Podcast Episodes Catalog
March 29, 2023
912: The Power of Gratitude: How It Affects the Reticular Activating System
In today's episode, Gina discusses a critical part of the brain involved in how sensory information affects your anxiety. Known as the reticular activating system or RAS, this brain system can be implicated in both hyperarous...
March 26, 2023
911: Caring for Your Mind: The Vitality of Self-Care
Gina shares a number of self-care practices from a variety of different life categories. This list is truly comprehensive and there may be self-care suggestions that you have yet to hear in this episode. From intellectual and environmental, to social and cultural, you are bound to find some self-…
March 26, 2023
911: Caring for Your Mind: The Vitality of Self-Care
In today's episode, Gina shares a number of self-care practices from a variety of different life categories. This list is truly comprehensive and there may be self-care suggestions that you have yet to hear in this episode. F...
March 22, 2023
910: Understanding the Stress Response: How Your Brain Reacts to Threats
Gina discusses how the brain reacts to threats and how we can use this knowledge to enhance our resilience. Threats in our environment activate the amygdala which in turn actives our bodily fight or flight response. This can include a hormonal cascade that will enhance our ability to run away fro…
March 22, 2023
910: Understanding the Stress Response: How Your Brain Reacts to Threats
In today's episode, Gina discusses how the brain reacts to threats and how we can use this knowledge to enhance our resilience. Threats in our environment activate the amygdala which in turn actives our bodily fight or flight...
March 19, 2023
909: 6 Ways to Stay Positive When Everyone Else is Negative
In today's episode, Gina shares six strategies for staying positive even in negative social environments. Staying aloof and focusing on your self are some of the ways we can protect ourselves in such situations. Seeking out o...
March 19, 2023
909: 6 Ways to Stay Positive When Everyone Else is Negative
In today's episode, Gina shares six strategies for staying positive even in negative social environments. Staying aloof and focusing on your self are some of the ways we can protect ourselves in such situations. Seeking out o...
March 15, 2023
908: Anxious Body Anxious Mind
Gina discusses using our thoughts and our bodies to interrupt the anxiety process in the brain. Remembering that everything we are thinking is not necessarily true and seeking out facts is critical. Learn to ride out the cascade of stress hormones anxiety has triggered in you with conscious breat…
March 15, 2023
908: Anxious Body Anxious Mind
In today's episode, Gina discusses using our thoughts and our bodies to interrupt the anxiety process in the brain. Remembering that everything we are thinking is not necessarily true and seeking out facts is critical. Learn ...
March 12, 2023
907: 11 Ways to Live in the Moment
Gina shares eleven different practices for living in the present moment. Using these techniques, anyone can cultivate a deeper connection with themselves, the environment and the present moment. Letting go of the past and avoiding placing our attention on the future can have profound benefits for…
March 12, 2023
907: 11 Ways to Live in the Moment
In today's episode, Gina shares eleven different practices for living in the present moment. Using these techniques, anyone can cultivate a deeper connection with themselves, the environment and the present moment. Letting go...
March 8, 2023
906: 10 Minute Peaceful Morning Mini Practice
Gina shares an easy to use process for incorporating peaceful, mindful moments into your day. Specifically, this customizable practice begins in the morning shortly after waking. Even the busiest listeners will be able to implement this practice with ease. Listen in and increase your mindfulness…
March 8, 2023
906: 10 Minute Peaceful Morning Mini Practice
In today's episode, Gina shares an easy to use process for incorporating peaceful, mindful moments into your day. Specifically, this customizable practice begins in the morning shortly after waking. Even the busiest listeners...
March 5, 2023
905: Over The Counter Medications and Anxiety
In today's episode, Gina discusses common over the counter and prescription medications that can cause anxiety symptoms. This is essential knowledge for anyone suffering from anxiety as overcoming your anxiety could be as simple as terminating a non-essential drug. Listen in to find out which of th…
March 5, 2023
905: Over The Counter Medications and Anxiety
In today's episode, Gina discusses common over the counter and prescription medications that can cause anxiety symptoms. This is essential knowledge for anyone suffering from anxiety as overcoming your anxiety could be as sim...
March 1, 2023
904: Strategies for Reducing Stress About Sleep
Gina discusses a number of ways to tame your response to sleepless moments in the middle of the night. Through reducing our stress response to those moments in which we find ourselves awoken from sleep long before our day begins we can reduce the adverse consequences these sleepless moments have o…
March 1, 2023
904: Strategies for Reducing Stress About Sleep
In today's episode, Gina discusses a number of ways to tame your response to sleepless moments in the middle of the night. Through reducing our stress response to those moments in which we find ourselves awoken from sleep lon...
Feb. 26, 2023
903: Let Go Of Anxious Victim Mentality
Gina discusses how to let go of the victim mentality that is so often associated with chronic anxiety. Identifying as a victim can have significant effects on our ability to succeed and change our lives. Five strategies for letting go of the victim mentality and gaining new power in your life are…
Feb. 26, 2023
903: Let Go Of Anxious Victim Mentality
In today's episode, Gina discusses how to let go of the victim mentality that is so often associated with chronic anxiety. Identifying as a victim can have significant effects on our ability to succeed and change our lives. F...
Feb. 22, 2023
902: Handling the Negative Messages Anxiety Speaks
Gina shares five steps to help you better handle the harmful thoughts anxiety leads us to think. Using these methods, we can better defend ourselves from the self-depreciating thoughts anxiety targets us with and also learn to prevent the thoughts altogether over time. Listen in and begin to take…
Feb. 22, 2023
902: Handling the Negative Messages Anxiety Speaks
In today's episode, Gina shares five steps to help you better handle the harmful thoughts anxiety leads us to think. Using these methods, we can better defend ourselves from the self-depreciating thoughts anxiety targets us w...
Feb. 19, 2023
901: Positive Stress For Better Health
Gina discusses the benefits of short instances of controlled stress on our bodies and our minds. A specific technique in particular is shared that can work wonders for your long term health and well-being. Learn how to reduce stress, improve immunity and circulation and increase your overall hear…
Feb. 19, 2023
901: Positive Stress For Better Health
In today's episode, Gina discusses the benefits of short instances of controlled stress on our bodies and our minds. A specific technique in particular is shared that can work wonders for your long term health and well-being....
Feb. 15, 2023
900: Anxiety Feel It To Heal It
Gina discusses the importance of facing and feeling the emotional difficulties we encounter to grow and heal in our lives. This episode draws heavily on an article from Dr. David Hanscom concerning the importance of processing emotional pain to fully integrate and overcome such pain (and keep it fr…