Sign up for Owning It: Real Time HERE My son was very ill last week so I had to cancel four recordings (sob) so alas it is another solo episode but given the theme of my week I've decided it's time to talk about emetophobia - or a lighter version of that which I think I experience - which is the fear of vomiting. Here I discuss the characteristics of emetophobia, how I handle looking after my son when he's unwell and how I coped through my own recent experience of feeling that I would, any minut...
May 02, 2023•24 min•Season 11Ep. 11
Access Owning It Real Time HERE This week my guest is the mega bestselling author of Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman. We talk about anxiety around time, productivity, the anxiety of getting on top of things, how to accept the reality that we will never fully get on top of things and so much more. We discuss the difference between fulfilment and happiness and how curiosity might be your most powerful tool when experiencing future oriented anxiety. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of m...
Apr 23, 2023•52 min
The original Real Time Rescue that inspired the Real Time series. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Everything I Wish I'd Known About Anxiety: A Roadmap out of the Overwhelm and Back to Yourself here Follow me on Instagram @CarolineForan and @OwningItPodcas t, on Tik Tok here Subscribe to my weekly Substack here (not always anxiety related, often parenting related) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Apr 18, 2023•23 min
Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE . Join me and Stefanie Preissner as we discuss everything from her autism diagnosis, her anxiety post partum, her journey to becoming a mother and the fear of saying the wrong thing. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Everything I Wish I'd Known About Anxiety: A Roadmap out of the Overwhelm and Back to Yourself here Follow me on Instagram @CarolineForan and @OwningItPodcas t, on Tik Tok here Subscribe to my weekly Substack here (not always...
Apr 17, 2023•53 min•Season 11Ep. 9
Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE This is a solo episode where I bring listeners up to date on how I've been feeling with anxiety and depression. Depression is a new experience for me but one that has been very much due to circumstance lately. Here I talk about parenting anxiety, parenting your anxious child and the basic necessities of self care when all else goes out the window. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Everything I Wish I'd Known About Anxiety: A Roadmap out o...
Apr 03, 2023•32 min•Season 11Ep. 8
Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE This is an episode I recorded a few weeks ago with the brilliant Dr Leah Katz. She's a clinical psychologist and bestselling author (her book is called Gutsy), she's been on the show before to talk about people pleasing, but here we are talking about relationship anxiety, but more specifically anxiety in our friendships which I think is a hugely under explored topic. We also touch on how to communicate your actual anxiety either to a friend or in a romantic re...
Mar 27, 2023•39 min•Season 11Ep. 7
This is an extra special piece of bonus content brought to you in partnership with E.ON Next. If you heard my episode with climate psychologist Caroline Hickman, you’ll know that they have created something of an audio toolkit for when eco-anxiety, or anxiety at large, starts to mount. And that’s what we have for you today - a mindfulness meditation. Here for you when you need to reduce stress, address anxiety and improve your well-being. So if you feel you need it now, or at a later date, this ...
Mar 10, 2023•12 min
Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE Join me and Caroline Hickman, a lecturer in social work and climate psychology at the University of Bath as we unpack the subject of Eco-anxiety, In partnership with E.ON NEXT - the energy provider powering space for change in a mission to tackle eco-anxiety. Eco Anxiety is very real. The overwhelming majority of my listeners are very stressed about the future and the frightening implications of climate change. This can motivate us to take action. However, it ...
Mar 10, 2023•50 min•Season 11Ep. 6
Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE Join me and Clinical Psychologist Dr Rebecca Quin on Owning It as we unpack the subject of separation anxiety - something I've experienced as a child myself, as an adult and something I'm navigating right now with my son. For more on Dr Rebecca, check out her website . Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Everything I Wish I'd Known About Anxiety: A Roadmap out of the Overwhelm and Back to Yourself here Follow me on Instagram @CarolineForan ...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr•Season 11Ep. 5
Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE TW: We discuss suicide in this episode. This week on Owning It I am joined by a former uni classmate of mine, Yvonne Keane (now an incredible photographer) who shares with me her experience of being diagnosed with bipolar. The anxiety and depression that preceded the diagnosis for Yvonne, what life with bipolar is like for her, a mother of one, the anxiety around getting such a diagnosis and how we can better support those in our lives who have been diagnosed ...
Feb 20, 2023•59 min•Season 11Ep. 4
Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE For this episode I am joined by author of The Career Change Guide Rachel Schofield to talk about career change anxiety. We are anxious about change but there's rarely as significant a life change we're all likely to make as when we change up our work. Maybe you're wanting an entire overhaul in a new direction or you're wanting to start that business you've always thought would be worth doing but fear and anxiety have held you back. Here, Rachel answers your qu...
Feb 13, 2023•56 min•Season 11Ep. 3
Sign up for Owning It Real Time HERE In this episode of Owning It, I am joined by the lovely Rosanna Davison, former Miss World, best-selling author, nutritionist, mother and fertility spokesperson. She shares her incredible journey of fertility with me from the perspective of anxiety. The anxiety of not knowing if you'll get pregnant, the anxiety of looking for a reason as to why you're experiencing miscarriages, the anxiety of not knowing how your future will look and coming to terms with poss...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr•Season 11Ep. 2
Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE In this episode I am joined by behavioural specialist expert Padraig Walsh to understanding our hot brain versus our cold brain and how we move from one to the other. It's a really helpful framework for understanding anxiety and there's lots more in here about CBT, as well as several practical tools you can apply right away. Padraig works with Actualise Academy . Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Everything I Wish I'd Known About Anxiety:...
Feb 02, 2023•52 min•Season 11Ep. 1
Sign up and access this episode within Owning It Real Time HERE . This was the original real time panic attack rescue episode that inspired the Owning It Real Time series. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Everything I Wish I'd Known About Anxiety: A Roadmap out of the Overwhelm and Back to Yourself here Follow me on Instagram @CarolineForan and @OwningItPodcas t, on Tik Tok here Subscribe to my weekly Substack here (not always anxiety related, often parenting related) Supp...
Jan 17, 2023•1 min
Access Owning It Real Time HERE Republishing one from the archives as it is one of my most listened to, and therefore most helpful episodes of all time. I think this might be the most insightful and informative episode I've shared to date where Dr Michael Keane, Behavioural Neuroscientist and founder of actualise.ie, talks me through exactly how our brain functions when it comes to anxiety and how we are best posed to take back control. I've never had someone explain how our brains work and how ...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Access Owning It Real Time HERE Let me introduce you to Owning It Real Time, helping you own your anxiety precisely as it's happening for you, across 10 different scenarios. Learn what the new series involves, how it helps and enjoy a taster of one of the audio guides for free. Owning It Real Time features 10 situation specific audio guides. Never more than 10 minutes long and entirely ad and sponsorship free, you can sign up here for a one time payment of 10 euro on Acast Plus and then simply c...
Jan 08, 2023•19 min•Season 10Ep. 14
Access Owning It Real Time HERE In this Owning It Real Time audio guide, I step through the experience of a surge of overwhelm/anxiety at work which can feel doubly anxiety inducing for the very fact that you're at work. While you can't quite crawl under your duvet, there are things we can do together to help you find some calm, diffusing the anxiety, meeting yourself where you're at before setting you up to return to work feeling a little more at ease. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of...
Jan 01, 2023•10 min
Access Owning It Real Time HERE In this audio guide I walk through the specific scenario of feeling anxious right before you do something that scares you, be it public speaking, giving a speech or lots of other scenarios where this would apply. I stick with the example of public speaking but it will be relevant to anything where there is a performance involved. Move through that pre event anxiety with me and turn it into your motivation. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Ev...
Jan 01, 2023•10 min
Access Owning It Real Time HERE What do you do when you get hit with the fear of the fear? In this audio guide, I try to help you neutralise the fear that anxiety will always hold you back or define your life. We work on shifting your perception of anxiety and your ideas of what it means to overcome it. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Everything I Wish I'd Known About Anxiety: A Roadmap out of the Overwhelm and Back to Yourself here Follow me on Instagram @CarolineForan a...
Jan 01, 2023•10 min
Access Owning It Real Time HERE Waking up with anxiety first thing in the morning is a horrible feeling, but it makes a lot of sense when you understand the hormones at play. In this specific audio guide, I walk you through the experience of morning anxiety as it's happening, helping to set you up for a calmer day. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Everything I Wish I'd Known About Anxiety: A Roadmap out of the Overwhelm and Back to Yourself here Follow me on Instagram @Car...
Jan 01, 2023•10 min
Access Owning It Real Time HERE Overwhelmed on a bus? Panicked at a concert? Plug in your earphones and find some real time reassurance with this audio guide. The aim is to help you in the moment, as well as helping you move beyond it and how to approach the next time you find yourself in a similar situation. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Everything I Wish I'd Known About Anxiety: A Roadmap out of the Overwhelm and Back to Yourself here Follow me on Instagram @CarolineF...
Jan 01, 2023•10 min
Access Owning It Real Time HERE Socially anxious? This is the Owning It Real Time audio guide for you where host Caroline Foran talks through what social anxiety feels like, why we feel it, how normal it is and offers ways to soothe the listener in the aftermath of a socially anxious or experience as well as prepping you ahead of one. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Everything I Wish I'd Known About Anxiety: A Roadmap out of the Overwhelm and Back to Yourself here Follow ...
Jan 01, 2023•11 min
Access Owning It Real Time HERE In this audio guide as part of Owning It Real Time, I step through the feelings of anxiety as or after you scroll on social media as well as consuming the news in high volume via your smart phone. There are many reasons why this can make us feel anxious but here I hone in on our threat response being activated by negative news and the impacts of social comparison. Together we address the anxiety, unpack why you're feeling it and try to settle the mind and body so ...
Jan 01, 2023•12 min
Access Owning It Real Time HERE This guide is for a panic attack that can strike you whenever, wherever, the situation here is less specific, but how you approach it - or how I would always have approached it, once I better understood how to get through it, is specific. Own your panic attack as it's happening with Owning It Real Time, where I walk you through the anxiety in the moment. With understanding, compassion and acceptance, we move beyond the panic attack, setting you up for a calmer day...
Jan 01, 2023•9 min
Access Owning It Real Time HERE Anxiety at night is very different to our experience of anxiety in the middle of the day and in this audio guide, I explain why. From the pressure to get back to sleep and the spiralling thoughts about things you need to do or are worried about, it can be tricky to move beyond, but this Owning It Real Time track will be a huge help. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Everything I Wish I'd Known About Anxiety: A Roadmap out of the Overwhelm and...
Jan 01, 2023•10 min
Access Owning It Real Time HERE In this Owning It Real Time audio guide, I step through the experience of anxiety at the end of the day, before you go to bed. There are a few factors at play here that give rise to anxiety and understanding them before soothing the body can really help to settle me down for a rest. I hope it will be the same for you. Order yourself (or for a friend) a copy of my new book, Everything I Wish I'd Known About Anxiety: A Roadmap out of the Overwhelm and Back to Yourse...
Jan 01, 2023•11 min
Access Owning It Real Time HERE This episode of Owning It explores the subject of grief, with my dear friend Robyn Byrne. Having lost her mother almost a year ago now, Robyn teaches me about anxiety in relation to grief, how it very much can be a feature of grief (when you may not necessarily suspect it) and how it manifests for her, as well as how she's moving through it one day at a time. I hope this episode will be helpful to anyone in the midst of a grieving process or for someone trying to ...
Dec 05, 2022•56 min•Season 10Ep. 13
Access Owning It Real Time HERE This is a must listen for parents of teens, teens themselves and anyone who experienced anxiety when they were a teenager. I am joined by psychologist Dr Aoife Durcan ( @HighlySensitivePsychologist ) as she helps me better understand the teenage brain, our window of tolerance, how it might be for a more sensitive child growing into their teenage years, how parents can support their teenager who is struggling with anxiety, how and why anxiety is presenting during t...
Nov 28, 2022•57 min•Season 9Ep. 12
Access Owning It Real Time HERE Time for another solo episode - don't worry, I haven't given up on guests - and this time I am discussing the very real impact that social media - Instagram in particular - is having on my daily anxiety at the moment. From social comparison to feelings of not doing enough or imposter syndrome, I have come to the conclusion that social media might be the main fuel behind these uncomfortable feelings. I asked my followers if they were feeling similar and among other...
Nov 21, 2022•24 min•Season 9Ep. 11
Access Owning It Real Time HERE Under the weather? Cold or flu? Being physically unwell with a seasonal sickness that we are all experiencing a lot of as winter sets in can be such a huge vulnerability factor that gives rise to more feelings of anxiety. In this solo episode I share my experience being unwell and how my anxiety relates, how it impacts me and what I do to own it as and when it happens. Be sure to sign up to Owning It Real Time below with Acast Plus and follow me at @ OwningItPodca...
Nov 14, 2022•24 min•Season 9Ep. 10
