Anxiety Connection

Do you ever feel trapped in a never-ending loop of negative thinking? If this sounds familiar, join Wendy as she explores how changing the way you talk to yourself can change how you experience life.

Wendy examines how we can work with our brains to make positive changes in how we think, and then offers some suggestions and examples to get you started on your way to your own more peaceful life.

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Feel the Fear and Do It Anyways by Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.*

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Wendy and her husband, Tim, sit down for an open and honest conversation about what it's like for him to live with someone who suffers from anxiety. They explore how Wendy's awareness of her anxiety emerged over the years and how it has impacted their relationship.

They offer powerful tips you can use to build supportive relationships with those you love. They discuss how to talk with each other about anxiety, how to listen, and how to support each other with compassion and love.

If you are anxious or if you live with someone who is, listening to this podcast may help you understand the other side of that "anxiety equation." If you find it useful, consider inviting your partner to tune in as well. It may help you begin a dialogue about building a relationship that works for you both.

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In this episode, Wendy explores the transformative impact that forgiveness can have on our lives. Changing just a single thought about forgiveness can help you move beyond the pain of the past and into a more peaceful future.

Sharing personal stories of forgiveness from her own past, Wendy offers insight into how our reluctance to forgive keeps us stuck in the past. She offers a powerful three-step plan for forgiving and setting yourself free. And finally, she reminds us that forgiveness has nothing to do with the offender. Forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves.

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In this episode, Wendy offers a dynamic two-step process for getting unstuck, reclaiming your power, and stepping beyond the edges of your comfort zone. Drawing on a story of how elephants were trained for the circus, Wendy explores the pain of feeling trapped and defeated. She then offers a powerful tool for stepping beyond your limiting beliefs.

If you're stuck in a relationship or in a job, or if you just feel trapped and defeated, let Wendy help you find your way to the life you've been dreaming of. (Material in this episode may be difficult for some. Please use discretion.)

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In this episode, Wendy shares her personal history of anxiety, and the difficult, very personal moment that made her sit down and finally start writing Calm and Sense: A Woman's Guide to Living Anxiety-Free.

Wendy begins by describing her life-long battle with anxiety and how it fueled her mission to learn everything she could about managing anxiety – what works and what doesn't. She shares the powerful statistics that made her decide to put everything she's learned into a book that could serve as a companion for all anxious women.

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In this episode, three-time cancer survivor, Wendy Leeds, shares 4 powerful ways to deal with the isolation and fear of COVID-19 or any other crisis. Drawing on her own experiences, Wendy shares the story of the night when she was in the hospital dealing with chemo for leukemia. She was afraid and not sure how she would be able to get through the fear, when a visit from a social worker helped her discover a simple way to switch her thinking. She explains that crisis always involves the loss of your normal everyday life, and she reveals the way to let go of the old "normal," and create a bridge to your new "normal."

In times like these, she suggests it's even more important for us all to practice "radical kindness," both with ourselves and with those around us. She also explores how important it is to open our hearts and forgive ourselves as well all the people in our life.

Finally, Wendy shares the heroic story that helped her get through treatment for breast cancer and forever changed the way she deals with crisis.

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Are you, or is someone you know, dealing with a recent cancer diagnosis? This may help: How to Love Yourself Through Cancer or Any Other Terrifying Diagnosis (TinyBuddha.com article)

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In this episode, host and psychotherapist, Wendy Leeds, offers a unique perspective on the traditional story of the two wolves that live within each of us. Wendy retells the story of the dark wolf and the loving wolf that are waging a life-long battling for our hearts and souls, reminding us that the wolf that wins is always the wolf you feed. Using the perspective of the dark wolf as the wolf of anxiety and the loving wolf as the wolf of peace and calm, Wendy helps us see how anxiety operates in our lives in a way that empowers and offers hope for change.

She explores the reasons why we find it so easy to feed the wolf of anxiety and encourages us to find as many ways as possible to feed our wolf of peace and calm instead. She then explores specific techniques to help us do this so that we can get what we really want in life.

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In this episode, show host, Wendy Leeds, shares her uniquely personal definition of anxiety. She describes her view of the differences between depression and anxiety. She goes on to compare anxiety to worry and shares a powerful image that describes the difference in an unforgettable way. Wendy then explores how you can use your past success to walk through a present fear to the wonderful life waiting on the other side.

She ends with a creative visualization that will help you ease your anxiety and find a sense of calm.

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In this first episode of the Anxiety Connection podcast, host Wendy Leeds, a 3-time cancer survivor and psychotherapist, talks about her life-long struggle with anxiety. She shares with her followers what it feels like to face a difficult cancer diagnosis and describes how she was able to find a path through those fears. Looking ahead, she talks about her plan to share the tools and techniques she's learned over the years with anxious people everywhere.

She describes her plans to look at how anxiety impacts our lives, in relationships, at home, at work, and what we can do to ease those fears. She ends by asking listeners to imagine what their life would look like without anxiety and inviting them to work with her through the Anxiety Connection to find that new life.

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