One thing you should know about people with High Functioning Anxiety-- we love our rules! Even when they don't help us live happy and healthy lives. In particular, I have A LOT of rules around rest. When I can rest, how I can rest, if I've earned the rest I'm taking. You get the idea. In this episode, I talk with one of my clients, Michelle, whose rules for rest are similar to my own. We talk about how we're learning to loosen up our rules, one step at a time. Listen to the full episode to hear:- Nancy's personal relationship with her rules for rest.- Nancy's journey to accepting that she is worthy of rest and to loosen up her rest rules.- Insight from one of Nancy's clients, Michelle, who is also learning to loosen up her rules around rest.- Tips for folks with HFA who want to try to loosen up their own rest rules. Visit: <a href='https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/'>https://NancyJaneSmith.com</a> Learn More About Self Loyalty School:<a href='https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/course'> https://selfloyaltyschool.com</a>

One thing you should know about people with High Functioning Anxiety-- we love our rules! Even when they don't help us live happy and healthy lives. In particular, I have A LOT of rules around rest. When I can rest, how I can rest, if I've earned the rest I'm taking. You get the idea. In this episode, I talk with one of my clients, Michelle, whose rules for rest are similar to my own. We talk about how we're learning to loosen up our rules, one step at a time. Listen to the full episode to hear: - Nancy's personal relationship with her rules for rest. - Nancy's journey to accepting that she is worthy of rest and to loosen up her rest rules. - Insight from one of Nancy's clients, Michelle, who is also learning to loosen up her rules around rest. - Tips for folks with HFA who want to try to loosen up their own rest rules. Visit: https://NancyJaneSmith.com Learn More About Self Loyalty School: https://selfloyaltyschool.com

One thing you should know about people with High Functioning Anxiety-- we love our rules! Even when they don't help us live happy and healthy lives. In particular, I have A LOT of rules around rest. When I can rest, how I can rest, if I've earned the rest I'm taking. You get the idea. In this episode, I talk with one of my clients, Michelle, whose rules for rest are similar to my own. We talk about how we're learning to loosen up our rules, one step at a time. Listen to the full episode to hear:- Nancy's personal relationship with her rules for rest.- Nancy's journey to accepting that she is worthy of rest and to loosen up her rest rules.- Insight from one of Nancy's clients, Michelle, who is also learning to loosen up her rules around rest.- Tips for folks with HFA who want to try to loosen up their own rest rules. Visit: <a href="https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://NancyJaneSmith.com</a> Learn More About Self Loyalty School:<a href="https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/course" rel="noopener noreferrer"> https://selfloyaltyschool.com</a>

High Functioning Anxiety and our Rules for Rest

What is happy?  This is a loaded question—but it’s something I want to explore in this episode because happiness is the #1 thing my clients say they want. But how do we get to happiness? What is the path there? Lately, I’ve been on a quest to go deeper. To ask questions. To get clear.  <a href='https://live-happier.com/153-kim-stobel/'>In episode 153</a>, I explored how asking and studying into a question helps you to really get to the heart of the issue.  What does happiness look like?  What does happiness feel like?  How will we know when we’ve reached happiness?  For this episode, I decided to ask some of the people in my life—my mom, my second mom, my nephews, and my friend Andrew, who is a philosophy professor at Otterbein University—what they think about happiness and you’ll hear their ideas throughout the show.  As you’re listening to this episode, I challenge you to ask yourself: what is happy for you?   Listen to the full episode to hear: <ul> <li style='font-weight: 400;'>How happiness is fleeting and is a feeling we have, just like sadness and anger. It isn’t a state of constant being</li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'>How to give ourselves grace and relieve ourselves of the pressure that we should be happy all the time—and if we aren’t happy, there must be something wrong with us</li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'>Examples of what makes people happy from reading in peace, creating something, and spending time with family</li> </ul> Learn more about Nancy: <ul> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><a href='https://live-happier.com/work-with-me/coach-in-your-pocket/'> Coach in Your Pocket</a></li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><a href='https://live-happier.com/books/the-happier-approach/'>The Happier Approach Book</a></li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><a href='https://live-happier.com/'>Live Happier Website</a></li> </ul> --- Coach In Your Pocket  Helping people with High Functioning Anxiety is a personal mission for me. I have a special place in my heart for this struggle because it’s both something I dealt with unknowingly for years, and because it silently affects so many people who think this is just how it is.  Working with me this way is an incredibly efficient and effective way to deal with your anxiety in the moment--without waiting for your next appointment. I have been doing this work for over 20 years and <a href='https://live-happier.com/work-with-me/coach-in-your-pocket/'> Coach in Your Pocket</a> is the most effective and most life-changing work I have ever done. My clients are consistently blown away by how these daily check-ins combined with the monthly face-to-face video Visit: <a href='https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/'>https://NancyJaneSmith.com</a> Learn More About Self Loyalty School:<a href='https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/course'> https://selfloyaltyschool.com</a>

What is happy? This is a loaded question—but it’s something I want to explore in this episode because happiness is the #1 thing my clients say they want. But how do we get to happiness? What is the path there? Lately, I’ve been on a quest to go deeper. To ask questions. To get clear. In episode 153, I explored how asking and studying into a question helps you to really get to the heart of the issue. What does happiness look like? What does happiness feel like? How will we know when we’ve reached happiness? For this episode, I decided to ask some of the people in my life—my mom, my second mom, my nephews, and my friend Andrew, who is a philosophy professor at Otterbein University—what they think about happiness and you’ll hear their ideas throughout the show. As you’re listening to this episode, I challenge you to ask yourself: what is happy for you? Listen to the full episode to hear: How happiness is fleeting and is a feeling we have, just like sadness and anger. It isn’t a state of constant being How to give ourselves grace and relieve ourselves of the pressure that we should be happy all the time—and if we aren’t happy, there must be something wrong with us Examples of what makes people happy from reading in peace, creating something, and spending time with family Learn more about Nancy: Coach in Your Pocket The Happier Approach Book Live Happier Website --- Coach In Your Pocket Helping people with High Functioning Anxiety is a personal mission for me. I have a special place in my heart for this struggle because it’s both something I dealt with unknowingly for years, and because it silently affects so many people who think this is just how it is. Working with me this way is an incredibly efficient and effective way to deal with your anxiety in the moment--without waiting for your next appointment. I have been doing this work for over 20 years and Coach in Your Pocket is the most effective and most life-changing work I have ever done. My clients are consistently blown away by how these daily check-ins combined with the monthly face-to-face video Visit: https://NancyJaneSmith.com Learn More About Self Loyalty School: https://selfloyaltyschool.com

What is happy?&nbsp; This is a loaded question—but it’s something I want to explore in this episode because happiness is the #1 thing my clients say they want. But how do we get to happiness? What is the path there? Lately, I’ve been on a quest to go deeper. To ask questions. To get clear.&nbsp; <a href="https://live-happier.com/153-kim-stobel/" rel="noopener noreferrer">In episode 153</a>, I explored how asking and studying into a question helps you to really get to the heart of the issue.&nbsp; What does happiness look like?&nbsp; What does happiness feel like?&nbsp; How will we know when we’ve reached happiness?&nbsp; For this episode, I decided to ask some of the people in my life—my mom, my second mom, my nephews, and my friend Andrew, who is a philosophy professor at Otterbein University—what they think about happiness and you’ll hear their ideas throughout the show.&nbsp; As you’re listening to this episode, I challenge you to ask yourself: what is happy for you?&nbsp; &nbsp;Listen to the full episode to hear: <ul> <li>How happiness is fleeting and is a feeling we have, just like sadness and anger. It isn’t a state of constant being</li> <li>How to give ourselves grace and relieve ourselves of the pressure that we should be happy all the time—and if we aren’t happy, there must be something wrong with us</li> <li>Examples of what makes people happy from reading in peace, creating something, and spending time with family</li> </ul> Learn more about Nancy: <ul> <li><a href="https://live-happier.com/work-with-me/coach-in-your-pocket/" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Coach in Your Pocket</a></li> <li><a href="https://live-happier.com/books/the-happier-approach/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Happier Approach Book</a></li> <li><a href="https://live-happier.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Live Happier Website</a></li> </ul> --- Coach In Your Pocket&nbsp; Helping people with High Functioning Anxiety is a personal mission for me. I have a special place in my heart for this struggle because it’s both something I dealt with unknowingly for years, and because it silently affects so many people who think this is just how it is.&nbsp; Working with me this way is an incredibly efficient and effective way to deal with your anxiety in the moment--without waiting for your next appointment. I have been doing this work for over 20 years and <a href="https://live-happier.com/work-with-me/coach-in-your-pocket/" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Coach in Your Pocket</a> is the most effective and most life-changing work I have ever done. My clients are consistently blown away by how these daily check-ins combined with the monthly face-to-face video Visit: <a href="https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://NancyJaneSmith.com</a> Learn More About Self Loyalty School:<a href="https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/course" rel="noopener noreferrer"> https://selfloyaltyschool.com</a>

Episode 156: What Is Happy?

Sometimes the idea of feeling our feelings is a full on street fight. Learn my love hate relationship with this phrase and how doing it has changed my life.  Visit: <a href='https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/'>https://NancyJaneSmith.com</a> Learn More About Self Loyalty School:<a href='https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/course'> https://selfloyaltyschool.com</a>

Sometimes the idea of feeling our feelings is a full on street fight. Learn my love hate relationship with this phrase and how doing it has changed my life. Visit: https://NancyJaneSmith.com Learn More About Self Loyalty School: https://selfloyaltyschool.com

Sometimes the idea of feeling our feelings is a full on street fight. Learn my love hate relationship with this phrase and how doing it has changed my life. &nbsp;Visit: <a href="https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://NancyJaneSmith.com</a> Learn More About Self Loyalty School:<a href="https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/course" rel="noopener noreferrer"> https://selfloyaltyschool.com</a>

Episode 004: Feeling your Feelings: The Street Fight

Gratitude and positive thinking can be extremely helpful AND it can keep you stuck in a life of misery and pain...Learn how to stop gratitude might be hurting you more than helping you.Visit: <a href='https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/'>https://NancyJaneSmith.com</a> Learn More About Self Loyalty School:<a href='https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/course'> https://selfloyaltyschool.com</a>

Gratitude and positive thinking can be extremely helpful AND it can keep you stuck in a life of misery and pain...Learn how to stop gratitude might be hurting you more than helping you.Visit: https://NancyJaneSmith.com Learn More About Self Loyalty School: https://selfloyaltyschool.com

Gratitude and positive thinking can be extremely helpful AND it can keep you stuck in a life of misery and pain...Learn how to stop gratitude might be hurting you more than helping you.Visit: <a href="https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://NancyJaneSmith.com</a> Learn More About Self Loyalty School:<a href="https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/course" rel="noopener noreferrer"> https://selfloyaltyschool.com</a>

Episode 003: Why Positive Thinking is Keeping You Stuck

Gratitude and positive thinking can be extremely helpful AND it can keep you stuck in a life of misery and pain...Learn how to stop gratitude might be hurting you more than helping you.

Gratitude and positive thinking can be extremely helpful AND it can keep you stuck in a life of misery and pain...Learn how to stop gratitude might be hurting you more than helping you.

Discussing the definition of Living Happier as well as the biggest myth to living happier.  Visit: <a href='https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/'>https://NancyJaneSmith.com</a> Learn More About Self Loyalty School:<a href='https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/course'> https://selfloyaltyschool.com</a>

Discussing the definition of Living Happier as well as the biggest myth to living happier. Visit: https://NancyJaneSmith.com Learn More About Self Loyalty School: https://selfloyaltyschool.com

Discussing the definition of Living Happier as well as the biggest myth to living happier. &nbsp;Visit: <a href="https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://NancyJaneSmith.com</a> Learn More About Self Loyalty School:<a href="https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/course" rel="noopener noreferrer"> https://selfloyaltyschool.com</a>

Episode 002: What Does it Mean to Live Happier?

Discussing the definition of Living Happier as well as the biggest myth to living happier.

Discussing the definition of Living Happier as well as the biggest myth to living happier.

Discussing the definition of Living Happier as well as the biggest myth to living happier. &nbsp;

Learn what the Magic Button is and how stopping the search for it will dramatically change your life.Visit: <a href='https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/'>https://NancyJaneSmith.com</a> Learn More About Self Loyalty School:<a href='https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/course'> https://selfloyaltyschool.com</a>

Learn what the Magic Button is and how stopping the search for it will dramatically change your life.Visit: https://NancyJaneSmith.com Learn More About Self Loyalty School: https://selfloyaltyschool.com

Learn what the Magic Button is and how stopping the search for it will dramatically change your life.Visit: <a href="https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://NancyJaneSmith.com</a> Learn More About Self Loyalty School:<a href="https://www.nancyjanesmith.com/course" rel="noopener noreferrer"> https://selfloyaltyschool.com</a>

Episode 001: Want to be Happy? Stop Searching for the Magic Button

Learn what the Magic Button is and how stopping the search for it will dramatically change your life.

Learn what the Magic Button is and how stopping the search for it will dramatically change your life.

A podcast about living with High Functioning Anxiety and building self-loyalty. Join me, Nancy Jane Smith, as I talk about my journey with High Functioning Anxiety. Through my own experience and 20+ years of training as a licensed professional counselor and coach, I have discovered the #1 way to quiet anxiety is self-loyalty. We are so loyal to other people. It is time to learn how to be as loyal to yourself as you are to others. Listen to learn more about quieting your High Functioning Anxiety with self-loyalty.

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