Love Yourself Up with Jodi Aman

I talk to a lot of different people in my line of work. Whether it's meeting with folks one on one, or leading a coaching group, or being interviewed on television and podcasts- I get asked questions often. As a result, the same questions get asked over and over. And one of the number one questions I receive is this...

"Do I have anxiety?"

It's a bit of a funny question, to be honest. I mean, you tell me, right?! But I think I know what they really want to know. Sometimes we need guidance, sometimes we get a breakthrough.

In this podcast, I share more about the #1 Question I get asked and what I think people really mean when they ask it.

I hope "Do I Have Anxiety?" serves you in finding hope. I have tons of videos on how to overcome fear and be happy. Subscribe and keep listening.

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Thank you so much for listening, commenting and sharing "Do I Have Anxiety?" See you next time! Until then, let that you, that you want to be shine through.

Love, Jodi xoxo

Embrace Yourself Through Kindness Let me go on the record saying I make mistakes. I make mistakes, people! Tons of them. And I feel things: Sadness, anger, frustration from small and big injustices. Yes, I sweat the small stuff sometimes. I don't take care of myself sometimes and other times I am too lazy and selfish when I ought to be helping others more. I'm far from perfect in every possible way. But I don't let my imperfection stop me from embracing ALL OF THAT. It's all me. I believe in having compassion for this human body, these at-times unruly emotions, and my mistake-ridden behavior in its entirety. I embrace all of it, because it is all included in my wholeness. "Embrace yourself" is not some tangeable thing to do. You don't have to like everything. You don't have to "condone" it. To embrace yourself, you have to STOP doing something, that we humans do way too much: negative self-judgment. This can be confusing, when you notice something you wish that you didn't do. Use the guilt how it is meant to be used: to take action. Decide to do something different next time, repair what was damaged, or pay it forward. Once you take action there is no reason for the guilt. If you want to learn more about this check out my The Map to Whole Peace videos. In the meantime listen to my podcast about embracing yourself. Guilt is for taking action. If we're going to grow tolerance in the world - and we need that! - we have to start with having tolerance with ourselves. Everything out in the world is a refelction of what is going on inside our mind. Get my book "You 1 Anxiety 0" here: http://amzn.to/1TKUcZK ========================================­=== Fan me on FB: http://facebook.com/jodiamanlove Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/jodiaman ========================================­=== Find out about my online anxiety recovery programs: http://givefeartheboot.com http://givefearthebootkids.com ========================================­=== Read summary of 5 Proven Steps To Relieve Stress video at http://jodiaman.com/5-proven-steps-re... and add to the discussion!

Fan me on FB: http://facebook.com/jodiamanloveFollow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/jodiamanPeriscope: @JodiAmanFind out about my online anxiety recovery programs:http://givefeartheboot.comhttp://givefearthebootkids.comRead transcription of this podcast at http://jodiaman.tumblr.com/post/12725...Read commentary of this podcast at: http://jodiaman.com/let-go-pain-probl... and add to the discussion! Some of you have keys on your keychain and you don't even know what they're for anymore. Sometimes we hang on to problems the same kind of way. One thing that we often confuse holding on to crumbs with is our self-worth. When somebody hurts me, I sometimes get really obsessed with it and have conversations with that person, fantasizing that I'm getting validation back. This is what we're looking for. We're looking for validation that it wasn't okay, some kind of acknowledgement. If we let go without that acknowledgement, it feels like we're not worthy of being treated well, so we hold on to stuff to make sure it wasn't okay someone did something to hurt us.When something bad happens or someone is mean to us, we often blame ourselves. These kinds of situations are really chaotic and our mind wants to make sense of them. The fastest way to do that is to go to blame and we tend to blame ourselves. Really, at the same time as knowing that someone hurt us, and that's invalidating, we're invalidating ourselves. Instead, we could start by validating ourselves by understanding that it wasn't okay someone did something hurtful. The most important thing you can do is allow yourself to feel hurt. Once you allow yourself to be hurt, you’ll feel validated and it is easy to let go.Thank you so much for listening!

Fan me on FB: http://facebook.com/jodiamanloveFollow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/jodiamanFind out about my online anxiety recovery programs:http://givefeartheboot.comhttp://givefearthebootkids.comSmiling has brought many things to my life. Today I'm sharing my personal experience with smiling and why it's part of my life. I also share what stops us from smiling, how were affected by it, and why it's so important.There are many reasons to smile. It can ease stress in your body on a cellular level and make your body feel more relaxed and calm. Another great benefit is relationship. Smiling initiates these relationships or sustains them. Listen to this to find out how smiling can help you!

Fan me on FB: http://facebook.com/jodiamanloveFollow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/jodiamanFind out about my online anxiety recovery programs:http://givefeartheboot.comhttp://givefearthebootkids.comRead summary of this podcast at http://jodiaman.com/how-to-love-yours... add to the discussion! Read transcription of this podcast here: http://jodiaman.tumblr.com/post/13267...Have you ever wondered how to love yourself when you don't like yourself very much? We've got all these opinions about ourselves and compare ourselves to everyone around. We think that means that we don't love ourselves. I think the problem is we don't really know what loving ourselves means. For me, it means just being in the present moment with myself and not having judgments at all. When we don't judge ourselves, we're having compassion for ourselves. Sometimes we don't like ourselves very much when we’re suffering immensely. But then we really desire people to understand us. Or we might defend our problem sometimes.There is somewhere in you that does think that you're worthy and that you're worth not being treated this way. If you feel that sense of worth somewhere deep inside, you do have self-love. We're alive and our life has some purpose. Right now, it may not feel like it has purpose, but we can change that in a heartbeat. If you get caught up in all those negative self-judgments about yourself, you’ll really feel like you don't like yourself when that's not even the case. You are a human being in this world, you're worthy and you are amazing. Thank you so much for listening!