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Dec. 13, 2023

986: Anxietys Grip On Falling Asleep

Gina discusses the problem of anxiety and an overactive mind preventing us from falling asleep. How anxiety and an active amygdala drive fearful thinking is examined. A number of steps you can take to avoid this state at b…
Dec. 13, 2023

986: Anxietys Grip On Falling Asleep

Gina discusses the problem of anxiety and an overactive mind preventing us from falling asleep. How anxiety and an active amygdala drive fearful thinking is examined. A number of steps you can take to avoid this state at b…
Dec. 10, 2023

985: Classic ACP Reduce Anxiety By Teaching Your Body To Relax On Purpose

Gina knocks one out of the park with highly useful knowledge about how to reduce anxiety by training your body to relax at will. The problem of anxiety is defined, then steps and methods to become able to use your body's phy…
Dec. 6, 2023

984: A Mindful Exploration of Your Anxious Emotions

Gina takes listeners on a gentle exploration of anxiety related emotions. A variety of emotions and experiences encountered by those experiencing anxiety are addressed. Short term mindful responses are shared as are possib…
Dec. 3, 2023

983: The Calm Within A Lake Meditation for Anxiety Relief

Gina offers listeners a guided meditation to help listeners start or expand their meditation practice. Meditation enables us to discover the peace and calm that exist within us and to remember this calm even during times of…
Nov. 29, 2023

982: Decrease Anxious Feelings Using Accountability

Gina discusses the concept of accountability in the context of anxiety recovery. It is essential that we set realistic goals and take constructive action as we pursue anxiety relief. Journaling is touched on as a particula…
Nov. 26, 2023

981: Facing Anxiety Head on Using Exposure to Build Confidence

Gina discusses the technique of using exposure (to various anxiety provoking situations) to build confidence and enhance your recovery from anxiety. Both Dale Carnegie and Claire Weekes were known to suggest that taking act…
Nov. 22, 2023

980: Ready For Anything Building Your Panic First Aid Kit

Gina shares steps you can use to build your very own anxiety-panic first aid kit. Having easy to deploy self-care and calming practices at your fingertips can help make your experience and overcoming of anxiety-panic quicke…
Nov. 19, 2023

979: Redefining Anxiety Treatment Breathwork's Vital Role

Gina discusses the immense value of a variety of breathing techniques for anxiety recovery and mental health in general. Mainstream healthcare services fail to recommend these low cost, research backed breathing techniques …
Nov. 15, 2023

978: Compassion Meditation A Key to Stress Reduction

Gina discusses the many benefits of a Compassion Meditation practice. These benefits include reduced stress and anxiety, self-soothing and enhanced emotional resilience. A step by step guide on how to practice compassion m…
Nov. 12, 2023

977: Overwhelming Anxiety Strategies for Coping and Distraction

Gina discusses key strategies for coping with intense anxiety. Radical acceptance and realizing our power in the present moment in particular are discussed. The appropriate use of distraction is also considered, and it is …
Nov. 8, 2023

976: Anxiety at the Table How Mealtime Stress Affects Our Lives

Gina discusses the importance of maintaining a peaceful, harmonious mealtime to help alleviate stress and enhance anxiety recovery. Mealtimes can be a major source of stress and anxiety for many, especially with spouses and…
Nov. 5, 2023

975: Unseen Anxiety The Lingering Impact of Alcohol Even When Not Drinking

Gina discusses alcohol and how it can affect people with anxiety. Alcohol has a wide range of effects and can affect different individuals in different ways. One interesting paradox with alcohol is how it can suppress cort…
Nov. 1, 2023

974: The Transformative Benefits of Sharing Your Anxiety Healing Journey

Gina discusses the usefulness of sharing with others various aspects of your anxiety healing journey. Sharing the healing tools you have learned to cope and reduce your anxiety can help reinforce this knowledge in you, in a…
Oct. 29, 2023

973: Calming the Storm Within 15 Strategies for Stress-Free Living

Gina discusses a range of strategies to help you cultivate a stress-free life. These strategies are often easy to implement and can help keep any anxiety at a minimum. From building up your personal psycho-physical resilie…
Oct. 25, 2023

972: Finding Peace in the Present Moment: A Listener's Journey

Gina discusses a listener's email commenting on a previous episode about living in the present moment. This previous episode was in response to a listener question about aging and uncertainty, particularly in regard to medi…
Oct. 22, 2023

971: How Subconscious Anxiety Behaviors Impact You

Gina discusses the importance of the subconscious for our overall mental wellness. We can discount stress and other things in such a way that we are oblivious to the causes of anxiety symptoms emerging in our lives. Denial, …
Oct. 18, 2023

970: Sanctuary Trauma and Anxiety: When Safe Spaces Turn Distressing

Gina discusses the concept of sanctuary trauma, a form of trauma that occurs when an individual's safe space becomes a location of further trauma. Trauma is often involved in the development of mental health problems, inclu…
Oct. 15, 2023

969: Unmasking the Silent Stressors: How Anxiety Behaviors Drive Stress

Gina discusses common anxiety related behaviors that lead to increased stress and therefore, increased anxiety. Things like avoidance, procrastination and overthinking are behaviors that can easily exacerbate our stress and…
Oct. 11, 2023

968: Healing Metaphors How Nature's Lessons Illuminate Mental Health

Gina discusses metaphors and how to use them to understand mental health and healing. Particular healing metaphors from listener emails are included for illustrative purposes. Exercise for conceiving of your own positive m…
Oct. 8, 2023

967: Unlocking Your Soul's Healing Potential With Stillness

Gina discusses strategies for enabling your soul's inherent capacity to provide you with healing. Through increasing our time reflecting on and embracing stillness, we can increase and activate our innate healing abilities.…
Oct. 4, 2023

966: The Flip Side Of Anxiety's What If's

Gina discusses the tendency of the anxious mind to present individuals with terrifying "what if's". By so doing the anxious mind works itself up further and drives the body into fearful overdrive. In addition to deflating …
Oct. 1, 2023

965: Where Does All The Stress Go

Gina discusses what happens to stress that accumulates in our minds and bodies as we go about our lives. If we do not take time out to provide ourselves with a variety of self-care techniques, we may find this stress buildi…
Sept. 27, 2023

964: Anxiety's Modus Operandi Overestimating Threats, Underestimating Abilities

Gina focuses in on one of anxiety's most common modes of operation: exaggerating threats while underestimating one's ability to respond to such threats. With an understanding of this tendency, those suffering from anxiety c…