In today's episode, Gina shares a number of simple strategies for reducing and preventing anxiety. These tips will enable you to become more resilient in the face of stress and help you to preserve your inner peace. Listen in for these practical tips and start eliminating your anxiety today! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome sponsors! https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/sponsors/ Thank you for supporting The Anxiety Coaches Podcast. Find even...

In today's episode, Gina shares a highly effective process for preventing panic attacks. Learning these three steps can help you relax and regain your composure whenever panic sets in. Listen in and feel better today! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome sponsors! https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/sponsors/ Thank you for supporting The Anxiety Coaches Podcast. Find even more peace and calm with our Supercast premium access membership!...

In today's episode, Gina celebrates monumental 1000th episode of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast. Listen in to hear about Gina's own personal history with anxiety-panic and about the origins of the show. From humble beginnings in upstate New York, Gina has honed her coaching skills over many years and cultivated an intimate knowledge of how anxiety-panic arises and how it can be tamed and overcome. We are so happy to be able to share this wisdom with you the listeners and that the show has...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the great power of our senses to provide soothing information to our psyche. This episode will help you improve your coping abilities using the miraculous gift of your senses. From distraction to self-care, the senses, including touch, taste, hearing, smelling and seeing, are immense resources available to you in your anxiety clearing journey. Listen in and start putting them to use today! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our...

In today's episode, Gina again discusses Claire Weekes' critical step in her anxiety recovery process: acceptance. Highlighted in this episode are additional factors about the acceptance process that make it so important to overcoming anxiety. Understanding that anxiety and the emotions that go along with it are ok to experience helps bring us to the place where we can stop resisting and accept the unpleasant experience. Over time, our anxiety will be easier and easier to accept and also less...

In today's episode, Gina discusses another key aspect of Claire Weekes' approach to overcoming anxiety: acceptance. In particular, acceptance can be an effective tool by which we can combat and avoid the second fear, an aspect of psychological functioning that can increase anxiety severely. Through accepting our anxiety, we make it much less debilitating. Listen in for more insight into how to use acceptance to your anxiety recovery journey! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the benefits of taking breaks from our often constant activity. Taking time for rest, reflection and self-care can be highly beneficial for anxiety recovery. A number of journal (or thought) prompts are included for helping you gain an understanding into how helpful taking time for yourself can be and also to prime yourself to reap maximum gains from when you are able to take this time for yourself. Marilyn’s episode on ACP: 329: An Oasis in Time with Author...

In today's episode, Gina discusses some of the benevolent self-care practices that are a part of Scandinavian culture. It is very cold and dark in the winters in the northern parts of Europe and the inhabitants there have developed methods to enhance personal well-being during such times. From sharing warm beverages with friends, to spending time in nature, you are bound to find some useful practices in these practical tips from our friends in the north! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find...

In today's episode, Gina discusses minimalism and its beneficial effects on anxiety recovery. Specifically, the benefits of decluttering one's physical space are addressed, as well as decluttering one's mental and digital spaces. It is amazing how our physical and digital spaces can impact our minds and thus our anxiety. Simplifying can cleansing these spaces can be highly productive for enhancing our mental and overall wellbeing. Listen in to find out how to do this today! Please visit our...

In today's episode, Gina responds to a listener question regarding pain and its interference with anxiety recovery. Our experience of pain can inflame our anxiety and related symptoms and discomfort. This episode focuses on responding to pain and anxiety with conscientious breathing. Listen in and gather advice relating to mindful breathing and how it can help reduce anxiety today! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome...

In today's episode, Gina shares a useful journal exercise to help enable listeners to reflect on their personal growth and accomplishments over the past year. Twelve specific prompts are offered that help examine both positive and negative aspects of the year past and how we can set a positive intention for the future. Listen in and take advantage of this wonderful self-help tool that will help you progress on your path towards anxiety recovery! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the...

In today's episode, Gina shares a number of affirmations you can use to help build your self confidence and reduce anxiety. Using affirmations can help shape your mindset and guide the course of your experiences. These affirmations are designed to lead you away from the depths of anxiety and towards strength and resilience. Listen in and find some affirmations to your liking today! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome...

In today's episode, Gina reviews the phenomenon of morning anxiety and seeks to calm and soothe those who may be experiencing it with the knowledge that the occurrence is entirely natural and normal. Gina describes her own personal experience with morning anxiety and provides four tips to help listeners reduce their morning anxiety. Link to another episode about morning anxiety https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/254-soothing-morning-anxiety Great Book for further exploring...

In today's episode, Gina shares a guided meditation with listeners. It is important to take time to cultivate a sense of gratitude during this often hectic and stressful holiday season. Listen in, meditate and begin to feel more calm and peaceful through the gift of gratitude! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome sponsors! https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/sponsors/ Thank you for supporting The Anxiety Coaches Podcast. Find even more peace and...

In today's episode, Gina continues her discussion of Claire Weekes' process for overcoming anxiety, continuing to focus on the first step: facing. Specific triggers of anxiety are identified and discussed. To address anxiety, we must face our triggers head on. Discussion of the effectiveness of "exposure" to the things that we fear is included. Listen in for more information on Claire Weekes' process of facing! Link to Claire Weekes Hope and Help For Your Nerves https://amzn.to/4am8sBY Please...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the first and often overlooked step of Claire Weekes' program for overcoming anxiety: facing. By adopting an attitude of acceptance and confronting our fears, we become empowered to manage and overcome anxiety. As we begin to embody the concept that discomfort is not dangerous, we become more receptive to our anxiety sensations and are able to minimize and overcome them over time. Listen in for more details about Claire Weekes' approach to facing and...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the problem of anxiety and an overactive mind preventing us from falling asleep. How anxiety and an active amygdala drive fearful thinking is examined. A number of steps you can take to avoid this state at bed time, as well as how to calm the overexcited mind, are provided. Listen in and start falling asleep faster today! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome...

In today's episode, Gina knocks one out of the park with highly useful knowledge about how to reduce anxiety by training your body to relax at will. The problem of anxiety is defined, then steps and methods to become able to use your body's physiology to your advantage and overcome anxiety are provided. Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome sponsors! https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/sponsors/ Thank you for supporting The Anxiety Coaches...

In today's episode, Gina takes listeners on a gentle exploration of anxiety related emotions. A variety of emotions and experiences encountered by those experiencing anxiety are addressed. Short term mindful responses are shared as are possible solutions for issues that may be more deeply rooted in our psyches. Listen in an explore your own anxiety related emotional responses and gain insight and relief today! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome...

In today's episode, Gina offers listeners a guided meditation to help listeners start or expand their meditation practice. Meditation enables us to discover the peace and calm that exist within us and to remember this calm even during times of stress and upset. Listen in and experience the beautiful imagery of a natural lake setting while you dive deeper into peace and calm. Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the concept of accountability in the context of anxiety recovery. It is essential that we set realistic goals and take constructive action as we pursue anxiety relief. Journaling is touched on as a particularly helpful tool in helping cultivate accountability, though helping us keep track of past thinking and progress toward our goals. Listen in and expand your anxiety recovery toolkit today! Link to the book mentioned in the show: Joy Of Being Mindfully...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the technique of using exposure (to various anxiety provoking situations) to build confidence and enhance your recovery from anxiety. Both Dale Carnegie and Claire Weekes were known to suggest that taking action and continuing to expose oneself to various life situations will help anxiety recovery along. Replacing fear with new emotional experiences in a variety of situations over time can be very useful in overcoming anxiety. Listen in to find out how to...

In today's episode, Gina shares steps you can use to build your very own anxiety-panic first aid kit. Having easy to deploy self-care and calming practices at your fingertips can help make your experience and overcoming of anxiety-panic quicker and more tolerable. Listen in and gain insight into selecting core practices that will help you withstand even the most dramatic panic attacks and keep you progressing towards recovery and long term peace and calm. Please visit our Sponsor Page to find...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the immense value of a variety of breathing techniques for anxiety recovery and mental health in general. Mainstream healthcare services fail to recommend these low cost, research backed breathing techniques that can lead to dramatic improvements in persons suffering with chronic anxiety.. Listen in for details about the research behind these techniques and how to get started with these techniques today! Article from Z Health Education Breathing for Anxiety...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the many benefits of a Compassion Meditation practice. These benefits include reduced stress and anxiety, self-soothing and enhanced emotional resilience. A step by step guide on how to practice compassion meditation is included. Listen in and start or upgrade your meditation practice today! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome sponsors! https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/sponsors/ Thank you for supporting The...