Anxiety Road Podcast

By Gena Haskett

What's Anxiety Road Podcast about?

This is the Anxiety Road Podcast, the involuntary journey in finding treatment options for people that have anxiety and panics attacks with side trips into related mental health disorders.

This podcast is treatment agnostic.

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Anxiety Road Podcast episodes:

04.03.2024
ARP 353 - ADAA Online Support Groups
This is a pebble in the road about the ADAA On-line Support Group. Sometimes you need to connect to an actual human being. Or a group of people that share your problem or have similar questions. Lots of...
03.20.2024
ARP 352 - Breathing Necklaces or Buyer Beware
In this episode a look at breathing necklaces, which are supposed to help you control your breathing. These things irk me. It isn't that they don't have a purpose. But you don't need them. It is ok to want...
03.06.2024
ARP 351 Anxiety and Imposter Syndrome
For some of us, imposter syndrome is an anxiety generator. It goes to the heart of feeling worthy, being competent or having the right to be in a particular space. Doing this episode made me feel like an imposter....
02.22.2024
ARP 350 When An Attack Sneaks Up on You
There is a spectrum of decisions between I can and I can't. Part of our healing journey is to understand the concept of acceptance. A video popped up called "A Panic Attack Ended My Winter Backpacking Trip" from the...
02.14.2024
ARP 349 Quick Look at Xaia Mental Health Companion VR App
Treatment options are evolving and this one is a pip. An expensive one, but it might be just what is needed in the middle of a cold dark night of the soul. Xaia aka eXtended reality Artificially Intelligent Ally is...
01.31.2024
ARP 348 - Bear Grylls App and Men's Mental Health Resources
In 2024, of the things we have to change is the active cultural block against men seeking mental health treatment. We don't have time for it. All hands on deck or at least pull the ropes trying to point...
01.24.2024
ARP 347 - Ottawa Personal Decision Guide
There are a lot of decisions that you have to make when you are seeking treatment. Hopefully you find a good doctor or a mental health professional to guide you though the process. Those are aspirational goals by the...
01.17.2024
ARP 346 - Breathing Practice Using Fidget Spinners
In January, you often hear about the aspirational pledges. No shopping. No drinking alcohol. Go vegan or as close to it as you can get. My year round goal is to get folks at a basic level to take time...
01.03.2024
ARP 345 Ideophobia or Fear of Ideas
With all of the book banning in the United States, a person could make a case that some sections of the country has ideophobia or the fear of ideas. Might also be bibliophobia. In this episode, a quick look at...
12.27.2023
ARP 344 Diabetes and Anxiety
If you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes and anxiety or depression, you have to deal with both conditions at the same time. It is a challenge but not impossible. There are resources and options to help you deal...
12.25.2023
ARP 343 Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
In this episode, a look at adult people that grew up in an addictive or dysfunctional family. Because if you did, there is a good chance you might have an anxiety condition or a related mental health problem. How...
12.13.2023
ARP 342 Adverse Childhood Experiences aka ACEs
I did an episode about ACEs a long time ago. It was okay but I know a bit more now. At the time I said something to the effect, "Childhood isn't easy even in the best of families, but...
12.06.2023
ARP 341 Sour Candy and Symptom Management
So in this episode I wanted to put a bit more context as to why sucking sour candy could work to stop panic attacks. Or not. Or not for the long term. Here is how it started. I have...
11.21.2023
ARP 340 Cannabis and Cruising Do Not Mix
I don't know if I'll ever go on a cruise ship. The only part that really interest me is tasting a wide variety of food in a short amount of time. Plus my anxiety about riding on a human petri...
11.15.2023
ARP 339 - You Need to Change Your Ways
You made it over the first hurdle. You know you have a problem. You might have even gone to the doctor or your health provider to obtain help. They might have set you up with pills or talk therapy. ...
11.01.2023
ARP 338 Anxiety in Your Guts and Symptom Tracking Apps
There is a term called visceral anxiety. According to various sources, it isn't a medical term but more of a description of feeling anxiety in the lower center of your body. We are talking about the gastrointestinal track. For some...
10.27.2023
ARP 337 - When the World Is Crazy We Worry
Worry is powerful, it can dishearten you and have you see nothing but shades of gray. There are techniques that even anxious people can use to reduce the amount of worry and get on with the business of the...
10.18.2023
ARP 336 Anxiety Symptoms and Nicotine
You can be a smoker that has anxiety or a person with an anxiety condition who smokes. Either way it is a bad deal that can not only make your symptoms worse but cause long term harm to your body....
10.11.2023
ARP 335 Beans or Knowledge
I try to keep episodes short and to the point. But sometimes I need to talk about conceptual things that at first, doesn’t seem to have anything to do with anxiety treatment options. But it does. I need to...
10.04.2023
ARP 334 Explaining Depression via Games
The American Psychiatry Association defines depression as loss of interest of activities once enjoyed, and that the symptoms must last longer than two weeks before an official diagnosis. There isn't just one kind of depression and they don't...
09.27.2023
ARP 333 Two Simple Meditation Techniques
When things go wrong and you need a break, like when none of your audio software will record and you have to use your phone, you need to take a moment. Or two. Maybe have dinner as well. Some...
09.20.2023
ARP 332 Dealing With Jaw Clenching aka Bruxism
Many of us hold our tongues or clench our teeth to protect ourselves from saying what you really want to say. Or feel. And for most of us, that works and we go about our day. But if you are...
09.13.2023
ARP 331 Medication Options for Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2023
I’ve done a couple of episodes on generalized anxiety disorder, sometimes referred to as GAD. However, there have been changes to some of the medication treatment options. And there are new options that did not exist in 2016 or...
08.31.2023
ARP 330 A Look at the Pulsetto VNS Device
I try to stay off of sites like Kickstarter and Indigogo. Too much temptation and even more disappointment. Back in the day, I use to support the up and coming companies. But I got tired of waiting sometimes month...
08.09.2023
ARP 329 Cat Coloring Book as Meditation Practice
The TLDR version: What I do know is that a coloring book could be an opportunity for those who have trouble with some of the traditional concepts of meditation or mindfulness practice. But be careful about making a purchase....
07.19.2023
ARP 328 Breathing and Humming Resources for Anxiety
I'm on the summer slow down vibe, but there are lots of interesting ways to handle and reduce symptoms. One of those ways is combining a breathing practice with humming. To be clear, I'm talking about the sound that humans...
07.09.2023
ARP 327 Is It Always Going to Be Like This?
As I mention in the podcast, it is the eight anniversary of the podcast. The need to connect people to the various mental health services is still necessary. There have been times that my symptoms were stable and I could...
06.25.2023
ARP 326 - More About PTSD Resources
It is the start of the summer slowdown where I'll post less often as I try to catch up on my sleep and elocution skills. I've been talking a lot lately and I can hear multiple imperfections. Really a bad...
06.14.2023
Minding the Line and the Dog Ate My Homework
After missing last week, I was determined to get an episode up. I recording and edited it. The SOS software decided to garble my speech. And then it stopped working. So I turned to my phone and made something happen....
06.01.2023
ARP 324 Dealing with Symptoms
It has been a while since I’ve mentioned this; the focus on the podcast is for folks that have been medically diagnosed with an anxiety condition or disorder. However, all are welcome. The over-stressed, the somewhat anxious or those...
05.24.2023
ARP Pebble in the Road on Acceptance
There are days when we muck it up. And spend hours berating yourself that you were not perfect or you did not catch one of the dozens of bug a boos that you handle in a day. On this...
05.17.2023
ARP Pebble in the Road - Fight the Reaper
For those of you that don’t understand about the experience of depression, I have two websites that might help folks get a grip on it. The first is Will O’Neil’s Actual Sunlight. It is a fictional narrative game...
05.10.2023
ARP 322 What is Health Coaching?
Last time, I talked about coaching. How there are different types of coaches and that it is an unlicensed and unregulated practice. There are good and bad coaches, and we need to find ways to figure out who is who....
05.03.2023
ARP 321 What Is A Health Coach?
I’m working my way through the mental health telemedicine providers and I’m coming across the word “coach.” I get a little leery about that word because I’ve had some experiences with people using it to wrap themselves in a...
04.26.2023
ARP Pebble in the Road - Meditative Crafting
This episode is not for everybody. Some of you will be highly dismissive. That is okay. Different strokes for different folks. Knitting provides an object of focus for our practice. We can practice focusing our attention and letting go...
04.12.2023
ARP 320 Graphic Novel Memoires about Anxiety
Long time listeners know that I am a connoisseur of the sequential arts. It is truly the theater of the mind because I can co-create with the artist to experience an environment or an adventure. I bring this...
04.03.2023
ARP 319 Clifford W. Beers and Mental Health America
The anxiety symptoms can muck up our ability to see what we've done, whether it was fair, good, or excellent. There are a lot of wonderful people that have anxiety conditions that do mighty good things. People write, create or...
03.20.2023
ARP 318 A Look at AmWell for Anxiety Treatment
As one section of America tries to move forward there are others that are determine to hold on to what didn't work in the past and certainly won't work in the future. In this day, do the best you...
03.13.2023
ARP 317 - The BetterHealth Consent Order
There are times when I find myself in unexpected territories. This is one of those times. It is why I'm trying to include more attention to the virtual mental health providers. If you have ever listed to a podcast or...
03.02.2023
ARP 316 Proposed Virtual Prescription Changes
A few years ago in an episode I said: Anxiety is so much more than the typical stress reaction. For some of us, we gag, we choke, we have heart pains, we have chest pains, we have...
02.21.2023
ARP 315 A Look at The Anxiety First Aid Kit Book
I freely admit that I mentioned can soda too many times in this episode. But it had a profound effect on my body and parts of my brain. There are folks that use other substances in excess to deal...
02.15.2023
ARP Pebble in the Road Health Definitions
Some providers of services use the term behavioral health. Some use mental health. I have spent the hours trying to get a concise meaning of both terms. It ain't easy. The American Psychological Association defines behavioral as: ...
02.11.2023
ARP 314 What is Ro Mind?
Update 2024 - Seems like Ro Mind has bit the dust. Although the mental health only therapy explainer page is still listed on the website, it seems that there has been a downsizing of the medical services offered. Per the...
01.31.2023
ARP 313 Mental Telehealth Services
In this episode, a look at some of the mental tele-health options that are in or will be introduced to the healthcare marketplace. Next time, and throughout the year I'll show examples of a virtual mental health service, what it...
01.24.2023
ARP 312 What is Telehealth?
This is the start to a mini-series about telehealth and telemedicine options. Starting out with a definition of what telehealth is, types of provider services including a taste of virtual mental health care and recourses. The...
01.17.2023
ARP Pebble in the Road - One More Thing About CBD Oil
Trying to finish up on my science literacy class. It is a pip. It is very good and provides a lot information about how scientists evaluate questions and data. It is thumping my poor brain with all kinds of...
01.08.2023
ARP 311 Kindness Grounding Practice - Pebble in the Road
In this episode, a look at a kindness inspired grounding practice you could do when you need to tame your internal little hater. Sometimes people come to the podcast intentionally. They see the album cover or up on a social...
12.28.2022
ARP 310 No Resolutions 2023
It is the time when a bunch of people and advertisers want to encourage you to make changes to your existence and how you currently live your life. You might in fact want to do this because you do...
12.13.2022
ARP 309 Apps for Mindfulness and Meditation 2022
There are lots of apps for mindfulness and meditation. The advantage is just in time training, help and support and symptom relief. The disadvantage could be the continued separation from actual people, data harvesting by low lifers and the app...
11.28.2022
ARP 308 Mindfulness and Meditation 2022
When I'm looking for viable resources, I can tell when I find a traditional approach to treatment. Listed are two options listed, medication and therapy. Sometime they will mention others as a lifestyle choice. That is slowly changing. I am...

What's Anxiety Road Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Anxiety Road Podcast episodes:

ARP 353 - ADAA Online Support Groups

ARP 352 - Breathing Necklaces or Buyer Beware

ARP 351 Anxiety and Imposter Syndrome

ARP 350 When An Attack Sneaks Up on You

ARP 349 Quick Look at Xaia Mental Health Companion VR App

ARP 348 - Bear Grylls App and Men's Mental Health Resources

ARP 347 - Ottawa Personal Decision Guide

ARP 346 - Breathing Practice Using Fidget Spinners

ARP 345 Ideophobia or Fear of Ideas

ARP 344 Diabetes and Anxiety

ARP 343 Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families

ARP 342 Adverse Childhood Experiences aka ACEs

ARP 341 Sour Candy and Symptom Management

ARP 340 Cannabis and Cruising Do Not Mix

ARP 339 - You Need to Change Your Ways

ARP 338 Anxiety in Your Guts and Symptom Tracking Apps

ARP 337 - When the World Is Crazy We Worry

ARP 336 Anxiety Symptoms and Nicotine

ARP 335 Beans or Knowledge

ARP 334 Explaining Depression via Games

ARP 333 Two Simple Meditation Techniques

ARP 332 Dealing With Jaw Clenching aka Bruxism

ARP 331 Medication Options for Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2023

ARP 330 A Look at the Pulsetto VNS Device

ARP 329 Cat Coloring Book as Meditation Practice

ARP 328 Breathing and Humming Resources for Anxiety

ARP 327 Is It Always Going to Be Like This?

ARP 326 - More About PTSD Resources

Minding the Line and the Dog Ate My Homework

ARP 324 Dealing with Symptoms

ARP Pebble in the Road on Acceptance

ARP Pebble in the Road - Fight the Reaper

ARP 322 What is Health Coaching?

ARP 321 What Is A Health Coach?

ARP Pebble in the Road - Meditative Crafting

ARP 320 Graphic Novel Memoires about Anxiety

ARP 319 Clifford W. Beers and Mental Health America

ARP 318 A Look at AmWell for Anxiety Treatment

ARP 317 - The BetterHealth Consent Order

ARP 316 Proposed Virtual Prescription Changes

ARP 315 A Look at The Anxiety First Aid Kit Book

ARP Pebble in the Road Health Definitions

ARP 314 What is Ro Mind?

ARP 313 Mental Telehealth Services

ARP 312 What is Telehealth?

ARP Pebble in the Road - One More Thing About CBD Oil

ARP 311 Kindness Grounding Practice - Pebble in the Road

ARP 310 No Resolutions 2023

ARP 309 Apps for Mindfulness and Meditation 2022

ARP 308 Mindfulness and Meditation 2022