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One of the toughest things about social anxiety is that it's often not talked about, especially by the people who are struggling with it. Struggling with social anxiety can be a really tough and a really isolating journey. And when you add the layers of intense fear, judgment, and shame that often accompanies social anxiety, it can make it really hard to do even everyday things.

Sadie Hall has lots of experience with social anxiety, and she joins me on the podcast to chat about her journey with social anxiety and what she's learned along her recovery journey. And I absolutely love Sadie's approach because she shares openly and honestly what it's like to live with social anxiety, while encouraging and celebrating others for having the courage to show up scared.

Whether you consider yourself shy, introverted, socially anxious, socially awkward, or your own special mix of some or all of the above, you will find this episode to be helpful!

In this episode, we dive into:

- What social anxiety has looked like for Sadie

- The underlying fears that exist with social anxiety & what's at the core of these fears

- How social anxiety doesn't just exist at big social events

- Judgment and shame

- The similarities between social anxiety and panic disorder and agoraphobia

- Shyness versus social anxiety (what's just me versus what's social anxiety)

- What Sadie has learned along her road to recovery that's been helpful to her

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"I need to wait to be in a relationship until I'm healed."

"I need to wait to go on that trip until I'm healed."

"I need to wait to do that thing I've really been wanting to do until I'm healed."

"I need to be at a certain point in my recovery before I (fill in the blank)."

If any of these things are things that you've told yourself or believe, this episode is for you!

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I think there are a lot of opinions and pieces of advice out there that actually hinders people's recovery. And I think that if you take these opinions and pieces of advice in and you make them your beliefs, well, it’ll make it extremely hard for you to overcome anxiety, panic disorder, and agoraphobia!

So in this episode I’m sharing 4 unpopular opinions that I have that will probably make you rethink how you may be approaching your recovery, and I hope they do. And undoubtedly, you may disagree with some of these and that’s absolutely okay. But I feel like I would be doing you a disservice if I didn’t share these with you.

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Welcome to... The very first unscripted episode of A Healthy Push podcast! And I'm really freaking nervous for you to listen!

In this episode, I talk to you about what's been going on with me and what I've been struggling with recently. My hope is to do more episodes like this one - where you learn and grow alongside me (and not have everything be perfect, or about anxiety!).

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You might be thinking, here we go with the woo-woo talk. And trust me, I get it! But decluttering your life can go a LONG way in supporting your mental health. And there's actually science that shows how clutter and an excess of things directly affects your mental health and can actually increase cortisol levels (+ stress/anxiety)!

Katy Joy Wells is a mom, a declutter expert, a podcaster, and a simplifier. And through her own journey with anxiety and depression, she was led to minimalism and was able to see just how much freedom she could experience through simplifying her life. And now, Katy loves to help people to let go of their clutter, and get present, so they can actually focus on what truly matters!

In this episode, we dive into:

- Katy's journey with anxiety and depression and how it led her to minimalism

- Decluttering your life in practical terms

- What clutter does to your mental health

- Why we fill our homes and our spaces with stuff

- How clutter can be a distraction from feeling our emotions

- How to be more mindful when purchasing things

- How to start simplifying to improve your mental health

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If you’re listening to this episode as the person struggling, my hope is that this episode helps you to find the words and the courage to be vulnerable and to share what you’re actually struggling with those closest to you so that they can fully support you.

And if you're listening as somebody who is supporting someone who is struggling, I hope that this episode gives you lots of insights and knowledge that you can use to help you to continue to support your loved one, without it feeling so tough.

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Mindfulness is one of the most powerful tools that we have to experience more peace and presence, so why don't we practice it more? Well, I think a big reason is because we don't truly understand what mindfulness is! Joree says, "Mindfulness isn't something you add to your to-do list, it's something you add to your to-be list."

Joree Rose is a therapist, a mindfulness and meditation teacher, a coach, an author and a speaker. And she's somebody that I absolutely LOVE to chat with a mindfulness. She explains mindfulness and teaches it in ways that I've never heard anyone do it before. And she actually makes me feel super excited and good about practicing mindfulness. She is so passionate about helping people to live their lives on purpose, with greater ease, presence and joy.

So if you're not so clear on what mindfulness is, or you're underestimating just how powerful it is, or you've tried to practice it and just feel like you didn't get what you were hoping for, or you're already a fan of mindfulness and you want more, this episode is for you!

In this episode, Joree dives into:

• The difference between meditation and mindfulness and what they are
• The science behind why we struggle to be present and to do things differently
• Rewiring your brain with neuroplasticity (it's not as complicated or as boring as it may sound, I promise!)
• Why practicing meditation and mindfulness is important
• How to quiet your emotional brain (aka the amygdala)
• How to start building an awareness that actually leads to peace, presence, and enlightenment

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In this episode, I'm talking about something that I hid from everyone for years - toilet anxiety!

While toilet anxiety can mean a few different things, I’m specifically talking about the fear of being too far from a toilet, aka not being able to make it to a bathroom in time. And for some this looks like the fear of not being able to make it to a bathroom in time and peeing their pants, while for others it’s the fear of pooping their pants, or it’s a combination of both! For me, it was mostly the fear of pooping my pants.

I know that there are lots of people who struggle with toilet anxiety, and I know how absolutely debilitating this fear is, so my hope is that my story and these 5 tips help you immensely!

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You might be wondering... Are coping skills 'okay' to use when you're working to recover from anxiety, panic disorder, and agoraphobia? Better yet, are they actually helpful?

Josh and I have both struggled with panic and agoraphobia and we have similar views on coping skills. So I sat down with Josh, former sufferer and therapist, to discuss coping skills and whether or not they're actually helpful.

In this episode, Josh and I dive into:

• What coping skills are
• When coping skills can be helpful and unhelpful
• How ice cubes maybe aren't the answer
• What you're teaching your brain when you used coping skills for disordered anxiety
• Josh explains a final challenge he gives people struggling with agoraphobia
• Helpful tips for willfully tolerating anxiety

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One of the things I hear most often from women is… My anxiety is so much worse around the time of my period! And trust me, I get it! And although it's common, it isn't something that you should just live with. So today’s episode is all about me sharing 5 of the most impactful changes that I’ve made throughout the years that have helped to relieve the symptoms and anxiety around my period.

And I promise, these tips don't include the typical things you’ve probably already heard, like reducing stress, prioritizing sleep, and minimizing caffeine and alcohol intake, although those things are obviously helpful!

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