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.
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www.TheAnxietyCoachesPodcast.com

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727: Are Your Feeling Anxio...

06.20.2021

In today's episode, Gina continues her discussion of anxiety and being a highly sensitive person. The list of signs of being a highly sensitive person is completed and a number of tips for how to cope with being a highly ...

The Anxiety Coaches Podcast episodes:

06.20.2021 727: Are Your Feeling Anxious or Highly Sensitive Part 2 In today's episode, Gina continues her discussion of anxiety and being a highly sensitive person. The list of signs of being a highly sensitive person is completed and a number of tips for how to cope with being a highly ...
06.16.2021 726: Is Self Judgment Keeping Your Anxiety Alive In today's episode, Gina discusses the inner voice of self judgement and how it can keep the anxiety fires burning. A number of recommendations are made for reducing self judgement, which in turn often reduces anxiety. Being aware of our ...
06.13.2021 725: Are You Feeling Anxious or Highly Sensitive Part 1 In today's episode, Gina offers listeners a number of thoughtful quotes taken from authors of books covering the topic of highly sensitive persons. Additionally, the beginning of a list of 21 signs of being a highly sensitive person are shared. ...
06.09.2021 724: Meds, Food, PTSD, And Negativity Listener Q and A In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question addressing topics of drugs, diet, anxiety and the tendency to focus on the negative. This show offers a comprehensive review of many basic topics people with anxiety deal with. Listen in to ...
06.06.2021 723: Bathing To Beat Anxiety And Depression In today's episode, Gina discusses the many benefits of bathing frequently on mental health, depression and anxiety. Research is cited which indicates bathing frequently is linked to better sleep and cardiovascular health. A number of suggestions are included for taking ...
06.02.2021 722: From Fear of Missing Out to Joy of Missing Out In today's episode, Gina discusses the important topic of FOMO, the fear of missing out, especially in the context of COVID and our newly reopening world. Ultimately, a sort of inner alchemical process is recommended through which those anxious with ...
05.30.2021 721: Listener Q and A Work Sleep Procrastination and Faith In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question regarding work, stress and procrastination. Procrastination is defined and various varieties explored. How to maintain faith in the face of life difficulties is touched on. Learn how to better handle stress today! ...
05.26.2021 720: Using Your Nervous System to Calm Your Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses some interesting strategies for keep our nervous system calm, even when facing chronic anxiety. A number of states of the nervous system are discussed. How to use warmheartedness in some unique ways to help soothe ...
05.23.2021 719: Anxiety And The Storm Of Trying To Control Others In today's episode, Gina discusses the topic of trying to control others and how this tendency affects our anxiety. Trying to control others causes us pain and frustration, exacerbating our anxiety. Seven ways to reduce this natural tendency of trying ...
05.19.2021 718: Anxiety Stress and Distress In today's episode, Gina describes the difference between stress and distress. Cultivating an understanding of stress and distress can help us increase our distress tolerance over time. Listen in for key tips to help increase your ability to live without ...
05.16.2021 717: 5 Tips to Help You Explain Your Anxiety to Others In today's episode, Gina guides listeners through five tips to help you explain your anxiety to others. Know which people to tell which level of detail to. Learn how to help people who don't have anxiety understand it and what ...
05.12.2021 716: The Benefit of Sitting With Anxious Feelings In today's episode, Gina returns to the topic of distress tolerance and the importance of being able to sit with and endure anxious feelings. The concept of trying too hard to feel good is covered as are a few steps ...
05.09.2021 715: Three Anxiety Clearing Components Of Self Compassion In today's episode, Gina discusses the highly important factor of self-compassion for enhancing our recovery from anxiety. Specifically, self-kindness, our common humanity and mindfulness are described. Eight behaviors for enhancing our self compassion are included! Today's Sponsor CareOf.com For 50% ...
05.05.2021 714: You Can Tolerate Anxiety In today's episode, Gina offers the critical support anxiety sufferers need through her insistence that you too can tolerate your anxiety. Guidance is offered on how to use your inner dialogue to your advantage and make your distress tolerance stronger. ...
05.02.2021 713: Is Your Headache Anxiety Related In today's episode, Gina discusses a common physical symptom that often goes along with anxiety: headaches. These headaches are often caused by the build up of stress in our lives and can include a range of specific sensations. Listen in ...
04.28.2021 712: Common and Uncommon Symptoms and Sensations With Anxiety In today's episode, Gina presents an extensive list of symptoms that are both common and uncommon in her experience with clients struggling with anxiety. Be put at ease with the notion that you are not the only one experiencing these ...
04.25.2021 711: Mindfulness Meditation Savoring The Orange In today's episode, Gina shares a guided meditation that extensively uses our senses. In this case, the object of our senses is an orange or other piece of fruit. Expand your mindfulness practice today using your sensory apparatus at mealtimes! ...
04.21.2021 710: Our Brains Hardwiring and Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses a range of cognitive biases that may complicate and exacerbate our anxiety experience. Our nervous systems are equipped to use these biases to make our lives easier, but we can easily fall prey to inherent ...
04.18.2021 709: Understand The Negativity Bias and Ease Your Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses a natural process of our mind known as negativity bias and how understanding this tendency can help alleviate our anxiety. How negativity bias produces anxiety is covered as are ways to change your negativity bias ...
04.14.2021 708 Classic ACP Am I Going Crazy? One of the most common questions asked by listeners and clients is "am I going crazy?" Listen in for the answer and what to do when that question arises. Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a ...
04.11.2021 707: How To Stop Judging Others And Reduce Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses symptom of inner peace number three: A loss of interest in judging self and others. Gina breaks down the meaning of the word symptom to help describe the meaning of the third symptom of inner ...
04.07.2021 706: How To Deal With Anxiety While at Work In today's episode, Gina discusses the important topic of workplace anxiety and how to cope with it. Topic touched on include the signs of workplace anxiety, the causes of workplace anxiety, the effects of this category of anxiety and most ...
04.04.2021 705: Coping With Anticipatory Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses anticipatory anxiety and how to deal with it when it occurs. Creating a plan for inducing calm and relaxation is a featured technique, and many of the familiar ACP coping practices are touched on, including ...
03.31.2021 704: Dr Claire Weekes Face Accept Float Let Time Pass In today's episode, Gina discusses the core treatment protocol of Dr. Claire Weekes. The process of facing, accepting, floating and letting time pass is a highly useful key for helping unlock anxiety recovery. Listen in for a detailed description of ...
03.28.2021 703: Dr Claire Weekes Approach To Healing Anxiety In today's episode, Gina provides listeners with a thorough introduction to Claire Weekes and her approach to healing anxiety. Some background information about who Claire Weekes was is included as well as the primary principles of her anxiety theory. This ...
03.24.2021 702: Lifestyle Changes To Reduce Morning Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses morning anxiety with special attention to the physiology of our anxious experience. The symptoms of morning anxiety are covered as are several steps for treating this special category of anxiety. Beat your morning anxiety with ...
03.21.2021 701: 4 Tips for Better Self Esteem When You Have Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses self-esteem and anxiety. The core concepts of the episode relate to self-esteem being fundamentally a thoughts-based phenomenon. Through increased awareness we can improve our sense of self-esteem. Specific tips are shared to help you improve ...
03.17.2021 700: Loneliness, Covid and Health Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses a listener question about loneliness and its impact on anxiety. Particularly during the last year in which we have experienced the COVID pandemic, loneliness and health anxiety have become major factors in many people's wellness ...
03.14.2021 699: Self Awareness And Anxiety In today's episode, Gina discusses the theme of self-awareness in the context of anxiety. Recognizing you suffer from anxiety is a critical step of self-awareness that contributes much to our anxiety recovery. A number of tools are recommended for further ...
03.10.2021 698: The Anxiety Of Waiting In today's episode, Gina discusses the anxiety of waiting and the associated experience of uncertainty. A number of different varieties of anxiety that occur while waiting are discussed and a number of solutions are offered. Don't lose patience while waiting ...
03.07.2021 697: Progressive Muscle Relaxation For Anxiety In toady's episode, Gina guides listeners on a progressive muscle relaxation exercise designed to help alleviate anxiety. The early history of progressive muscle relaxation is discussed, as are specific long-term benefits you can expect from practicing this technique. Enjoy a ...
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 ...

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