Solo: Anxiety as a Messaging System and Self Soothing - #03

01/25/23 • 30 min

I talk about anxiety, its positive sides (including advocacy for change) and how there can be a real comfort and power in sharing. I use examples from my recent trip to Melbourne where I travelled to see Billy Joel in concert.
Books that I found helpful in relation to anxiety are:
You Can Heal Your Life by Louse Hay, The Wisdom of Anxiety by Sheryl Paul and Letting Go by David R Hawkins.
One of my favourite mantras by Louise Hay: All is well, everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe.
For guided meditations, see Insight Timer.
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01:40 My panic attacks usually happen as a reaction to events in my life.
04:40 Being held captive by your anxiety.
06:30 If I'm not an expert on this, why am I talking about it?
07:00 Anxiety is my internal messaging system, and it's also like a progress counter.
07:17 Anxiety and empathy.
08:05 Advocacy for change - Taryn Brumfitt & Body Image Movement.
11:25 Using mental affirmations to guide me through anxiety.
11:50 Tips to combat anxiety and to self-soothe
13:55 Tips continued: physical techniques.
15:30 Notes on guided meditation.
16:50 Connecting with a support group.
18:13 Sponsored by Sicilia Coffee.
19:11 Tips continued: connecting with nature.
20:40 Getting anxiety before the Billy Joel concert.
23:22 Billy Joel's vulnerability.
25:00 How sharing your anxious times with others can help.

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(Original music and lyrics from Amongst The Waves by Pearl Jam)

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Musician Joseph Amputch: Getting Lost and Found in the Music - #02

I chat to local Adelaide musician, Joseph Amputch, about growing up in Fiji and moving to Australia and the steps he took to pursue music full-time.
Joseph is also the man behind my show's theme music - which is a 30 second cover of the Pearl Jam song, Amongst the Waves. In this episode, we debut the song!
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vZzUDsoCj9A
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Listen to Pearl Jam's original song
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[00:00:30] – Why Joseph has been instrumental to the show's music.
[00:01:35] - Hear Joe's cover of Amongst the Waves for the first time
[00:03:22] – How I met Joseph
[00:10:40] – Joseph’s first stage experience in Fiji with his stepfather's band.
[00:21:05] – Frustration around not putting enough practice time into the craft
[00:23:50] - Pearl Jam
[00:26:00] - In Fiji, there was less of a motivation to learn how to sing... that changed when he came to Australia.
[00:30:45] – On playing crowd-pleasers
[00:32:00] – Opportunities to play his originals at music gigs and the mental barriers around that...

[00:36:55] – On teaming up with an art therapist to teach music as a form of therapy too
[00:44:00] – Joseph’s album choices for his ‘blues bibles’

[00:45:34] – Music, gratitude, and having to turn down gigs...

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“If I’m this thing—separate from my thoughts—that’s watching my thoughts, what part of me is it that’s aware of me watching my thoughts? In other words, who’s observing the observer, who observes himself watching over his own thoughts. And how far back did this go? How many observers are there? And which one am I really?”
- excerpt from Wired For Success
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00:01:39 | What is your book about and why did you write it?
00:03:39 | Tell us about your background story and what led you to writing the book.
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00:09:32 | What kind of feedback did you get from beta readers for your book - was it a valuable process?
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00:24:09 | The highs and lows of the book journey - why identity mattered.
00:27:25 | The danger of attaching too much significance to an identity
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00:43:31 | Money as a tool

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Music by Joseph Amputch
(Original music and lyrics from Amongst The Waves by Pearl Jam)

Better Loud Than Too Late with Genevra - Solo: Anxiety as a Messaging System and Self Soothing - #03

Transcript

Hi there, In this episode I am going to talk about anxiety.

Through my on-and-off experience as an anxiety sufferer, my panic attacks usually happen as a reaction to events in my life.

I’ve come to learn that they are messages from my mind to my body, but sometimes it’s hard to discern when the message is part of a story you’ve been telling yourself, or when it’s a genuine note of concern from your higher self.

Some of the reasons I experience anxiety attacks. A war