Coming to the realization that all one's thinking isn't true can be a major breakthrough for the anxiety clearing process! Anxiety is very loud and very demanding and we tend to jump when it speaks. Today Gina points the way to teasing out the anxious thoughts from the wise mind. Quote: When speaking about intrusive thoughts on one of our group coaching calls one member said: "Remember these are FAKE thoughts". -ACP Group Coaching Member To learn more go to: Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini ...
Feb 21, 2018•16 min•Ep. 380
Gina shares an "ah-ha" moment from a client! "When the shame is taken away, a natural learning from mistakes happens anyways - so my mind doesn't need to worry about that. This is a big piece of the anxiety recovery for me, I think! Confidence + handling uncertainty". Quote: It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something. -Ornette Coleman To learn more go to: Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety ? Learn more about your ad choice...
Feb 18, 2018•17 min•Ep. 379
Mindfulness is much bigger than you think. If you have moments or days where you feel your mind is like a snow globe of whirling glitter, have difficulty focusing or have a life that is just too full of "to dos" you are in the right place today :) Quote: There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind—you are the one who hears it. -Michael Singer To learn more go to: Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety ? Lin...
Feb 14, 2018•17 min•Ep. 378
Has Dr. Google ever given you a sense of relief and wellbeing? Maybe it's time to let this doc go for good. Join in today's episode and find the actions you can take to end this disfunctional relationship! Anxiety will draw you to the search bar and you will have to use your awareness and your wise mind to step away from the computer. Quote: Meditation, because some questions can't be answered by Google. -Anonymous To learn more go to: Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What...
Feb 11, 2018•21 min•Ep. 377
Gratitude isn't just a nice idea it's healthy for your mind and your body. In today's episode, Gina reviews an article by Dr. Joe Mercola and his take on all the mental and physical health benefits gratitude has to offer. Quote: Gratitude is so close to the bone of life, pure and true, that it instantly stops the rational mind, and all its planning and plotting. -Regina Sara Ryan To learn more go to: Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety ? Links Mentioned in tod...
Feb 07, 2018•20 min•Ep. 376
If you are on off or tapering from anti-anxiety medications or antidepressants meditation you are in the right place to learn the lifestyle changes you can make for your well being! Diet, exercise, meditation, relaxation and getting reacquainted with your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) again are the tools we teach here and you are welcome to join us! Quote When you live by accident anxiety is natural -Sadhguru To learn more go to: Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership...
Feb 04, 2018•22 min•Ep. 375
Kids and adults alike exhibit many signs and symptoms when challenged with anxiety. Listen in to this episode as Gina discusses the 15 signs from an article by Karen Young on kids and anxiety. Interestingly enough these are not only experienced by kids so listen in! :) Link to the article mentioned in today's episode: https://www.heysigmund.com/anxiety-in-children-things-kids-say-that-could-mean-im-anxious/ Quote: If one going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by th...
Jan 31, 2018•15 min•Ep. 1228
Action Steps to separate worry from problem-solving. Today Gina takes a look at the difference and how we can move into problem-solving when we find ourselves on the path to worrying. Use awareness, pausing at the crossroads, sorting out what we have control over and much more! Quote: Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. -Corrie Ten Boom To learn more go to: Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety ? Learn more about your a...
Jan 28, 2018•18 min•Ep. 373
Over-dependence on another can become a bad habit when entrenched in anxiety-panic. Today Gina takes a look at changes that Matana Williams took to move out of this anxious behavior. Today's Quote: Suffering is not holding you. You are holding suffering. When you become good at the art of letting sufferings go, then you’ll come to realize how unnecessary it was for you to drag those burdens around with you. You’ll see that no one else other than you was responsible. The truth is that existence w...
Jan 24, 2018•17 min•Ep. 372
Anxiety and love and what we can do to take responsibility for our own thoughts and actions. Today Gina has returning guest Thom Rutledge for some spot-on wisdom and thoughts from Thom's new book What Love Is. If you missed his other episodes check those out too :) 285: LISTEN TO WHAT THE ANXIETY IS SAYING WITH THOM RUTLEDGE and 204: EMBRACING FEAR AND ANXIETY WITH THOM RUTLEDGE Mentioned in today's episode: Thom Rutledge Website https://www.thomrutledge.com/ His New Book What Love Is What Love ...
Jan 21, 2018•25 min•Ep. 371
So many of our thoughts are subconscious or we are not aware of them and in many many ways that is a good thing. We also tend, when we are challenged with anxiety, to put many thoughts into our subconscious without any awareness of what we are thinking this is adding fuel to our anxious negative thinking. Today Gina talks about how to use our awareness and consciousness to help erase some of that anxious negativity. Quote: The biggest quality in successful people, I think, is an impatience with ...
Jan 17, 2018•21 min•Ep. 370
Living in the future and in a scary anxious future robs us twice! We lose the present moment where we are safe and sound and then we also submit ourselves to a horror "what if" in the future that is not even here. Join in for two questions to help turn this around and get you back to present moment living. Quote: The future has many names. For the weak it is unattainable. For the fearful it is the unknown. For the bold it is opportunity. -Victor Hugo To learn more go to: Join our Group Coaching ...
Jan 14, 2018•20 min•Ep. 369
Psychology Today says Agoraphobia is translated from Greek as "fear of the marketplace," agoraphobia involves intense fear and anxiety to a real or anticipated place or situation where escape might be difficult. Gina covers some steps you can take to start walking out of agoraphobia and anxiety. Quote: It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives. -Thomas Merton To learn more go to: Joi...
Jan 10, 2018•19 min•Ep. 368
Sometimes we get surprised by a surge of stress or anxiety today's episode suggests 5 simple ways to reignite your parasympathetic nervous system for peace and calm! Mentioned in today's episode: Rick Hanson was our guest on episode 176 and my favorite book of his is Buddha's Brain so I highly recommend you give it a try if you are interested in neuroscience meets mindfulness! Quote: Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your...
Jan 07, 2018•16 min•Ep. 367
If you find yourself resistant to what is and your anxiety ramping up try these 4 tips: 1) Let it go; really like holding a hot rock...let go! surrender on a tough day; stop fighting. There is no resolution in the fight so give yourself permission to stop fighting. 2) Float; doesn't require practice, and works better with less force: like an inner inactivity. Remember how to float in the water...you have to relax your muscles and let go...this is just the same! 3) Practice Acceptance: allow the ...
Jan 03, 2018•18 min•Ep. 366
Coming to terms with the idea that we all as humans have feelings of discomfort, disappointment, and inadequacy we can begin to let go of feeling like victims and have real self-compassion which helps to interrupt the fear -anxiety-fear cycle! Quote: When we’re in touch with our common humanity, we remember that feelings of inadequacy and disappointment are universal. This is what distinguishes self-compassion from self-pity. While self-pity says “poor me,” self-compassion recognizes suffering i...
Dec 31, 2017•17 min•Ep. 365
How we look at and relate to anxiety had a profound impact on our stress levels. Today we consider bringing more compassion and acceptance to our daily dealings with Mr.Anxiety. Quote: Sometimes the door closes on a relationship, not because we failed but because something bigger than us says this no longer fits our life. So, lock the door, shed a tear, turn around and look for the new door that’s opened. It’s a sign that you’re no longer that person you were, it’s time to change into who you ar...
Dec 27, 2017•20 min•Ep. 364
Gina takes a look at health anxiety and the challenge with the doctors not finding any physical disease or affliction. Learning that the mind is indeed causing these physical sensations is key in today's episode. Quote: Live in joy even though you have all the facts. -Mother Teresa To learn more go to: Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety ? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califor...
Dec 24, 2017•15 min•Ep. 363
Seasonal Affective Disorder, SAD or simply the winter blues can exacerbate anxiety symptoms and sensations. Today Gina shares a number of ways to work around the lack of sun exposure in the winter months. Resources: Link to Dr. Mercola's article on SAD http://bit.ly/2k8F0Ia Quote: Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. ...
Dec 20, 2017•19 min•Ep. 362
Chronic anxiety and panic can be intertwined with exhaustion and fatigue. Listen in today to learn the role exhaustion and fatigue play in your anxiety. 3 Steps To Relieve Your Anxiety Fatigue 1) Get into a regular pattern of meditation and have good sleep hygiene 2) Eat real foods, avoid refined foods and sugar 3) Do an activity, such as going for a walk, something good for the body, which will help it get back to baseline -the exhaustion and fatigue can be a coping mechanism for the body (to a...
Dec 17, 2017•17 min•Ep. 361
In today's episode, Gina takes a look at 3 ways of eating that can be contributing to anxiety-panic. While you may have thought of these particular ways we often need reminders to help us change our old ways to get out of an old habit! Quote: Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find. -Ann Patchett To learn more go to: Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program What is anxiety ? http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/what Learn mor...
Dec 13, 2017•20 min•Ep. 360
Ever wonder how long it is going to take to clear your anxiety-panic or recover? Listen in to today's episode and discover how anxiety has many phases and how to stay the course for fully clearing it! Quote: The beliefs, thoughts, ideas, and emotions you bring to every moment influence those moments in wholly unpredictable ways. In lieu of certainty in the recovery process, develop certainty in how you show up for it. -Michele Rosenthal To learn more go to: Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini ...
Dec 10, 2017•20 min•Ep. 359
Many will be traveling this holiday season. if you find this extra stressful or ramping up your anxiety join in and listen to today's episode for some awesome mindful travel tips! Quote: People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering. -St. Augustine 5 Tips to Practice While Traveling Take your time Be wi...
Dec 06, 2017•19 min•Ep. 358
Today, Coach Gina takes a look at how we drop into isolation and how it can work against us as we move through the phases of clearing anxiety-panic. Today's tip for making progress is to go on a weekly adventure: museum, zoo, train ride, etc, over time you can go to bigger things (such as a concert). A part time job, a church, a hobby, all could be useful. Quote: It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of c...
Dec 03, 2017•17 min•Ep. 357
In this episode, Coach Gina explores the importance of shifting out of anxiety focused living. If you are seeing things through an attitude of gratitude lens, your experience of the world is by default much more peaceful. Your thoughts can act as self-fulfilling prophecies, especially with expectations of anxiety (based on plans for future actions or environments). Not everyone is aware of their expectations for anxiety and that they help precipitate anxious states. Action steps to change the an...
Nov 29, 2017•15 min•Ep. 356
Relaxation! If you think you can't do it listen in for some super easy ideas for relaxing no matter where you are. Using your body as the means to convey the message that all is well. Quote: Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are. -Pema Chödrön To learn more go to: What is anxiety ? http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/what-is-anxiety/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
Nov 26, 2017•16 min•Ep. 355
What to do when you are faced with your medications no longer working? Everything we do here at Anxiety Coaches Podcast can be done if you are on or not on medications. Today Gina answers a question a listener sent to us on the Send Us a Voicemail Tab on the website . Send us YOUR question and Gina may answer it on the show! Resource Mentioned: Hope and Help For Your Nerves http://amzn.to/2zBLury Quote: The hope that is left after all your hopes are gone -- that is pure hope, rooted in the heart...
Nov 22, 2017•18 min•Ep. 354
Where is your focus? Listen in today and hear how a focus on gratitude can be a salve to your soul and move you away from fearful thinking. -Four action steps to take to use gratitude to help with anxiety 1) Journaling 2) Be consistent (make a good habit out of it) 3) Be easy on yourself 4) Don't be superficial Quote: Gratitude brings us home to ourselves. -Guri Mehta Resource Mentioned: Joy On Demand http://amzn.to/2yxu38v To learn more go to: What is anxiety ? http://www.theanxietycoachespodca...
Nov 19, 2017•17 min•Ep. 353
Today's episode we have a listener question from the Send Voicemail Tab on our website . Kellie asks about how to deal with building anxiety when in a social setting. If you would like to leave a question or a comment go to the homepage of our website and tell us! Quote: We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. -Marcel Proust To learn more go to: What is anxiety ? http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/what-is-anxiety/ L...
Nov 15, 2017•20 min•Ep. 352
Use your digital detox as an awareness practice! We love our screens and they serve us well let's keep it that way with awareness. Article mentioned in today's episode Digital Detox Quote: One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress. – Viggo M...
Nov 12, 2017•20 min•Ep. 351
