998: Acceptance Part 2 Practical Steps from Claire Weekes to Embrace Anxiety

In today's episode, Gina again discusses Claire Weekes' critical step in her anxiety recovery process: acceptance. Highlighted in this episode are additional factors about the acceptance process that make it so important to overcoming anxiety. Understanding that anxiety and the emotions that go along with it are ok to experience helps bring us to the place where we can stop resisting and accept the unpleasant experience. Over time, our anxiety will be easier and easier to accept and also less and less intense. Listen in and get started today!

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What is anxiety?

Quote:

A setback is part of recovery.

-Claire Weekes

Chapters

0:00:43 Practical steps from Claire Weeks to embrace anxiety

0:04:00 Acceptance starts with acknowledging and facing our anxious feelings

0:06:31 Breaking the cycle by being mindful and stopping fear

0:08:14 Making a conscious decision to stop feeding into fearful thoughts

0:09:21 The initial desire to be unafraid sets the stage

0:10:05 Directing thoughts towards acceptance and understanding its importance

0:11:36 Calm acceptance as a proactive step in true recovery

0:13:09 Challenging our instinct to fight email notifications

0:14:15 Embracing acceptance and letting go of struggle

0:16:18 Patience and gradual progress on the path to recovery

Summary

In this episode of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast, Gina Ryan discusses practical steps and practices inspired by Dr. Claire Weeks' teachings on embracing anxiety and fostering calm acceptance. By educating ourselves and acquiring knowledge about anxiety, we can confront it with understanding instead of fear. Gina also touches on the polyvagal theory, explaining how our neural circuits scan the environment for danger. Understanding this theory can help us work with our body's natural responses to anxiety.

Gina emphasizes the importance of calm acceptance as the ultimate goal in dealing with anxiety. She explains that it is okay to feel anxious and that there is nothing wrong with experiencing those emotions. She discourages the idea of striving for instant results and highlights the need for patience and gradual progress. Gina emphasizes that acceptance does not mean merely putting up with anxiety, but actively acknowledging and understanding it.

She urges listeners to let go of the instinct to resist and instead adopt an attitude of acceptance. Gina encourages individuals to challenge their natural instincts to fight against anxiety and instead embrace a mindset of acceptance. She suggests relaxing into the feelings and letting go of the need to struggle against them, comparing it to floating in water rather than fighting against the current.

Gina emphasizes the importance of giving up the need to control and fix things, as it may worsen anxiety. She reminds listeners that recovery is a gradual process that requires time and persistence, and that setbacks are a normal part of the journey. Gina concludes by encouraging listeners to embrace anxiety with calm acceptance and quotes Claire Weeks, stating that setbacks are part of recovery.

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