The Anxiety Coaches Podcast - Relief From Anxiety, Panic, And Ptsd

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses a key component of chronic anxiety: reactive fear. Gina orients her discussion to the distinction between original fear and reactive fear. Through learning to control our response to the original fear, we can significantly reduce our susceptibility to panic and anxiety. To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: We are more often frightened than hurt, and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. —Seneca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses the importance of sleep for cleansing the brain of toxins. Drawing on an article by Dr. Mauro Zappaterra, Gina outlines the role of the Glymphatic system in maintaining healthy brain function. This system can also be activated during mediation and deep body work. Glymphatic System Dr. Mauro Zappaterra https://www.holdingspace.com/news/2018/7/19/the-brains-glymphatic-system To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. -William Penn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses some core lifestyle changes that help provide relief and speed recovery from anxiety. From meditation to sleep to gratitude, you have heard them all before on ACP, and Gina continues to drive in the point that these techniques work! Listen in for tips on how to implement these core changes to you life and begin to experience anxiety relief today! To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible. -Norman Cousins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses stress and how it can be interpreted as being both helpful and harmful. Research shows that people's beliefs about stress affect how stress impacts their lives and health. Reframing stress as a positive force in our lives can make a big difference in how stress affects you. Gina describes these research findings and offers advice on how to make stress a more welcome guest in our lives. To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. -Lou Holtz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses the importance of pausing to take stock of what is truly real in our situation as we experience anxiety. Gina emphasizes the distinction between our own personal fear and the reality of what is around us. Gina reinforces the importance of acceptance and guides listeners through a brief meditation exercise. To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: Healing requires from us to stop struggling, but to enjoy life more and endure it less. -Darina Stoyanova Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina interviews Jessica, a coaching client who found Gina through the podcast. Jessica discusses what brought her to seek Gina out in the first place, how Gina was able to help her and how well she is doing today. Listen in for a behind the scenes look into Gina's coaching services. Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACP To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. ―Confucius Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina draws from the work of Dr. Joe Dispenza to discuss the power of the placebo effect and how it can help with anxiety. There has been much scientific study elucidating the placebo effect and Gina reviews key studies and how you can empower yourself with this knowledge today. Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit audible.com/coachgina or text coachgina to 500500. Brian Johnson episode https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/195-philosophers-notes-brian-johnson-shres-his-wisdom-on-anxiety To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: The greatest force in the human body is the natural drive of the body to heal itself - but that force in not independent of the belief system. Everything begins with belief. What we believe is the most powerful option

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question about relationships and the fear and anxiety that result from a lost relationship. This listener is particularly concerned over the factor of age in his view of the limitations he faces in terms of relationships. Gina offers coaching and guidance for relationships and how to avoid excessive anxiety around this issue. An older episode on relationships: https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/161-how-to-find-relief-from-relationship-anxiety Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACP To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. -Helen Keller Learn more about your ad choices.

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina reviews the phenomenon of morning anxiety and seeks to calm and soothe those who may be experiencing it with the knowledge that the occurrence is entirely natural and normal. Gina describes her own personal experience with morning anxiety and provides four tips to help listeners reduce their morning anxiety. Link to another episode about morning anxiety https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/254-soothing-morning-anxiety Great Book for further exploring anxiety and stress! Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness https://amzn.to/32ETGnf To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: Your body is precious. It is your vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. -Buddha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question about self care and how to engage in the practice with limited time and energy. Gina answers the question, drawing from a recent post by Leo Babauta. In the post, the importance of self care is described and three clear steps to implementing self care are defined. Zen Habits Self Love post https://zenhabits.net/self-love/ Great Book for further exploring anxiety, stress and care of the body! Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness https://amzn.to/32ETGnf To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: We need a spiritual path and we need to be able to bring it to life and not just admire it from a distance… or, keep postponing things…. it’s going to be so great when I’m 20 and I can just meditate all the time. Or, once the kids are out of the

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses the R.A.I.N. practice used to help find relief during anxious moments. The acronym was recently adjusted and is considered improved. Listen in as Gina describes how you can use this process of Recognize, Allow, Investigate with gentle attention and Nurture, to help yourself during high anxiety moments! Older R.A.I.N. episode 167 https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/167-clearing-stress-and-anxiety-with-rain Radical Acceptance https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Acceptance-Tara-Brach-ebook/dp/B000FC2NHG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1506823845&sr=1-1&keywords=radical+acceptance&linkCode=sl1&tag=acp001-20&linkId=d1aac0c00baf9d77dec786a07d3b9609 To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom. -Tara Brach Learn more about your ad choic

In today's episode, Gina responds to a listener question about uncertainty and anxiety related to travel she plans to undertake. Gina offers her well reasoned thoughts about how plans for the future can cause us anxiety in the present and how we can best overcome this challenge. Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACP To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is part of being alive, something we all share. -Pema Chodron Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses the distinction between parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems and how to use our understanding of these systems to help us regulate our response to stress and anxiety provoking circumstances. Gina identifies a number of symptoms associated with our sympathetic nervous system response as well as methods to get us back to our peaceful, rest and digest state. To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed. - Tom Robbins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, learn what your Wise Mind is and how to access its intuitive anxiety-panic healing messages. Gina guides you through a quick meditation locating your wise mind which is perhaps not where you expected! Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACP To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. -Peace Pilgrim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina explores the critical topic of personal boundaries and how weak or otherwise poorly established boundaries can lead to chronic anxiety. Gina offers listeners a number of good practices for maintaining strong and healthy boundaries, ensuring the best mental health and social clarity possible. Link to Boundaries by Dr. Henery Cloud and Dr. John Townsend https://amzn.to/2Iz5v6c To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change. -from Boundaries by Dr. Henery Cloud and Dr. John Townsend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question left on the ACP website about stopping benzodiazepine medication (Xanax). The listener is concerned about the withdrawal process and how she should go about stopping the medication. Gina advises how to go about stopping the medication (with the help of the prescribing physician) and what to expect as far an anxiety and withdrawal symptoms are concerned. Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACP To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. — Harriet Beecher Stowe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina reviews a number of different life situations and circumstances that often contribute to stress and anxiety. Gina discusses some of her own personal experiences with stressful situations in this episode and shares with listeners how to cope with the need for control and the common reality of so many things in our situation being beyond our control. Listen to Episode 279 and 406 for more help with change and anxiety ep 279 https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/279-4-tips-to-get-through-the-anxiety-of-change ep 406 https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/406-feeling-less-anxious-with-change To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: Your hope lies in accepting your life as it now lies before you, forever changed. If you can do that, the peace you seek will follow. – Jennifer Niven Learn more about your

In today's episode, Gina discusses the significance of understanding and living within your circle of influence for reducing your anxiety. Knowing what is within your control and what is not in your control can help you immensely. Gina offers suggestions for improving your understanding of what you do and do not control, and how to let go of the need to control things you cannot control. To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control—myself.  -Stephen Covey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses reassurance and how useful it can be to drop any need for reassurance from others. Anxiety and stress can lead to disturbing sensations and after getting checked by our health care provider, getting comfortable with the idea that stress and anxiety are causing these sensations will be highly useful in overcoming them. Listen in for suggestions on how to do this today! Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACP To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it. -Dorothy M. Neddermeyer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses the many healing virtues of the ayurvedic herb ashwaganda. Gina recommends taking this herb for stress and anxiety as long as you are not pregnant, breastfeeding, or taking sedative drugs. Gina suggests a few different products and forms of the herb for easy consumption. Amazon Link to Raja's Cup https://amzn.to/2MNUemJ Link To Full Dr Mercola Article http://bit.ly/2Fe0Uo5 To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine. -Henry David Thoreau Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices