In today's episode I share my 'go-to' reset strategy for overwhelm, anxiety, distress, panic, flashbacks and any thoughts and feelings that make you feel like you're in the middle of an emotional storm. It's a grounding strategy that you can put into practice anywhere, anytime, and one that helps you acknowledge where you're at, get out of your head and then re-engage in doing what matters in the moment. This strategy can be brief or you can extend it to lengthen the practice - all depending on what you need in the moment. 

Extended strategy e-book:

https://www.actmindfully.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FACE-COVID-eBook-by-Russ-Harris-March-2020.pdf

Dropping Anchor - Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmvNCdpHUYM

Free audio recordings:

https://www.actmindfully.com.au/free-stuff/free-audio/

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Anxiety can feel like an endless struggle, a battle, most often within ourselves. We experience difficult thoughts, painful feelings, unsettling sensations, and then layer how we think and feel with judgements. Not much fun eh? When we try to push out thoughts and stuff down our feelings in attempts to feel better, it’s exhausting, and we inadvertently make ourselves feel worse. In today’s episode with the incredible Dr John Forsyth, you’ll learn the essentials you need to do things differently; to change your relationship with your thoughts and feelings, and end the struggle with anxiety. Dr John Forsyth is a Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Anxiety Disorders Research Program at the University at Albany, New York. He’s also a TED speaker, an accomplished author, a sought-after teacher and trainer and an incredible human whose life purpose is to help alleviate human suffering. This one’s extra special.

Dr Johns Forsyth's links:

Website

TED Talk

Books

Twitter

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In the days and weeks leading up to the start of school after a holiday break, it's common for kids and teens to experience anxiety. Whether it's the normal kind of anxiety that can accompany a change in routine, or the kind of anxiety that really gets in the way, there's so much you can do to help. In this episode I share my top 10 strategies to help with back to school anxiety for children of all ages.

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There's a clear connection between how much you exercise and how anxious you feel. This is why this episode, the second in my 3 part Summer Series, is dedicated to supporting you to make exercise a consistent part of your anxiety management plan. You'll learn how exercise helps:

- reframe our experience of anxiety

- diverts our attention from worry

- gets us out of our heads

- powerfully changes brain chemistry

- bolsters our resilience and so much more.

Since exercise is the medicine, you'll also learn the dose, how to get started and who you can turn to for help.

Exercise Sports Science Australia  https://www.essa.org.au/

Live to dive a little deeper?

Spark: The revolutionary new science of exercise and the brain

https://www.amazon.com.au/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514

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This is the time of year many a New Year's Resolution is set, only to have been abandoned by the end of January for most. Today I'm asking you to consider a new way of thinking about creating a better life; it's an approach that is changing lives all over the world and makes a profound difference in the lives in those of us who live with anxiety. Enjoy.

The Happiness Trap 2nd Edition

Brene Brown List of Values

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Jodi is an anxiety and well-being speaker, educator, and bestselling author. Learn more: https://drjodirichardson.com.

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Warwick Merry is a dear colleague of mine from Professional Speakers Australia. He has a huge heart, is one of the most generous people I know and shares authentically in our conversation about the ups and downs he’s experienced in life, and how he’s learned to live life well, even when things get tough. A self-professed ‘nutritional overachiever’ Warwick talks about his struggles with weight from an early age, about imposter syndrome, masks, comparison, confrontation, the ‘R’ word and the dangers that accompany it, the role humour plays in his life, the impact of changing his perspective on anxiety and so much more. This episode is a little different, you’ll be a ‘fly on the wall’ listening to two friends talk openly about big topics.

https://warwickmerry.com/

https://twitter.com/WarwickMerry

https://www.linkedin.com/in/warwickmerry

https://www.instagram.com/warwickgmerry/

Thanks for listening to this episode of “Well, hello anxiety with Dr Jodi Richardson.”

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The information provided on this Podcast is for general educational purposes only, and is to be used at your sole risk. We are not liable for any reliance on this information, and it is not a substitute for professional medical advice. We recommend you seek a medical or healthcare professional if you are seeking advice, diagnosis or treatment.

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In this episode you’ll learn how to differentiate between anxiety of the completely normal human variety, compared with anxiety that may be part of an ongoing condition. You’ll also learn how anxiety impacts how we feel, what we think, and what we do – and importantly, why certain signs and symptoms anxiety are part of the brain and body’s response in anticipation of a threat. When we understand anxiety well, we’re in a better position to identify it when it starts to bubble up, and put into practice strategies that help dial it back down.

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Jodi is an anxiety and well-being speaker, educator, and bestselling author. Learn more: https://drjodirichardson.com.

Order Jodi’s book, “Anxious Mums: How mums can turn their anxiety into strength”: https://drjodirichardson.com/product/anxious-mums/ or https://amzn.to/2YtA3ks.

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Dr Tim Sharp, aka Dr Happy, is a renowned leader in the field of Positive Psychology, a sought-after speaker, consultant, podcaster, spokesperson, author and the founder and Chief Happiness Officer (CHO) of The Happiness Institute. He’s achieved unparalleled success in the academic, professional and business worlds, is a proud recipient of the Future Leadership Award and, in 2011, was appointed as Australia Day Ambassador. What makes his success and impact more extraordinary, is that Dr Sharp experiences severe depression and has done most of his adult life. Before he was Dr Happy, he was Dr Miserable. In this episode we talk about speaking out, the dangers of putting on a brave face, the most effective anti-depressant (hint: not a medication), how Dr Happy manages his depression, practical ways to manage insomnia and how, metaphorically speaking, there’s a time for snuggling up, and a time for putting on a coat and getting out in the rain. So much wisdom in this episode.

https://www.drhappy.com.au/

https://www.instagram.com/thehappinessinstitute/

https://www.facebook.com/TheHappinessInstitute/

Lifeline 13 11 14

https://www.lifeline.org.au/

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The information provided on this Podcast is for general educational purposes only, and is to be used at your sole risk. We are not liable for any reliance on this information, and it is not a substitute for professional medical advice. We recommend you seek a medical or healthcare professional if you are seeking advice, diagnosis or treatment.

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Eryka Rhodes, founder and owner of Looking Forward Counselling and Mindfulness, gives us an insider’s view on the important role counsellors can play in helping us with our mental health. I love Eryka’s mindful approach and authenticity, and especially how she begins by sharing the bodily sensations and future thinking that bubbled away for her in the lead up to this, her first podcast interview; and what she did in response. In addition to her wonderful work with adults in private practice, Eryka is a secondary school counsellor. She pulls back the curtain on adolescent thinking, the window of engagement, how she supports adolescents to bring calm to their experience when anxiety and distress are high, how to recognise our inner critic and our inner coach, self-harm in secondary students, and the many ways counsellors offer support in times of need. Enjoy.

http://mindfullyyou.com.au/

https://www.instagram.com/mindfully_u/

https://au.reachout.com/

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

https://michellemitchell.org/self-harm/

https://www.happyfamilies.com.au/

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Content warning – suicide.

You’d be forgiven for thinking that a podcast episode about suicide would be hard to listen to; my hope is that this episode changes your mind. My guest this week, the wonderful Dannielle Miller OAM, shares her expertise around this hard-to-talk-about, highly sensitive topic, with such conviction and compassion you’ll finish the episode feeling empowered.

There are countless take-aways from this conversation, many could help save a life. Dannielle helps us to understand the complex factors that can ultimately lead a person to want to end their life (it’s never just one); the importance of compassionate, open and honest conversations and how we can all learn to be suicide first-aiders; suicide contagion and why the media rules around suicide are in place; she shines a bright light on suicide myths so they no longer get in the way of our understanding and action and so much more. This is an episode for all of us, and especially for those of us who are parents, but if it’s not for you I completely understand.

Dannielle Miller OAM is the co-founder and CEO of Enlighten Education, a best-selling author, teen educator, speaker, media commentator and Director of Education and Special Projects at Women’s Community Shelters. In 2021 Dannielle was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to education, to woman, and youth. In 2018 she was one of four Finalists for the NSW Premier’s Award for Woman of the Year, and the winner of the Suicide Prevention Australia Life Award for excellence in media reporting. Dannielle also launched the global social change initiative, The School Toilet Project, encouraging schools to let students reimagine these often bleak spaces.

www.danniellemiller.com

https://www.enlighteneducation.com/

https://www.instagram.com/danniellemiller/

https://www.facebook.com/Enlighten-Education-38293082169

Helplines and services:

Lifeline

13 11 14

Kids Helpline

https://kidshelpline.com.au/

1800 55 1800

Living Works

The world leader in suicide intervention training

https://www.livingworks.com.au/

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