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For many, anxiety has almost become a way of life. It's something that drives, manipulates and can often consume us, but it doesn't always have to. Today we'll be talking about anxiety, why it is so present in our society and give some  examples, simple tips and techniques to help cope with anxiety in our daily lives.

In this episode we cover:

- The difference between anxiety the feeling and anxiety the diagnosis (and how needs are relevant to both)

- What leads to the feeling of anxiety

- What amplifies the feeling of anxiety

- How meeting our own needs can reduce anxiety triggers

- Some suggestions for how to meet some of the most important needs when it comes to anxiety

- How to support your vagus nerve

- Guidance for "Voo Breathing"

- Serena's experience of someone with an anxiety diagnosis

- Our own examples of how meeting our needs has helped us decrease our anxiety instead of triggering it

- How we've had an experience of anxiety sometimes shifting to excitement through understanding our needs better...

- How to deal with the anxiety of family situations.

- How Star Trek and video games can help us understand how to manage our needs in difficult situations, and reduce our anxiety