The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

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775: Morning Anxiety And Stress At Work Listener Q and A

The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

12/05/21 • 26 min

In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question regarding morning anxiety. Morning anxiety afflicts many who suffer from anxiety and relates to the stress hormone cortisol release that helps us awaken from sleep in the morning. Listen in for knowledge that will help you manage and clear this important aspect of chronic anxiety.

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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

– Marcus Aurelius

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936: Transforming Fear into Strength Traversing Anxiety's Steep Challenges

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06/21/23 • 20 min

In today's episode, Gina shares a practice of using a metaphor to better understand and explain our struggles with anxiety. A specific metaphor of a mountain is provided within the episode. Listeners are encouraged do develop their own metaphors based on their own personal experiences with anxiety. Listen in and gain greater understanding of your anxiety today!

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Every mountaintop is within reach if you just keep climbing.

-Mountaineer Barry Finlay

Chapters

0:00:24 Introduction and Overview

0:01:32 The Benefits of Metaphors for Anxiety

0:07:16 Using the Metaphor of Climbing a Mountain to Overcome Anxiety

0:16:13 Using Metaphors to Cope with Anxiety

0:17:19 Sharing Your Metaphor and Helping Others

Summary

The Anxiety Coaches Podcast delves into the idea of transforming fear and anxiety into strength with the use of metaphors. In this episode, the host Gina Ryan speaks in-depth about the power of metaphors when managing anxiety. She outlines how these metaphors allow us to externalize anxiety from our sense of self, which allows us to view our anxiety from a different, more constructive perspective.

Ryan also explains how using metaphors can simplify anxiety, create a connection with personal experiences, facilitate communication and expression, and stimulate creative problem-solving. To drive her point home, the speaker offers her own metaphor of anxiety as a mountain. She describes how the jagged peaks of the mountain represent worries, doubts, and fears that can be almost insurmountable. As individuals climb higher and overcome obstacles, they gain a new perspective and emerge stronger on the other side.

By visualizing anxiety as a mountain to conquer, the speaker urges her listeners to see anxiety as a challenge to be faced and embraced, rather than something to be fought and avoided. Furthermore, the metaphorical mountain can become a catalyst for growth and self-discovery, transforming anxiety into an opportunity for personal development.

In the podcast, Ryan encourages her listeners to create their own metaphors for anxiety and to share them with others. She hopes that her words will provide guidance and comfort to those struggling with anxiety and enable them to view their anxiety from a new perspective. Overall, this podcast offers an insightful and empowering approach to managing anxiety through the use of metaphors.

Anxiety, Metaphors, Externalize, Perspective, Simplify, Creativity, Communication, Personal Growth, Self-Discovery, Empowering Approach

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774: Perceiving Threats And Heightened Anxiety

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12/01/21 • 21 min

In today's episode, Gina discusses threats, threat perception and our response to them. People suffering with anxiety often have an overactive and oversensitive threat detection process (amygdala) occurring that results in chronic anxiety. Listen to this episode to learn how to circumvent this overactive threat detection system and increase your peace on a daily basis!

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You can’t calm the storm. So stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.

– Timber Hawkeye

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759: Can You Envision Your Life Without Worry

The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

10/10/21 • 19 min

In today's episode, Gina discusses the differences between worry and concern. Using the distinct definitions for these mental states that are provided in this episode, listeners can adapt themselves better to the emotional turmoil anxiety brings. Learning to transform worry into concern is a helpful process for the path of anxiety recovery.

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Sometimes worrying about the very best way keeps me from doing anything. -Dana K. White

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971: How Subconscious Anxiety Behaviors Impact You

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10/22/23 • 20 min

In today's episode, Gina discusses the importance of the subconscious for our overall mental wellness. We can discount stress and other things in such a way that we are oblivious to the causes of anxiety symptoms emerging in our lives. Denial, normalization, avoidance and other adverse coping mechanisms can contribute to this state of overburdened subconscious mind and unaware conscious mind. Listen in to better understand causes of this situation, how to avoid it and how to heal from it.

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Quote:

Your body hears everything your mind says.

-Naomi Judd

Chapters

0:00:24 Welcoming Back and Introducing the Topic of Subconscious Anxiety Behaviors

0:01:11 Exploring the Depth of the Subconscious Mind and Its Impact

0:01:18 Unconscious Anxiety Behaviors: Bubbling up and Wanting to be Released

0:02:11 Subconscious Anxiety Behaviors: Living a More Stressful Life Than Realized

0:08:40 Stigma and Self-Perception: Hiding Stress and Denial

0:15:36 Recognizing Anxiety as the Last Resort

0:16:37 Working on Subconscious Anxiety Behaviors

Summary

In this episode of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast, we delve into the unseen world of subconscious anxiety behaviors and their impact on our daily lives. Research indicates that a significant portion of our thoughts and actions, up to 95%, are influenced by our subconscious. These hidden anxieties can manifest as physical symptoms and sensations that may baffle healthcare providers.

I urge listeners to examine their routines and thought patterns to uncover any underlying signs of anxiety. Often, we engage in anxious behaviors without even realizing they are driven by anxiety. Examples include excessive planning, overthinking, and avoidance. We may deny or downplay our stress levels, normalizing them as part of everyday life. It's vital to recognize that stress is experienced differently by each individual and can have a profound impact on our well-being.

Many individuals shy away from acknowledging their stress due to the fear of the implications it may have on their responsibilities and commitments. This avoidance can lead to a dangerous "head-in-the-sand" mentality, where we pretend everything is fine while our stress levels continue to rise. Stigma surrounding stress admission, especially among professionals, further compounds these feelings of denial.

We explore the consequences of hiding our stress and presenting a facade of having it all together. The fear of appearing weak or incapable of handling challenges can contribute to anxiety and bury our emotions deeper into our subconscious. It is crucial to recognize that our perceived "normal" level of stress may actually be unhealthy, and anxiety can manifest in various ways.

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793: The Cycle of Stress Physical Pain and Anxiety

The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

02/06/22 • 22 min

In today's episode, Gina discusses the role of physical pain in chronic anxiety. A not often talked about topic here on ACP, physical pain, stress and anxiety can combine to wreak havoc on our bodies and our minds. Listen in for useful insight into how pain and stress can affect the brain and our experience.

Use chronic pain cycle of stress and pain diagram as a springboard

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There’s nothing like a little physical pain to keep your mind off your emotional problems.

-John E. Sarno

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760: Being Mindful vs. Having Mind Full

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10/13/21 • 20 min

In today's episode, Gina discusses the value of mindfulness. From the basic body scan meditation available at the acp website to simply sitting with the breath or being present with the senses during mundane activities, increased peace and calm are waiting to be discovered with mindfulness practices. Listen in for advice on how to improve your mindfulness practice today!

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You are the sky. Everything else -it's just the weather.

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761: What Mindfulness Really Is

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10/17/21 • 21 min

In today's show, Gina further discusses mindfulness and meditation and how easier they are to begin practicing. Comments on benefits and techniques of meditation and mindfulness are included. Interesting research about how particular features of meditation are beneficial to the person meditating is also discussed.

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The Power of Awe: Overcome Burnout & Anxiety, Ease Chronic Pain, Find Clarity & Purpose―In Less Than 1 Minute Per Day Hardcover

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Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. --Mother Teresa

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1006: Using The Power Of Awe To Overcome Anxiety

The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

02/21/24 • 25 min

In today's episode, Gina discusses a book she recently read that contains tools that can help you overcome anxiety. Specifically, these tools are designed to help empower individuals to discover a sense of awe in their life, practically at will. Being able to touch into the power of the state of awe can be a great benefit to those on the anxiety clearing journey. Listen in and find out how to harness the power of awe and expand your healing journey today!

The book referred to in today’s episode

by Jake Eagle LPC and Michael Amster MD

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