistakesthat I knew I was on to something.-Ornette ColemanTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Mindfulness is much bigger than you think. If you have moments or days where you feel your mind is like a snow globe of whirling glitter, have difficulty focusing or have a life that is just too full of "to dos" you are in the right place today :)Quote:There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind—you are the one who hears it.-Michael SingerTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety? Links mentioned in today's episode:Parenting Coach Carla Naumburghttp://carlanaumburg.com/ 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.

Has Dr. Google ever given you a sense of relief and wellbeing? Maybe it's time to let this doc go for good. Join in today's episode and find the actions you can take to end this disfunctional relationship! Anxiety will draw you to the search bar and you will have to use your awareness and your wise mind to step away from the computer. Quote:Meditation, because some questions can't be answered by Google.-AnonymousTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Gratitude isn't just a nice idea it's healthy for your mind and your body. In today's episode, Gina reviews an article by Dr. Joe Mercola and his take on all the mental and physical health benefits gratitude has to offer.Quote:Gratitude is so close to the bone of life, pure and true, that it instantly stops the rational mind, and all its planning and plotting.-Regina Sara RyanTo learn more go to: Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety? Links Mentioned in today's episode:DR Mercola's article on gratitude and it's health benefits http://bit.ly/2BUjZHr 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.

If you are on off or tapering from anti-anxiety medications or antidepressants meditation you are in the right place to learn the lifestyle changes you can make for your well being! Diet, exercise, meditation, relaxation and getting reacquainted with your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) again are the tools we teach here and you are welcome to join us!QuoteWhen you live by accident anxiety is natural -SadhguruTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Kids and adults alike exhibit many signs and symptoms when challenged with anxiety. Listen in to this episode as Gina discusses the 15 signs from an article by Karen Young on kids and anxiety. Interestingly enough these are not only experienced by kids so listen in! :) Link to the article mentioned in today's episode:https://www.heysigmund.com/anxiety-in-children-things-kids-say-that-could-mean-im-anxious/Quote: If one going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current -- how can one help others across?Sutta Nipāta translated by John D. IrelandTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Action Steps to separate worry from problem-solving. Today Gina takes a look at the difference and how we can move into problem-solving when we find ourselves on the path to worrying. Use awareness, pausing at the crossroads, sorting out what we have control over and much more!Quote: Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.-Corrie Ten BoomTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Over-dependence on another can become a bad habit when entrenched in anxiety-panic. Today Gina takes a look at changes that Matana Williams took to move out of this anxious behavior.Today's Quote:Suffering is not holding you. You are holding suffering. When you become good at the art of letting sufferings go, then you’ll come to realize how unnecessary it was for you to drag those burdens around with you. You’ll see that no one else other than you was responsible. The truth is that existence wants your life to become a festival.—OshoTo learn more about anxiety go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety? Mentioned in today's show:Matana Williams is an aspiring writer, poet, spoken word artist, and lover of creativity. Find more about her and her work here pinkflamboyance.wordpress.com. 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.

Anxiety and love and what we can do to take responsibility for our own thoughts and actions. Today Gina has returning guest Thom Rutledge for some spot-on wisdom and thoughts from Thom's new book What Love Is.If you missed his other episodes check those out too :) 285: LISTEN TO WHAT THE ANXIETY IS SAYING WITH THOM RUTLEDGEand 204: EMBRACING FEAR AND ANXIETY WITH THOM RUTLEDGE Mentioned in today's episode:Thom Rutledge Website https://www.thomrutledge.com/ His New Book What Love IsWhat Love Is: Reflections on the True Meaning & Authentic Practice of LoveAvailable on Amazon here To learn more about anxiety go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

So many of our thoughts are subconscious or we are not aware of them and in many many ways that is a good thing. We also tend, when we are challenged with anxiety, to put many thoughts into our subconscious without any awareness of what we are thinking this is adding fuel to our anxious negative thinking. Today Gina talks about how to use our awareness and consciousness to help erase some of that anxious negativity.Quote: The biggest quality in successful people, I think, is an impatience with negative thinking...my feeling was, even if it's as bad as I think it is, we'll make it work.- Edward McCabeTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Living in the future and in a scary anxious future robs us twice! We lose the present moment where we are safe and sound and then we also submit ourselves to a horror "what if" in the future that is not even here. Join in for two questions to help turn this around and get you back to present moment living.Quote: The future has many names. For the weak it is unattainable. For the fearful it is the unknown. For the bold it is opportunity.-Victor HugoTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Psychology Today says Agoraphobia is translated from Greek as "fear of the marketplace," agoraphobia involves intense fear and anxiety to a real or anticipated place or situation where escape might be difficult. Gina covers some steps you can take to start walking out of agoraphobia and anxiety.Quote: It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.-Thomas MertonTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Sometimes we get surprised by a surge of stress or anxiety today's episode suggests 5 simple ways to reignite your parasympathetic nervous system for peace and calm!Mentioned in today's episode: Rick Hanson was our guest on episode 176 and my favorite book of his is Buddha's Brain so I highly recommend you give it a try if you are interested in neuroscience meets mindfulness! Quote: Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.-Thich Nhat HanhTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

If you find yourself resistant to what is and your anxiety ramping up try these 4 tips:1) Let it go; really like holding a hot rock...let go! surrender on a tough day; stop fighting. There is no resolution in the fight so give yourself permission to stop fighting.2) Float; doesn't require practice, and works better with less force: like an inner inactivity. Remember how to float in the water...you have to relax your muscles and let go...this is just the same!3) Practice Acceptance: allow the situation to be, it is what it is, it is OK if you can't control the situation. You may not like it but you can accept that it is what is happening.4) Use the rule of opposites: take the opposite action from what your anxiety is leading you to do.Quote: It may look as if the situation is creating the suffering, but ultimately this is not so - your resistance is.-Eckhart TolleTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Coming to terms with the idea that we all as humans have feelings of discomfort, disappointment, and inadequacy we can begin to let go of feeling like victims and have real self-compassion which helps to interrupt the fear -anxiety-fear cycle!Quote: When we’re in touch with our common humanity, we remember that feelings of inadequacy and disappointment are universal. This is what distinguishes self-compassion from self-pity. While self-pity says “poor me,” self-compassion recognizes suffering is part of the shared human experience. The pain I feel in difficult times is the same pain that you feel in difficult times. The triggers are different, the circumstances are different, the degree of pain is different, but the basic experience is the same.-Kristen NeffTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

How we look at and relate to anxiety had a profound impact on our stress levels. Today we consider bringing more compassion and acceptance to our daily dealings with Mr.Anxiety.Quote: Sometimes the door closes on a relationship, not because we failed but because something bigger than us says this no longer fits our life. So, lock the door, shed a tear, turn around and look for the new door that’s opened. It’s a sign that you’re no longer that person you were, it’s time to change into who you are. It’s going to be okay.—Lee GoffTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Gina takes a look at health anxiety and the challenge with the doctors not finding any physical disease or affliction. Learning that the mind is indeed causing these physical sensations is key in today's episode.Quote: Live in joy even though you have all the facts.-Mother TeresaTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Seasonal Affective Disorder, SAD or simply the winter blues can exacerbate anxiety symptoms and sensations. Today Gina shares a number of ways to work around the lack of sun exposure in the winter months.Resources:Link to Dr. Mercola's article on SAD http://bit.ly/2k8F0IaQuote: Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.-Carl JungTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Chronic anxiety and panic can be intertwined with exhaustion and fatigue. Listen in today to learn the role exhaustion and fatigue play in your anxiety.3 Steps To Relieve Your Anxiety Fatigue1) Get into a regular pattern of meditation and have good sleep hygiene2) Eat real foods, avoid refined foods and sugar3) Do an activity, such as going for a walk, something good for the body, which will help it get back to baseline-the exhaustion and fatigue can be a coping mechanism for the body (to avoid the stress that is bringing about the anxiety to begin with)-being tired of the fatigue can lead to depression, thus any activity can be beneficial, such as listening to uplifting music and walking-hobbies can be helpful in this way over time Quote: As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your body and environment. -Joseph Murphy To learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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 takes a look at 3 ways of eating that can be contributing to anxiety-panic. While you may have thought of these particular ways we often need reminders to help us change our old ways to get out of an old habit!Quote: Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.-Ann Patchett To learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety?http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/what 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.

Ever wonder how long it is going to take to clear your anxiety-panic or recover? Listen in to today's episode and discover how anxiety has many phases and how to stay the course for fully clearing it!Quote: The beliefs, thoughts, ideas, and emotions you bring to every moment influence those moments in wholly unpredictable ways. In lieu of certainty in the recovery pro­cess, develop certainty in how you show up for it.-Michele RosenthalTo learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Many will be traveling this holiday season. if you find this extra stressful or ramping up your anxiety join in and listen to today's episode for some awesome mindful travel tips! Quote: People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.-St. Augustine5 Tips to Practice While Traveling Take your timeBe with and feel each stepSavor the moment(s)Get some rest and relaxationBounce back ...it really is all OKMindful Link https://www.mindful.org/how-to-be-a-mindful-traveler/To learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What 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.

Today, Coach Gina takes a look at how we drop into isolation and how it can work against us as we move through the phases of clearing anxiety-panic. Today's tip for making progress is to go on a weekly adventure: museum, zoo, train ride, etc, over time you can go to bigger things (such as a concert). A part time job, a church, a hobby, all could be useful. Quote: It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.-THOMAS MERTON To learn more go to:Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety?http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/what 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, Coach Gina explores the importance of shifting out of anxiety focused living. If you are seeing things through an attitude of gratitude lens, your experience of the world is by default much more peaceful. Your thoughts can act as self-fulfilling prophecies, especially with expectations of anxiety (based on plans for future actions or environments). Not everyone is aware of their expectations for anxiety and that they help precipitate anxious states.Action steps to change the anxiety lens you are looking though:1) Awareness: you need to be aware you are doing it and being so will remove the power from the lens2) Relaxation: some kind of daily meditation or relaxation is a critical and very helpful first step that can change your brain and view your environment differently3) Don't just take off the lens of anxiety: replace it with something better (gratitude, peace, happy thoughts)Quote: I focus on perspective and gratitude. -Gary Vaynerchuk To learn more go to: What is anxiety?http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/what-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.

Relaxation! If you think you can't do it listen in for some super easy ideas for relaxing no matter where you are. Using your body as the means to convey the message that all is well. Quote: Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are.-Pema Chödrön To learn more go to: What is anxiety?http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/what-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.

What to do when you are faced with your medications no longer working? Everything we do here at Anxiety Coaches Podcast can be done if you are on or not on medications. Today Gina answers a question a listener sent to us on the Send Us a Voicemail Tab on the website.Send us YOUR question and Gina may answer it on the show!Resource Mentioned: Hope and Help For Your Nerves http://amzn.to/2zBLuryQuote: The hope that is left after all your hopes are gone -- that is pure hope, rooted in the heart.-BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST To learn more go to: What is anxiety?http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/what-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.

Where is your focus? Listen in today and hear how a focus on gratitude can be a salve to your soul and move you away from fearful thinking.-Four action steps to take to use gratitude to help with anxiety1) Journaling2) Be consistent (make a good habit out of it)3) Be easy on yourself4) Don't be superficialQuote: Gratitude brings us home to ourselves.-Guri MehtaResource Mentioned: Joy On Demand http://amzn.to/2yxu38v To learn more go to: What is anxiety?http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/what-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.

Today's episode we have a listener question from the Send Voicemail Tab on our website. Kellie asks about how to deal with building anxiety when in a social setting.If you would like to leave a question or a comment go to the homepage of our website and tell us! Quote: We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. -Marcel Proust To learn more go to: What is anxiety?http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/what-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.

Use your digital detox as an awareness practice! We love our screens and they serve us well let's keep it that way with awareness. Article mentioned in today's episode Digital Detox Quote: One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.– Viggo Mortensen To learn more go to: What is anxiety?http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/what-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.