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  • Is connection really the key to healing?

    Is connection really the key to healing? So often we’re told that before we can heal we need to learn to be alone. When we stay in isolation, our chances of achieving wholeness are diminished. We can’t heal ourselves alone.

    In fact, research shows that genuine, attached relationships not only make you smile more, they harmonise your immune system and help keep anxiety and depression at bay.

    In this episode we discuss:

    • Feeling Felt and the healing power of connection
    • 3 areas where healing connection can happen: Internal, Communal & Collaborative


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    15 min
  • Benefits of weight for anxiety

    Often when experiencing anxiety and heightened emotions, thinking your way through it just isn't accessible. Proprioceptive input (weight) provides a calming and organising effect on the brain, in this episode, Anna the Anxiety Coach discusses the benefit of using weight for anxiety as well as using proprioceptive input for daily nervous system regulation. 

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    4 min
  • 5 ways to give your nervous system a break

    It's time to give your nervous system the TLC it deserves. In this episode, Anna shares 5 tools to support nervous system regulation to reduce stress and anxiety and promote calm.


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    10 min
  • Why you focus on the negative - Negativity Bias Explained

    Do you ever find yourself stewing over one negative opinion, or fixating on the mistakes that you’ve made? The reason for this is because negative events impact our brain and response systems, differently from positive ones, this is called the negativity bias that all humans have evolved with. In this episode, we are diving into:

    • What is Negativity Bias
    • Where does it come from?
    • Activity to broaden perspective and shift negativity bias

    The key takeaway from this episode is that it is normal to experience a negativity bias. This is a natural response of human beings that keeps you alive.

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    10 min
  • How to Self-Regulate Your Emotions

    Learning to self-regulate your emotions is one of the most expansive tools that you can gain in life. It gives you the ability to handle situations from moment to moment and move through emotions in the present. In this episode of the Slay Your Way Podcast we are diving into how to self-regulate your emotions to reduce anxiety.

    What we’ll be covering in this episode:

    • What is self-regulation
    • The benefits of self-regulating your emotions
    • HOW to self-regulate your emotions

    The key takeaway from this episode is that self-regulation is more than trying to control your emotions, it's about learning to process and release from moment to moment.

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    13 min
  • How to Create Deep Connection with the 5 Love Languages

    Have you ever felt unheard, unseen or unloved within your relationship? Almost as though you are speaking two languages. In this episode, we are talking about Love Languages, and how to use these different aspects of who we are, to deeply nurture and connect with ourselves and those we love most.

    What we’ll be covering in this episode:

    • Why understanding your love language is helpful
    • What are Love Languages?
    • How to deepen your connection with others


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    7 min
  • [COMMUNITY QUESTION] Releasing Shame and Creating Self-Compassion On Your Healing Journey

    Healing isn't linear and it can often be a road that is filled with shame when you slip or experience the very thing you are trying to combat. In this episode of the Slay Your Way Podcast we are diving into how to shift perspectives on anxiety and mental health and insert self compassion to your journey.

    What we’ll be covering in this episode:

    • The most powerful shift for your mental health
    • How triggers are formed
    • The R.A.I.N method for self-compassion

    The key takeaway from this episode is that your brain is NOT broken. It is doing its job of keeping you alive, perfectly. When you offer grace and honour to the journey you have been on, you allow empathy and compassion to shine.

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    25 min
  • How to Feel Safe in Your Body When You’re Experience Anxiety

    The single most important step in healing is finding a sense of safety in your own body.  In this episode of the Slay Your Way Podcast, we are going to chatting about internal safety and how we can start to feel more at home in our own skin. So if you ever feel disconnected, anxious or like a stranger in your body, this one's for you!

    What we’ll be covering in this episode:

    • What is safety
    • Why do you need to create safety prior to the change
    • How to create internal safety and some of my favourite techniques and tools to do it

    Key takeaway from this episode is: establishing safety prior to change is paramount in your healing journey!

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    10 min
  • COMMUNITY QUESTION - Ways to Stop Overthinking at Bedtime (effective sleep strategies)

    Having trouble falling asleep? Can't switch off those pesky thoughts when your head hits the pillow? In this episode of the Slay Your Way Podcast, we are going to be answering a community question of ways to stop anxious overthinking at bedtime. So if you're one of those anxious overthinkers that is missing out on sleep, this one is for you! 

    What we’ll be covering in this episode:

    • Where does overthinking comes from and why do we do it
    • How to break the cycle of anxious overthinking
    • Sleep benefits and sleep rituals and hygiene

    We are walking through what anxious overthinking is, the benefits of sleep and how it can be used to combat anxiety as well as covering effective sleep strategies that you can put into action straight away.

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    16 min
  • How Anxiety Impacts the Brain and How to Rewire the Anxious Brain

    What impact is anxiety having on your brain? How do anxiety disorders change the way your brain is structured and functions? Anxiety disorder can impact the way in which your brain processes and stores information, memories, and changes the size of certain parts of your brain. Understanding the neurological systems and responses that are impacted by an anxiety disorder, arms you with the information as to how to change and rewire the anxious brain.

    What we’ll be covering in this episode:

    • What is anxiety?
    • The difference between stress and anxiety
    • 4 ways anxiety disorder impacts the brain
    • Neuroplasticity and neurogenesis
    • One tool that can help rewire the anxious brain

    The key takeaway from this episode is that your brain is malleable throughout your life and when you understand the neurological and physiological systems that are in play, you can actively play a role in creating new neural pathways and teaching your brain to respond differently!

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    27 min

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Slay Your Way is your pocket rocket mental health poddy. This is your space to experience mental breakthroughs, break down mental health stigma and take a mental health break. Access bite-sized…