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In today's episode, Gina discusses the causes of negative self-talk, especially for the anxious, and shares techniques for reducing and eliminating such self-talk. Replacing such negative self-talk with affirmative self-talk can be very helpful. Several examples of both negative and positive self-talk are included as are strategies for reducing the negative thoughts and strengthening the positive thoughts. EverlyWell Check out the healthy Everlywell offer for listeners of the show, Everlywell i...

In today's episode, Gina shares eight possible solutions for morning anxiety. Waking up earlier is one of the first tips and helps enable one to enact some of the other solutions more readily. Our frequent friends meditation and exercise are included, as is the ever so important of increasing time offline. Listen in to hear the rest of these invaluable tips and reduce morning anxiety today! BetterHelp Better Help is bringing you thousands of counselors for your therapy needs and 10% off your fi...

In today's episode, Gina shares eight possible solutions for morning anxiety. Waking up earlier is one of the first tips and helps enable one to enact some of the other solutions more readily. Our frequent friends meditation and exercise are included, as is the ever so important of increasing time offline. Listen in to hear the rest of these invaluable tips and reduce morning anxiety today! BetterHelp Better Help is bringing you thousands of counselors for your therapy needs and 10% off your fi...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the mindset of perfectionism and how it can contribute to chronic anxiety.

In today's episode, Gina discusses the mindset of perfectionism and how it can contribute to chronic anxiety. Holding yourself to unrealistically high standards leads to perpetual self-criticism and self-attack and self-denigration. Listen in for tips on how to minimize perfectionism and alleviate unnecessary anxiety. Naked Nutrition Go to https://nakednutrition.com/ and use PROMO CODE ACP to get 15% off on your first order at checkout. Link to the article mentioned in today's episode The Ulti...

In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question regarding an elephant on the throat. Solutions to physical symptoms such as this are suggested, including substantial emphasis on self-care. The listener mentions the use of food as a self-comfort...

In today's episode, Gina shares statements and sayings with listeners that can help provide peace and calm when anxiety starts to intrude.  Gina recommends committing some of these peaceful, coping thoughts to memory so that they may be drawn...

In today's episode, Gina discusses feelings and thoughts of unworthiness and how they affect anxiety.  Advice regarding how to handle these thoughts and feelings and avoid them is provided.  Through self-love and self-compassion we are able...

In today's episode, Gina shares some actionable steps you can take to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and immediately increase your sense of peace and calm.  Learning to reside with the rest and digest side of your nervous system...

In today's episode, Gina shares some wisdom regarding the possible benefits inherent in the anxiety struggle, particularly in terms of building lifelong resilience.  Four specific techniques are shared to enable this process of learning from the...

In today's episode, Gina shares five methods for reducing people pleasing behaviors and the anxiety related to people pleasing.  Not everyone with anxiety is a people pleaser, but very often anxiety accompanies those with people pleasing...

In today's episode, Gina discusses how attachment to thoughts increases our experience of anxiety.  This is a frequent, core cause of chronic anxiety.  A number of techniques to grow out of this tendency are included, in particular, a simple...

In today's episode, Gina discusses adrenal fatigue and stress.  The symptoms of adrenal fatigue are identified (such as brain fog and weakness) as are ways to avoid it.  How to heal from adrenal fatigue after it has set in is also discussed...

In today's episode, Gina discusses a phenomenon in which anxiety increases to stress in a delayed manner.  Understanding this phenomenon can help you better respond to the stress and anxiety and know that you are alright.  This phenomenon is...

In today's episode, Gina discusses tips for handling life's challenges with a positive attitude.  Using the salve of positivity, we can absorb the difficulties and stress life throws at us with greater ease.  Doing this will help lessen the...

In today's episode, Gina discusses a key driving factor in chronic anxiety:  second fear.  The nature of how second fear drives anxiety is discussed as are methods for removing the threat of second fear, namely acceptance.  By accepting...

In today's episode, Gina offers listeners a thinking technique for reducing and eliminating unhappiness and anxiety.  Learning to embrace the things we have in life and seeing the beauty and blessings around us can help us cultivate a sense of...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the effects of anxiety on stomach issues, IBS and indigestion.  Activation of the sympathetic nervous system and our fight or flight response can have dramatic effects on our digestive system.  Four steps...

In this episode, Gina discusses how attachment to the world, our experience and various entities can substantially impact (increase) our anxiety.  Gina draws a clear distinction between attachment and acceptance and suggests that acceptance is...

In today's episode, Gina shares 12 activities that will help you reduce stress.  High stress is a common cause of anxiety and there are many easy ways to reduce the total amount of stress in our lives.  Listen in for easy to implement steps...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the behavior of excessively seeking reassurance. Anxiety sufferers often find comfort in seeking reassurance and fall into excessive behavior. Learn how to identify excessive reassurance seeking and how to remedy it!...

In today's episode, Gina responds to a listener email about medication withdrawal and the waves of suffering this can cause in an individual's experience.  Using natural approaches to maintain our health and well-being can be highly...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the vast topic of social anxiety.  In particular, there is a focus on how overthinking can aggravate our social anxiety.  Advice on how to think as we go about our lives in social situations is provided to...

In today's episode Gina talks about the inevitable revisiting of the anxiety wormhole as we progress in our healing.  It is natural and common to experience temporary setbacks as we grow through our experience of anxiety-panic.  Gina...