Podcast Episodes Catalog
Oct. 30, 2024
1078: Building Resilience Through Consistent Mindfulness: Key Insights from Jon Kabat-Zinn's Wisdom
Gina shares the wisdom of Jon Kabat-Zinn regarding the value of building a mindfulness practice, especially emphasizing the importance of regularity of practice. Many people struggle with beginning a regular mindfulness pra…
Oct. 27, 2024
1077: Classic ACP How To Deal With The Fear That Anxiety Is Coming Again
Gina responds to a listener email, sharing key wisdom regarding the importance of checking the second fear or the fear of the fear of having an anxiety-panic attack. You have the ability to minimize the impact of the initial…
Oct. 23, 2024
1076: How to Stay Present in Life’s Anxious Storms
Gina discusses tools to help you stay in the present moment, even amidst the great stress and chaos life can throw at us. Many of these exercises can be put to use in your journal, including reflection to help identify anxi…
Oct. 20, 2024
1075: Releasing Worries: A Bedtime Meditation
Gina shares a powerful guided meditation to help you release your worries before sleep. Allow this soothing guided meditation to release you stress and worries from your mind and help you achieve a deeper and longer sleep. …
Oct. 16, 2024
1074: Can’t Sleep: Why Guided Meditation is Your Best Bedtime Ritual
Gina discusses the benefits of incorporating meditation into your bedtime routine before sleep. Meditation is a powerful practice that can calm the mind and reduce stress and anxiety. Meditation primes your mind and body f…
Oct. 13, 2024
1073: Classic ACP Anxiety Self Care Where To Begin
Gina discusses some of the core fundamentals of self-care. By keeping the needs of our mind, body and spirit met, we are better able to manage our well-being and any anxiety symptoms we may experience. Listen in for tips on …
Oct. 9, 2024
1072: When Worry Meets Food: Exploring the Anxiety-Disordered Eating Link Part 2
Gina finishes her discussion of the important link between anxiety and eating disorders. Anxiety can be a risk factor for developing eating disorders as eating disorders can develop as a coping mechanism to anxiety. Both c…
Oct. 6, 2024
1071: When Worry Meets Food: Exploring the Anxiety-Disordered Eating Link Part 1
Gina discusses the important connection between anxiety and eating disorders. Eating disorders are a complex topic and are relevant to anyone with anxiety, as disordered eating can be seen largely as a maladaptive coping me…
Oct. 3, 2024
Rainn Wilson With Tim Shriver on Need a Lift Podcast
Sharing an episode of Need a Lift? a show that focuses on bringing people together during a tough time in our culture.
Oct. 2, 2024
1070: When Happiness Triggers Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming Paradoxical Panic
Gina responds to a listener question about anxiety that seems to be brought about by feelings of comfort, relaxation and happiness. This is a common occurrence for people who struggle with anxiety and have been on the recov…
Sept. 29, 2024
1069: Harmony for the Soul: How Music Heals and Calms Anxiety
Gina discusses the benefits of music for those struggling with anxiety. Music can have a substantial impact on our mood, can reduce stress and increase relaxation. Listen in to learn more about the benefits of music for yo…
Sept. 25, 2024
1068: Classic ACP FEAR As False Evidence Appearing Real
Gina discusses the role of False Evidence Appearing Real for anxiety sufferers. Guidance is offered for facing and accepting the fear and how to navigate the murky waters of the fear of the fear. Understanding the fear itsel…
Sept. 22, 2024
1067: Classic ACP Use Your Body To Change Your Anxiety
Gina discusses techniques that will enable you to use easy to implement changes in your body (such as through exercise, breathing, eating, rest and sleep) to affect your mind and alleviate your anxiety symptoms. These techni…
Sept. 18, 2024
1066: Anxiety-Proof Politics: Building Resilience in Charged Times
Gina provides a helpful guide for how to navigate social media and discussions with others, especially in regard to the topic of politics. Politics is a divisive topic, especially in our present day information environment.…
Sept. 15, 2024
1065: Untangling the Anxiety Trio: Thoughts, Emotions, Feelings Part 2
Gina concludes her discussion of the differences between thoughts, emotions and feelings and how to use this knowledge to make progress clearing chronic anxiety. Five exercises are provided to help you explore what you are …
Sept. 11, 2024
1064: Untangling the Anxiety Trio: Thoughts, Emotions, Feelings Part 1
Gina defines clearly and discusses the differences between thoughts, emotions and feelings, and how these psychological factors affect our anxiety. Through understanding these aspects of how our mind works, we become endowe…
Sept. 8, 2024
1063: Building Brave: Supporting Your Child Through Anxiety and Fear
Gina responds to a listener email with a new episode about anxiety in children. A number of suggestions are included for better understanding anxiety in children as well as steps that can be taken to reduce the anxiety and …
Sept. 4, 2024
1062: How Negative Thinking Fuels Anxiety And What You Can Do About It Part 2
Gina concludes her commentary on how negative thinking corrupts our mental wellness and increases our anxiety. Accepting that negative thoughts will come to us and that we have the ability to decide how we respond to these …
Sept. 1, 2024
1061: How Negative Thinking Fuels Anxiety And What You Can Do About It Part 1
Gina discusses the adverse effects of negative thinking on our mental health. Not only does negative thinking contribute to the severity of our anxiety and reduce our ability to cope, it also reduces our general health and …
Aug. 28, 2024
1060: Classic ACP What You Need To Know About The Physical Effects Of Anxiety
Gina discusses the physiological side of anxiety and how to use our knowledge of the body to heal and clear our anxiety. A number of specific suggestions are offered for minimizing the physical effects of anxiety on the body…
Aug. 25, 2024
1059: Harnessing Your Circle of Influence For Anxiety Relief: Part 2
Gina continues her discussion of the circle of influence and how to use this concept to your advantage when learning to control and reduce your anxiety. Specific examples of how you can apply the concept of the circle of in…
Aug. 21, 2024
1058: Harnessing Your Circle of Influence For Anxiety Relief: Part 1
Gina discusses the circle of influence, popularized by Stephen Covey, and how it can be an effective tool to manage and control anxiety. The circle of influence refers to the set of factors in our lives that we have influen…
Aug. 18, 2024
1057: The Journey Starts Here: Believing in Your Ability to Overcome Anxiety
Gina discusses the importance in believing in your ability to effect change in your life and overcome anxiety. We are often overwhelmed with thoughts of disempowerment and believe we cannot help ourselves. Shifting this mi…
Aug. 14, 2024
1056: Heal Anxiety from Within: Transform Your Diet, Transform Your Mind
Gina discusses the role of diet in our overall mental wellbeing. From eliminations (like caffeine and refined sugar) to additions (like a long list of whole vegetables), a number of dietary changes that can be highly benefic…