Crazy Jealous

Trust your gut! Go with your intuition! ??? Is this good advice for the anxiously attached? Tune in to hear Anna's very honest story about trusting herself through anxiety recovery. Make sure to stay all the way to the end if you start this episode-it gets a little gnarly! This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response prevention, and anxiety RECOVERY. It is just my s...

Anxiety is a trickster! I highly recommend you take a look at everything Drew Linsalata has to say on the topic over at his podcast The Anxious Truth ! This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response prevention, and anxiety RECOVERY. It is just my story, but I hope it can be helpful for YOU! I'd love to hear from you! Email me at crazyjealouspod@gmail.com with any ques...

Join me for another piece of wisdom from an unconventional source! Learn about what "choose your hard" means in the context of anxiety recovery, and how encouraging it is in getting us where we want to go!! This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response prevention, and anxiety RECOVERY. It is just my story, but I hope it can be helpful for YOU! I'd love to h...

Join us to talk all about anxiety spirals! What they are, why they happen, and how to not have them anymore. Can't wait for this discussion! This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response prevention, and anxiety RECOVERY. It is just my story, but I hope it can be helpful for YOU! I'd love to hear from you! Email me at crazyjealouspod@gmail.com with any questions o...

Welcome to my winding, colorful road in developing a nuanced relationship with.... affirmations. In this episode, I tell the story of realizing that relying on affirmations from my husband or even from myself was not doing the trick in healing my anxiety. Listen in to hear what DID help, and how affirmations figure into my recovery now! This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposu...

I'm so excited about this episode-where we talk very specifically about the idea of "playing detective" and "monitoring" our partner. We discuss what we're HOPING to gain from playing detective, contrasted with what we ACTUALLY achieve. This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response prevention, and anxiety RECOVERY. It is just my story, but I h...

Hear how our struggles with anxiety can be likened to obsessive thoughts and compulsive actions, hear the ways that people diagnosed with OCD do their work, and then hear how we can follow in their footsteps to apply that work to our own recovery! This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response prevention, and anxiety RECOVERY. It is just my story, but I hope it can be hel...

Yesterday, I was anxious. Today, I'm not! Listen in on a story (recorded in real time) of how all these principles work together to bring recovery sooner and faster. Hear how anxiety still strikes in my world of recovery, but how managing it differently leads to a very different outcome! This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response prevention, and anxiety RECOVERY....

Today we talk about the incredible work of Dr. Claire Weekes, and how her anxiety recovery principles apply to our form of anxiety. Her work is amazing and I highly recommend you check out more that she has created! Resources: Claire Weekes' Book: Hope and Help for your Nerves Claire Weekes Videos The Anxious Truth Drew Linsalata The Noise in your Head Reid Wilson This podcast is all about anx...

Today we talk specifically about intrusive thoughts, and how anxious vs nonanxious people handle them. We discuss how intrusive thoughts are intruders in our brain, yet the way to make them leave is unexpected and counterintuitive! Join us to make specific progress in the anxiety recovery journey. This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response prevention, and anxiety RECO...

Join us as we talk about a hugely helpful anxiety recovery technique, and how it applies to anxious attachment! We discuss Reid Wilson's amazing work in depth-specifically focusing on the videos called "Stopping the Noise in Your Head". We talk about content versus process conversations in your own head-or personifying Anxiety and having those conversations with him. We talk very spe...

Dive into a very specific anxiety recovery strategy with me today! Content conversations focus on the content of my anxious thoughts, while process ones focus on the process of anxiety and anxiety recovery. This changes our relationship with others and with ourselves, and today we will focus on how we can have content conversations with OTHERS and how it can connect us to other people and invite s...

ANXIETY LAND has a new sheriff in town. We discuss in this episode how recognizing different sensations in my body or thoughts in my mind as clues that I have entered "Anxiety Land". We recognize Anxiety Land as a place that, on its own, is similar to the Wild West. Lawless and chaotic. I talk about how I worked with my therapist and a process of trial and error to develop RULES for Anxi...

Today we (finally!!) jump into a SPECIFIC strategy to start healing your anxiety-falling in love with your triggers through the practice of exposure response prevention. Rebrand your experience with triggers to mean that you welcome the triggering experience-knowing that it is bringing you closer to the recovery you are looking for! This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure r...

So how do we do it?! How do we STOP being crazy jealous?? In this episode, I give it all to you, in story format. I will explain two similar scenarios- one before I found healing from anxiety, and one in a more recovered state. These two stories help give a comprehensive look at how all the little techniques and tools work together to create a brave, confident response to an anxiety trigger that l...

Today we dive into the tenants of the Alcoholics Anonymous "Big Book" and how those apply to our experience in anxious attachment! Alcoholics Anonymous This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response prevention, and anxiety RECOVERY. It is just my story, but I hope it can be helpful for YOU! I'd love to hear from you! Email me at crazyjealouspod@gmail.com with any question...

Hi, I'm Anna, and I'm an addict. Today, we're talking all about the benefits seeing anxiety as an ADDICTION. We'll be talking all about the science of addiction and how seeing our fear as an addiction can take so much of the power away. This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response prevention, and anxiety RECOVERY. It is just my story, but I hope it can be helpful for YO...

Today we're talking about the single most HOPEFUL part of the anxiety recovery process-neuroplasticity! Anna's experience as an occupational therapist working in the pediatric ICU comes into play as she describes the process of neuroplasticity through storytelling. The really great news comes in the last five seconds of this episode-neuroplasticity is why we CAN heal from anxiety! This pod...

Today we'll be hearing from Anna's personal Green Eyed Monster itself. We'll talk all about how to identify the voice of anxiety in your mind-what it sounds like, what it likes to say, how to identify it quickly, and why all of this is important! Noted in this episode: Drew Linsalata of The Anxious Truth! This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response preventi...

Today we are getting on the same page as we discuss the concept of locus of control. This is critical for continuing our conversation about anxiety and whether or not recovery is even possible! Join us for a challenging conversation about taking responsibility and being empowered. Resources: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response pr...

Learn about the differences between embarrassment, guilt, and shame, and why that is important! Learn about the role of shame when it comes to anxiety and being "crazy jealous" and how shame is the enemy of recovery. Learn the proper responses to embarrassment (laugh!) guilt (apologize!) and shame (dismiss!) in order to stop getting stuck and move forward in your healing journey. Referen...

I found help and healing from my anxiety from unconventional sources- today I give an overview of some resources I found hugely helpful, including techniques designed for people with panic disorder, agoraphobia, obsessive compulsive disorder, and alcoholism. Find out why! Mentioned Today: Drew Linsalata's podcast and resources: The Anxious Truth Alcoholics Anonymous This podcast is all about a...

Learn what was hiding under the mask of "jealousy"! We'll dive into why accurate naming and identification of anxiety is critical to eventual recovery. If we don't know what it is, we can't call it out and heal from it! This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response prevention, and anxiety RECOVERY. It is just my story, but I hope it can be helpful f...

Crazy Jealous is an anxiety recovery story focusing on the unconventional places and methods where healing was found. In this podcast, Anna exposes her story, her mistakes, her growth, and her eventual recovery through imagery and storytelling. Specifically, her journey from thinking she was "crazy jealous" to realizing she had an anxious attachment style, and taking recovery and treatme...

Welcome to the very first episode of Crazy Jealous! Get to know me, Anna, and see how my "Green Eyed Monster" first presented itself in my life, and then grew bigger than I could have imagined. Learn how recovery is possible and how my recovery did not come from conventional sources. This podcast is all about anxiety, anxious attachment, exposure response prevention, and anxiety RECOVERY...