The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

By Gina Ryan

Alternative Health

What's The Anxiety Coaches Podcast about?

The coaches are just regular people who happen to have suffered from anxiety, stress and PTSD (and now coach others).
We've got 2 new episodes each week to help you overcome anxiety, panic attacks, and PTSD while living a healthy lifestyle; all in a fun and conversational tone. We will also answer your questions on mindfulness, anxiety and stress management.
Find meditations, social links, and more at
www.TheAnxietyCoachesPodcast.com

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696: Are You What Iffing Th...

03.03.2021

In today's episode, Gina responds to a listener's poem sent in via email. This listener struggles with "what if" thinking. The poem sums up much of the wisdom ACP shares and trumpets the value of pausing and delighting in the ...

The Anxiety Coaches Podcast episodes:

03.03.2021 696: Are You What Iffing Through Life? In today's episode, Gina responds to a listener's poem sent in via email. This listener struggles with "what if" thinking. The poem sums up much of the wisdom ACP shares and trumpets the value of pausing and delighting in the ...
02.28.2021 695: 4 Tips to Get Acceptance Up And Running In today's episode, Gina discusses radical acceptance and how to use it practically in your life. The benefits of acceptance for overcoming anxiety are covered and four specific steps on how to make acceptance work for you are included. Improve ...
02.24.2021 694: 7 Tips To Make Meditation Stress Free In today's episode, Gina discusses seven tips to help make meditation easier and less stressful to get started with. Meditation is an important self-care and mental health improving practice that is available freely to everyone. Implement these tips to improve ...
02.21.2021 693: Closure Control and Uncertainty In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question about closure and the lack of closure and its role in anxiety. The topic is broken down into the aspects of closure, control and uncertainty. The need for control and an aversion ...
02.17.2021 692: Talking About Anxiety And A Calming Release x3 Breath Technique In today's episode, Gina offers listeners a breathing technique that has a seemingly magical affect on our anxiety, helping us reclaim our peace of mind without too much time or effort. This breathing technique is highly effective at slowing the ...
02.14.2021 691: Easy Natural Tools To Manage Stress In today's episode, Gina discusses a range of powerful, natural, easy to use tools that help reduce stress and anxiety. Supplements, dietary modifications, meditation and mindfulness, exercise, other self-care practices and stress management techniques are all discussed. Listen in today ...
02.10.2021 690: Overthinking To The Point Of Paralysis In today's episode, Gina discusses a few different modes of overthinking and how they sow seeds of anxiety in our consciousness. A large number of techniques to quiet the mind and help experience more peace are provided. Listen in to ...
02.07.2021 689: What Am I Doing To Make My Anxiety Worse? In today's episode, Gina discusses the critical topic of what thoughts and behaviors you may be engaging in that make anxiety worse. Find out what you are doing to sabotage your anxiety clearing and stop immediately! Listen in to get ...
02.03.2021 688: 8 Tiny Habits For More Peace and Calm In today's episode, Gina shares eight helpful habits for maintaining more peace and calm in your life. These tiny habits are minor behavioral adjustments that are easy to implement and can help you realize more peace in your life immediately. ...
01.31.2021 687: 4 Anxious States of Being In today's episode, Gina shares four anxious states of being. In addition to the more commonly known FIGHT and FLIGHT states of anxiety, FREEZE and FAWN are defined and discussed. Examples of behaviors that fall into each category are provided. ...
01.27.2021 686: Self Soothing With Affirmations For Stress and Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses the many benefits of using affirmations to help sooth stress and anxiety. A number of affirmations are included, as are tips for making your own. Get started today with this most useful tool to help ...
01.24.2021 685: Finding The Ability To Enjoy Each Moment Through Anxiety In today's episode, Gina shares part of her own story, using the twelve symptoms of inner peace. Special attention is paid to the second symptom of inner peace: "an unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment". Techniques are suggested for achieving ...
01.20.2021 684: Feeling Better By Writing A Letter In today's episode, Gina shares a technique for improving one's sense of comfort and wellness: writing a gratitude letter. It is recommended to write this letter to someone to whom you are grateful to in some way or another. A ...
01.17.2021 683: Anxiety Mindfulness and Your Breath In today's episode, Gina discusses the role of the breath in influencing our state of anxiety and how we can use in in conjunction with mindfulness to improve our overall state of consciousness and wellness. The link between our anxious ...
01.13.2021 682: 10 Questions That Can Help Change Your Life In today's episode, Gina discusses a powerful tool for steering your life in the direction you want it to go: self-questioning. So much can be revealed about yourself by asking some important questions. This episode includes 10 useful questions that ...
01.10.2021 681: Affirmations For Relaxing From Head To Toe In today's episode, Gina discusses affirmations as a relaxation technique for those suffering with anxiety. Scientific research studies are cited that verify the beneficial affect positive affirmations can have on people's lives. Best of all, a number of positive affirmations ...
01.06.2021 680: How To Do Basic Mindful Meditation For Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses the innumerable benefits of establishing a basic mindfulness meditation practice in your life. The advantages of incorporating a mantra into your practice are discussed. How to handle your thinking experience during mindfulness practice is touched ...
01.03.2021 679: Using A One Word Touchstone For Anxiety In today's episode, Gina shares the practice of using a one word touchstone to help us during our experience of anxiety. Similar to a traditional New Year's resolution, but often involving more focus and awareness, using a one word touchstone ...
12.30.2020 678: Meditation for Anxiety and Codependency In today's episode, Gina speaks about anxiety and codependency and guides listeners on a meditation addressing these topics. Let Gina's wisdom and soothing voice guide you through a moment of peace and tranquility and into a new year. Visit today's ...
12.27.2020 677: Destressing Without Food Or Alcohol In today's episode, Gina discusses the importance of being able to destress without the intake of food or alcohol. A range of suggestions are made for both solitary and social activities that can help you destress without indulging in food ...
12.23.2020 676: 7 Habits Of Serenity In today's episode, Gina shares seven habits that will help foster serenity in your life. From remembering your gratitude and using a gratitude journal to developing healthy responses to stress, this episode is sure to have a helpful suggestion for ...
12.20.2020 675: The Meditative Path to Building Your Confidence In today's episode, Gina shares her wisdom regarding the many ways meditation serves those recovering from anxiety. In particular, this episode is full of tips and strategies for using meditation to build self-confidence. Using these techniques, meditation can make your ...
12.16.2020 674: Turning Stress Eating Into Intuitive Eating In today's episode, Gina discusses the topic of intuitive eating and how to incorporate the practice into a peaceful and healthy lifestyle. This topic is particularly relevant during the holidays. An important distinction is made between physical hunger and emotional ...
12.13.2020 673: Repetitive Negative Message And The Anxious Brain In today's episode, Gina discusses an article highlighting the importance of repetition in influencing our subconscious minds and ultimately our conscious experience. Reducing negative thinking and replacing it with affirmative, positive thinking can do wonders for helping us reduce our ...
12.09.2020 672: Ease Into Mindfulness With Your Five Senses In today's episode, Gina instructs listeners in two practices using the five senses that help you ease into mindfulness and reduce anxiety. The first uses all of the senses to increase our awareness of our surroundings. The second uses vision ...
12.06.2020 671: Are You Living In Fear From Past Experiences In today's episode, Gina discusses the first symptom of inner peace with listeners: acting without fear based on past experiences. The symptoms of inner peace provided guidance to Gina during her own recovery from anxiety and she shares the first ...
12.02.2020 670: 15 Ways To Shake Loose Feeling Stuck In Anxiety In today's episode, Gina shares 15 steps to free yourself from feeling stuck with anxiety. From inner work with your own thoughts and feelings to external work with interaction with family pets and others, you are sure to find useful ...
11.29.2020 669: 13 Ways To Keep Gratitude Strong Through Tough Times In today's episode, Gina draws on an article published by Dr. Mercola covering a variety of ways to strengthen and preserve our sense of gratitude. There are a number of practices that differ from those covered in previous podcasts, so ...
11.25.2020 668: Using The NOW to Feel Happier and Less Anxious In today's episode, Gina discusses a number of ways you can use the present moment in essentially any circumstance to feel better and reduce your anxiety. These steps are easy to take and almost anyone can do almost all of ...
11.22.2020 667: Easy Techniques For Dealing With High Stress In today's episode, Gina discusses a long list of easy to use techniques for addressing high stress situations. Using these techniques will help those with anxiety minimize their suffering and help put them in the best possible position to be ...
11.18.2020 666: Anxiety And The Blame Game In today's episode, Gina speaks about a tendency many anxiety sufferers have: blaming others and things for their own suffering and anxiety. Many reasons why blaming other people or things in the world is not productive are touched upon. Cultivating ...
11.15.2020 665: The Anxiety Of Change and Uncertainty In today's episode, Gina discusses the affects of uncertainty and change on anxiety. With special attention to observing our expectations and understanding the effects of our "need" for control, a number of suggestions are made for becoming more comfortable with ...
11.11.2020 664: How to Talk to People About Your Anxiety In toady's episode, Gina discusses the topic of sharing your anxiety with others. How to go about talking about your anxiety with friends, family and colleagues is presented, as well as why doing so can be beneficial for not only ...
11.08.2020 663: 7 Anxiety Producing Habits From Living A Distracted Life In today's episode, Gina discusses the consequences of living a life full of distraction. Frequent distraction is associated with many unwanted characteristics in our lives, including anxiety. A number of common distractions are identified as well as ways to live ...
11.04.2020 662: The Limits of Logic and Containment For Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses the use of logical thinking as a technique to limit anxiety. Far from a perfect solution, trying to contain anxiety using logical thinking during an anxiety-panic response can make the situation worse. Listen in to ...
11.01.2020 661: Gratitude As A Way Of Living and Soothing Anxiety In today's episode, Gina explores the emotional-mental state of gratitude as a way of living. Gratitude can have a miraculous affect on our lives and has the ability to reduce our anxiety and the suffering that relates to it. Take ...
10.28.2020 660: Are You Frustrated With Anxiety Reappearing In today's episode, Gina discusses the many reasons why anxiety has a tendency to reappear after we have made some progress in our recovery. A number of recommendations are made for restoring you to the path of recovery. Often anxiety ...
10.25.2020 659: Why Do We Continue Following Anxious Fearful Thoughts In today's episode, Gina discusses the ancient brain and how it uses anxiety and other distressing feelings to protect us from harmful things in our environment. The tool of acceptance is discussed as a critical help in our management of ...
10.21.2020 658: The Many Ways to Keep a Journal For Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses the importance of keeping a journal for anxiety recovery. At least six different types of journals are described and how to implement them in your life. The importance of this reflective activity as an act ...
10.18.2020 657: Does Other People's Pain Trigger Your Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses the issue of empathy and how people with anxiety are often prone to suffer over the pain of others. Advice is offered on how to support others who are suffering without letting that suffering trigger ...
10.14.2020 656: Don't Give Up On Clearing Your Anxiety ♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses the importance of persistence in your anxiety clearing journey. In particular, a case of a former client is discussed, including details of emails exchanged. After coaching with Gina and allowing ...
10.11.2020 655: 5 Stoic Steps To Help Ease Your Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses the ancient philosophy of stoicism and how it influenced and helped her with her own journey through anxiety. Epictetus' works in particular are discussed. Five steps are outlined for how to implement stoicism to reduce ...
10.07.2020 654: Acceptance How To Do It ♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses a key strategy for anxiety management and clearing: acceptance. Approaches to acceptance that are not effective are mentioned as well as how best to implement acceptance in your recovery from ...
10.04.2020 653: Do I Need To Treat Each Different Type Of Anxiety Separately ♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses the range of "disorders" that can be included under the umbrella term of "anxiety". Emphasis is placed on the effectiveness of tools espoused in the podcast and their wide applicability ...
09.30.2020 652: Sometimes I Feel Crazy ♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses the experience of thinking you are going crazy as a result of your anxiety. Intrusive thoughts are discussed and s number of suggestions are made for minimizing the affliction of ...
09.27.2020 651: What's With The Lump In My Throat ♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode Gina discusses a unique symptom many anxiety sufferers experience: the lump in the throat sensation. The symptom is described as well as other bodily sensations that can manifest with anxiety. Steps are ...
09.23.2020 650: What You Need To Know About The Physical Effects Of Anxiety ♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses the physiological side of anxiety and how to use our knowledge of the body to heal and clear our anxiety. A number of specific suggestions are offered for minimizing the ...
09.20.2020 649: 9 Ways You Can Reduce Your Stress ♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses nine practical ways to reduce stress. These methods largely revolve around decluttering one's life and increasing the space one has around themselves both physically and mentally. Listen in for the ...
09.16.2020 648: How Do You Respond To Stress And Why It Matters ♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses the important influence of stress in our lives and experience of anxiety. Both negative responses to stress and how they detract from our well-being as well as positive responses to ...
09.13.2020 647: Why Mindfulness Helps With Anxiety ♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ In today's episode, Gina discusses the how and why of mindfulness' effects on anxiety. Using awareness of the present moment and accepting what we are aware of, tremendous gains may be realized in terms of ...

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