A Healthy Push

Are you lacking the motivation to continue on your anxiety recovery journey? Surprisingly, you might be struggling to find that motivation for quite a few reasons! So today I want to share ten reasons why you might not have the motivation to recover. We'll talk about insights that will help you recognize the thoughts and behaviors that are keeping you stuck and unmotivated...and the shifts you can...

Amy is a Panic to Peace student who has struggled with anxiety since childhood. And today, she's here to share her personal journey with anxiety, panic, and agoraphobia with you! We talk about all of the valuable lessons that Amy has learned throughout the recovery process. Amy and I talk about things like: -Navigating anticipatory anxiety -Slowing down and dropping the resistance -Learning to fee...

Anxiety recovery has little to do with how you're feeling during the recovery process... and this can make it tricky to know whether or not you're actually healing! It might sound crazy, but experiencing anxiety isn't a sign that you're not healing. In this episode, I'm going to talk about ten indicators that you're actually healing from anxiety, panic disorder, and agoraphobia. They're pieces of...

Let’s talk about nighttime anxiety! If you’re struggling with anxiety at night, you’re certainly not alone. For so many people, the anxious thoughts and symptoms can be much louder at night. But with some helpful shifts in your thoughts and routines, you can minimize and even eliminate nighttime anxiety!  In this episode, we’ll talk about: -What might be causing your anxiety to be worse at ni...

Death anxiety is not talked about enough, and it's such a common fear! After all, death is like the ultimate uncertainty in life, right?! For most of my life, I feared things like dying suddenly, going to hell, or losing a loved one. And much of this anxiety stemmed from my experience with religion as a child. But now that I’ve overcome death anxiety, I want to share some wisdom to help you overco...

Today, Annie asks me questions that the AHP community asked about panic attacks! In this episode, you'll meet Annie, a former P2P student who helps me behind the scenes. She shares her personal experience with panic, agoraphobia, and her journey to anxiety recovery. We talk about all things panic attacks, like: -How to recognize the unhelpful thoughts that lead to panic -Anxiety about anxiety -Dro...

If you're struggling with anxiety and panic disorder, chances are you've experienced dizziness, depersonalization and/or derealization, or palpitations. And honestly, these symptoms can feel really weird and scary! The good news is that you're not in any danger if you're currently struggling with these symptoms. So in today's episode, I want to talk about these symptoms and share some tips on over...

Hannah is a Panic to Peace student of mine who is here to share her recovery journey with panic disorder and agoraphobia! After struggling for years with panic attacks, Hannah decided to enroll in Panic to Peace...and it changed everything! It hasn't been easy, but Hannah has already overcome so many of her biggest fears. In today's episode, Hannah and I talk about: -Her experience with anxiety in...

Lauren joins me to discuss her journey with toilet anxiety. Finally, somebody else who also openly talks about the fact that they worried about pooping their pants for years! And after years of hiding her struggles, her transparency now helps to inspire so many on their own recovery journeys. Lauren Rose is a writer, mom, and partner, who shares her story of overcoming toilet anxiety, panic disord...

So often, I hear my students say that their anxiety is worse when it's hot outside. And when I hear them say this, I know exactly what they mean! Because for so long, I would do everything I could to avoid feeling hot. Whether it was a warm summer day, crowded public transportation, or sitting in a meeting at work, the heat would make me feel SO many of the uncomfortable feelings I avoided for so...

One of the questions I get asked the most is if recovery is ACTUALLY possible. Which my short and sweet answer of course is... Yes, absolutely! But I know that when you've struggled with anxiety for so long, it's easy to get tricked into believing that it's not possible and you might be the exception to recovery. So in this episode, I want to dive into the stories that you might be telling yoursel...

Is self-compassion a tool you've heard lots about but have sort of always shrugged your shoulders at? Yeah, I used to, too! But self-compassion is one of the tools that helped me the most in creating a healthy relationship with anxiety, and with myself. And Kimberley Quinlan also had this similar experience. Kimberley is an anxiety and OCD therapist and specialist. And in this conversation, she di...

I thought for YEARS that the goal was to learn how to manage anxiety. So naturally, I tried everything to manage it! All the coping skills, all the mindfulness techniques, literally anything that promised anxiety relief. And then 10 years ago, I walked into a psychiatrist's office to talk about going on medication because I was at one of the lowest points in my recovery journey, and she said to me...

Haley joins me to talk about all things health anxiety! Haley Ostrow is a therapist who helps people to find long-term freedom from anxiety and panic attacks, including health anxiety. And she has her own personal experience with health anxiety. In this episode, Haley shares so many helpful insights and practical tips and tools for overcoming health anxiety. In this episode, we dive into: - Haley'...

Have you ever wondered… What does being recovered actually look like? I know I used to! I used to wonder things like… Will the anxious thoughts actually go away? Will I experience the symptoms and panic anymore? Will I feel like there are still things I can’t do? Will I actually be able to drive and go places without worrying about panicking or something bad happening? So in this episode, I want t...

You really want to recover, right? But there also might be a little (or big) part of you that's actually scared to recover. Whether it's because... Recovering means you're actually going to have to do the things that scare you and the feelings are so scary. You have no idea who you are without anxiety! Maybe because it's been a part of your life for so long. Although it feels uncomfortable, it fee...

Kathryn went from being bubbly, carefree, and a world traveler, to struggling to even take a shower in her own home. Then after leaving a toxic marriage and moving back to the town she grew up in, everything went back to "normal." She was experiencing life again, without the symptoms, panic, and fear. And she thought... I'll never struggle with that again! But then a year and a half later, she had...

Oftentimes it's the hardest experiences that we go through in life that leads us to the most healing, growth, and transformation. But when you're going through some really tough stuff, it's hard to even see the lessons that we're meant to be taught, never mind learning from them! So I'm talking through six of the hardest lessons I learned while I was working to recover, so that you can not only ge...

When you're working to recover from something like anxiety, panic, and agoraphobia, you often make things WAY more complicated than they need to be! I know I did! And when you do this, you easily lose sight of the simple, basic stuff that will help you A TON, like spending time in nature. So in this episode, I'm sharing something with you that has always been a huge passion of mine - hiking and th...

Social media is an amazing place that allows us to connect, and be seen, and heard, and laugh, and learn things that we might not otherwise get access to… But the reality is that social media has its cons, and some big ones! And a big con is that I believe it has made anxiety recovery SO much more complicated than it needs to be! There are just so many pieces of advice, and tips, and tools out the...

Sometimes the anxiety recovery journey is so hard because you're doing things without even realizing that you're doing them. And the things you're doing are unfortunately working against you and making things hard unnecessarily. Or maybe you know some of the things you're doing, but you just don't know how to make healthy changes. So in this episode, I'm sharing 5 things that you might be doing, a...

Meet Kirsty! Kirsty lives in the UK with her husband and her two children, and she also works outside of her home part-time. And from the outside, it appears as though she lives her life very functionally. But Kirsty has gone through 20+ years of her life in a state of... "I'm okay as long as." In our conversation, Kirsty shares her challenges with safety behaviors, resisting experiencing panic at...

If you're struggling with anxiety, panic disorder, and agoraphobia, I'm sure you're struggling with a whole lot of fear! And the worst part is, you're likely experiencing lots of fear just while doing everyday things. And it sucks, I know! So, here's the reality... You can't heal your relationship with anxiety until you fix your relationship with fear. And I'm here to tell you that you can have a...

I used to experience panic attacks nearly every day for over a decade! And back when I was struggling, there was SO much that I just didn't know about panic attacks. So I want to clue you in on 5 really big and important truths about panic attacks, because understanding these things will make your journey a lot less hard. In this episode, I dive into: How you can't stop a panic attack and how it's...

Maria is a wife, a mom of three, and one beautiful human being! I met Maria in 2022, and last September, she joined my Panic to Peace program. She has struggled with anxiety, panic disorder, and agoraphobia for over a decade. And to say that Maria is incredibly courageous is SUCH an understatement. In our conversation, Maria gets incredibly raw, real, and honest about what it actually looks like t...