When we understand that anxiety is not our enemy but it is coming from a part of us that is trying to get our attention, we can start to learn from it and heal. 

In this episode, we take a practical look at why it is so important to befriend anxiety and five tips for making this happen. 

0:00 Introduction

1:08 My Story of Anxiety

4:23 Why Befriend Anxiety

5:12 Changing Our Energy Toward Anxiety

7:35 A New Name For Anxiety

9:05 How We Greet Anxiety, Resist or Accept

15:31 Having a Conversation With Anxiety

18:43 Taking Action

Remember, your system loves you enough to invite you to heal. One way it does this is by using anxiety to tell you something is off and needs your attention.

We can learn to stop resisting anxiety and begin to accept it as a messenger from ourselves to ourselves. 

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For many of us, the practice of self-compassion can be a real struggle. We often don't know where to begin or know what self-compassion looks or feels like.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What is self-compassion?
• What is the Self?
• What is compassion?
• Connecting with our authentic self
• Suspending judgment toward ourselves
• Suffering with the parts of us that are hurting
• How to give ourselves what we need.
• An exercise in self-compassion

I know it can feel like we don't deserve self-compassion, and we have an entire list as to why we believe that is true. The truth is that there is a part of you, the authentic self, that always wants to show compassion toward you.

I encourage you to take at least one step toward showing yourself the compassion you deserve. 

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Acceptance is a powerful gateway to healing and change.  And accepting ourselves is the first step towards that meaningful change.

What if acceptance wasn't about agreeing with or approving of past events, but rather embracing the reality of what is? 

In this episode we delve deep into the final 'A' of our 5-part healing journey series: Acceptance.

Acceptance isn't just about making peace with the past and present, but also embracing our own selves at every step, with all our successes and failures.

I hope this episode can  help you in learning to fully accept the past, present and the person on the journey.

Byron Katie's book "Loving What is"

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Am I stuck, or am I actually healing? How do we know if we are healing?

How do we avoid some of the pitfalls that cause us to judge ourselves for not healing in "the right way?"

Is there a right way to heal? What tangible things can I use to see if I am healing?

In this episode, we discuss these questions and others about assessing if we are healing.

00:00 Introduction
01:40 Assessing our healing journey
02:23 The importance of assessing our journey
03:12 Common Pitfalls
07:36 How do we assess our journey?
08:55 What are you trying to heal?
12:30 Four things that can help us assess our healing
12:44 Am I starting to feel safe?
13:35 How am I talking to myself?
14:35 How do I see myself?
16:34 Assessing our relationships
18:33 Bonus tip for assessing 

One of the most disheartening things in the healing journey is feeling like we are not progressing. 

I hope this episode gives you some practical ways to see that you are healing and growing even when you don't think you are.

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Jerry

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We can get so distracted by unwanted behaviors in our lives that we never get around to asking ourselves why that behavior is in our lives. 

Why do we self-sabotage? Why do we choose unhealthy relationships? Why do we drink? Why do we binge eat? Why do we treat ourselves with such self-hatred and self-loathing? 

In this episode, we walk through a series of questions that can help us get to the root of why we have those behaviors and start to heal the source of those behaviors. 

What's in this episode:

• Understanding the Difference Between Symptoms and Core Issues
• A Self-Discovery Exercise
• Identifying the Problem We Are Trying To Address
• Understanding The Need We Trying To Meet?
• How Do Feelings And Thoughts Impact Our Behaviors? 
• How Our Core Beliefs Come From Our Experiences.
• Understanding Self-Compassion And Trauma.

I hope this episode can help as you seek to address painful behaviors in your life and finally get to the root of why those behaviors are there.

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The healing journey is about the traveler on the path. As we begin to address the root issues of our pain, it is important to understand what the traveler needs for the journey. 

The healing journey is a complex dance between strength and gentleness. We often push ourselves too hard, ignoring our need for rest, kindness, and compassion.

In this episode, we examine the following topics:

• Things I wish someone would have told me about the healing journey.
• That there is no final destination
• How we care for the traveler on the path
• Some ground rules for the journey
• Being gentle with the traveler
• Being Patient with the traveler
• Allowing the traveler to rest
• Focusing on the next step
• Asking for help when we need it
• An exercise of self-compassion for the traveler

As we get into some of the root issues driving so much of the pain in our lives, we will begin to see how beautiful the traveler is and that the journey ultimately leads us to our authentic selves. 

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What happens when we know we need to heal, but we can't seem to find the strength to take the first step? 

Taking action is a vital part of the healing journey. The challenge is when we feel so exhausted from the pain we have experienced that taking action seems almost impossible. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

• My story of waking up and deciding to take action
• The importance of taking action
• Understanding why we don't take action
• Practicing self-compassion when we don't take action
• Understanding what we need to take action
• Discovering one action, we can take
• Loving ourselves enough to take action

I know it can feel overwhelming to feel like you can't take the step that you need to. I hope this episode has helped you understand how to get started. I believe in you; you can do it.

You are worthy of your own love,

Jerry

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The first step in healing is to awaken to the fact that we need to heal. We often go through life ignoring our pain, medicating it, and coping with it. 

When we awaken to the fact that we have deep pain and wounds that need to heal and see that we are worthy of healing, everything begins to change. 

In this first episode of The Healing Journey series, we look at the first stage of the healing journey, which is awakening to our need to heal, that we are worthy of healing, and that we have the power to heal. 

In this episode, we take a look at the following:

• That there are no "rules" on how we heal
• The importance of self-compassion
• The 5 A's of the healing journey
• Awakening our desire to heal
• See that we are worthy of healing
• Why do we sometimes get stuck on the journey
• Things that help awaken us to our need to heal

I hope that this episode serves you in your awakening process to see how worthy you are of a beautiful life. 

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Do you feel like you are missing out on your life because the present moment doesn't feel safe? Are you constantly distracting yourself from the present moment as a coping mechanism?  

Life is happening now, but to be present and enjoy our lives we have to feel safe in the present moment. 

For decades I felt like I missed out on my life. The present moment didn't feel safe, so I learned to detach and disassociate from the present moment as a coping mechanism.  

Part of my healing journey has been learning how to make the present moment feel like a safe place to be. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

• How life and traumatic events trained us to feel like the present moment isn't safe.
• How can we learn to feel safe by starting to heal the sources of trauma in our lives.
• How the practice of self-compassion can help us to become our own safe space.
• How the practice of meditation can assist us in feeling safe in the moment. 
• How the practice of mindfulness can help train us to feel like the present moment is safe.

You are worthy of doing the work to learn to be present and stop missing out on the beautiful moments of your life. 

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Do you often find yourself saying 'yes' when you really want to say 'no'? Do you feel like you often abandon yourself out of fear of disappointing others? Is your desire to make others happy blocking you from finding happiness within yourself?

This episode is not just about uncovering the roots of unhealthy people-pleasing habits but also about providing you with the tools to overcome them.

In this episode, we will discuss the following: 

•  The difference between healthy and unhealthy people-pleasing, 
• The impact on our lives of unhealthy people-pleasing behaviors.
• Some of the reasons why we fall into people-pleasing behaviors.
• How we can learn to create a sense of safety in saying no. 

We can learn to stop saying yes when we mean no and prioritize ourselves and our needs while still caring for those we love. 

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