If your brain is always hurling itself toward the Worst Possible Outcome with no regard for likelihood, reason or reality, then HIGH FIVE my friend! You have a healthy, normal brain.

Come and explore: 

• How predicting the worst possible thing was a key driver in the evolution of our entire species 
• Catastrophising and doom-forecasting are normal....but totally suck
• Learn about the amazing way us humans are designed to suffer a lot less when it comes to this stuff 
• Seeing something new about our true nature can connect us back to peace 
• Is Anxious Alice stepping on Siobhán's toes? 
• Does every other country apart from New Zealand have the Door Dash service?

What's your relationship style...with your brain? Take the quiz at siobhanfriel.com/quiz

Mentioned:
It's been a minute since Dr Amy Johnson was mentioned on the show. Check out the podcast episode referred to here. 

Question, comment, idea? Contact Siobhán here.

I answer a few of your questions about the stuff we're talking about on the podcast. Y'know, stuff like seeing thoughts and feelings in a new way and how this helps with anxiety and uncovering inner peace and all that. Right?

Come and explore the answers to...

• "But what about when thoughts are true...?
• "I don't have time to let my mind settle"
• "My life sucks!"
• "I'm still not taking action even when I feel better"

Also

• A few ponderings that might help in frenzied problem-solving mode
• And - are YOU Anxious Alice? 

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Question, comment, idea or suggestion? Email me at [email protected] or DM me on Instagram @siobhanfriel

Thought is so much more than our personal, me-me-me thinking. Thought creates our life and understanding this incredible ....energy....thingy....means we can use it to our advantage to have a life of more peace and ease, and less anxiety and stress. 

Sound good?

Come and explore: 

• How - yep! - thought is creating every darn thing 
• How seeing thought on a bigger, more expansive level can help us understand what's going on 
• Learn about a simple distinction which can free us from tangled overthinking 
• Metaphors this week include novelty penis ice cubes. 

Question, comment, idea or suggestion? Email me at [email protected] or DM me on Instagram @siobhanfriel

Tried all the things to calm your frantic mind but you're still not fixed? Are you earnestly on the lookout for the next tool, technique, strategy or program to be a less f*cked-up human?

Stop! There's nothing you need to do. 

I'm doggy-sitting for this one and you'll hear some considerable tail-thumps. If you're ok with that, then...

Come and explore: 

• Why a tool, technique or strategy looks really compelling and we keep going back for more
• How they look like they work...sometimes...but this is an illusion 
• If not a tool or technique, how do we find freedom from worry, anxiety, overwhelm and all of that horrid-feeling humanness? 
• Metaphors this week include burnt pizzas and sacrificing goats 

Question, comment, idea or suggestion? Contact me on Instagram @siobhanfriel or siobhanfriel.com

If you are like: "yeah, I kinda see anxiety and worry is just a speedy mind but what about when a Real Life Bad Thing Happens?"...then this is the episode for you. 

Come and explore: 

• Bad Things are part of being human and we'll all feel pain (sorry)...but we don't have to suffer 
• What even is a Bad Thing?
• How do we innocently make a thing Bad?
• How to see the nature of experience in a new way to help navigate times of f*cking terribleness
• All explored through a very questionable metaphor of lakes and hailstones 
• ...with free cuddles at the end 

Question, comment, idea or suggestion? Contact me at siobhanfriel.com or Instagram @siobhanfriel

Ever heard or read that 'everything you need is inside you' and thought it was a load of crap? Same! But it's actually true. You are full of cool shit. 

Come and explore: 

• How - whaat?! - we actually do have everything we need inside us already
• The pesky misunderstanding that keeps us from seeing this 
• How we can uncover the incredible cool shit that lives within us all by looking at thoughts and feelings in a new way 
• Why this even matters for anxiety, overwhelm, worry and all that stuff 
• Plus, Anxious Alice goes a bit rogue 

Reach out on Instagram @siobhanfriel or siobhanfriel.com

Everything is always changing: out there in the world and inside you. Our thoughts, feelings, moods, perspectives, ideas, emotions, opinions and everything else are constantly on the move. 

Come and explore: 

• Why it SEEMS like we are stuck in life, and how it's actually impossible to actually BE stuck
• How seeing the constantly changing nature of ....every f*cking thing ever!....helps us relate to anxiety, panic and overwhelm in a completely new way
• How to explore this more in your own life to find a new freedom  
• Anxious Alice makes up a new term (bucket-gazing)

Question, comment, idea or suggestion? Contact me at siobhanfriel.com 

We all experience low moods. All of us. A lot! But a rubbish mood isn't all that rubbish when we know what's going on 

Come and explore: 

• How low or bad moods are common, totally normal, and don't mean a thing about you 
• The misunderstandings about moods that cause extra suffering 
• How to see moods in a new way to experience more ease 
• We get a peek into Anxious Alice's bad mood 
• Also, come and ride a heavily pummelled metaphor about the weather 

Question, comment, idea, thought? Contact me via siobhanfriel.com or on Instagram @siobhanfriel

Hot news: our human minds are designed to settle on their own, completely naturally. But, unfortunately, we mistakenly keep our minds all stirred up and rarely experience this self-calming awesomeness.  

Aren't we silly?

Come and explore: 

• Why it makes perfect sense that a mind calms itself 
• The misunderstandings that stand in our way from experiencing this 
• How to see through these misunderstandings to experience more peace, calm and quiet 
• Learn about Anxious Alice's HOLY F*CK moment 

Mentioned in the show: 

Speaker, author, coach, cool dude Michael Neill (again! He rocks though)

If you experience a ton of negative thinking,  catastrophising, ruminating and unwanted comparison and judgement, then congratulations! You have a healthy human brain.

Come and explore: 

• The normal ways a brain behaves 
• Why a brain being a brain is not a problem to be solved 
• How understanding this can transform our relationship to anxiety, worrying and overthinking
• What does Anxious Alice think about a brain being a brain? Is she even listening?
• Also, we possibly set a record for the number of times the word 'dog' is said in one podcast episode

What's your relationship style with your brain? Take the quiz at siobhanfriel.com/quiz

Mentioned in the show: 

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