Hi I’m Anxious - Over-functioning, anxiety management, high achieving women, anxiety, overthinking, perfectionism

Are you struggling with anxiety?  Do you want quick, effective relief from those anxious feelings?  Listen in on this episode and I’ll teach you a simple tool you can use right away to help with this!   I hope this episode helps you, friend!   Wishing you freedom to live the life you want, despite anxiety,   Katy   P.S. Would you please leave me a podcast review on Apple podcasts? I would be so gr...

Are you afraid to ease up on yourself once in awhile?  Do you avoid relaxing because you’re afraid you’ll relax too long?  Have you ever avoided taking a break from your work because you fear that you won’t be able to get going again?   If this sounds like you, sweet friend, then this episode is for you.   I hope this episode helps you, friend!   Wishing you freedom to live the life you want, desp...

Are you overwhelmed?  Do you find yourself overthinking a problem you’re facing?  Are you anxious about a particular situation?  Do you wish you could get moving on a specific project or task?   In this episode, I’ll share a simple, effective tool that you can use to help get out of overwhelm and overthinking, make movement on any project or task, and find some relief from anxiety.   I hope this e...

Something you may be doing that is worsening your anxiety, damaging your brain, and what you can do about it, for high achieving women Do you find yourself complaining often?  When your anxiety gets really bad, do you complain more?  Or when your anxiety is causing you to fixate on one particular concern, do you complain about it?   In this episode, we’ll learn how complaining can actually harm yo...

Do you avoid community because you’re just too busy doing the doing?  Do you avoid community because you avoid being reliant on others?  Do you struggle being in community because of your anxiety?   In this episode, we’ll think of ways community has helped you on your journey, and how you can find and engage with community now.   I hope this episode helps you, friend!   Wishing you freedom to live...

Has your confidence been shaken? If so, has that exacerbated your anxiety?   Lack of confidence increases your anxiety and you enter into a spiral of anxiety and lower confidence.   In this episode I share ways you can boost your own confidence.   I hope this episode helps you, friend!   Wishing you freedom to live the life you want, despite anxiety,   Katy   P.S. Would you please leave me a podca...

In this episode, I share some verses from the Bible that talk about anxiety, worry, and what you can do about your anxieties and worries.   I hope this episode helps you, friend!   Wishing you freedom to live the life you want, despite anxiety,   Katy   P.S. Would you please leave me a podcast review on Apple podcasts? I would be so grateful if you would take the time to rate and leave me a review...

Replay: One of my favorite strategies to get out of overthinking, creating movement and momentum, and relief from anxiety   Are you overthinking about something, stressing, and not taking any action?  Are you frustrated with overthinking.  In this episode I’ll share with you one of my favorite strategies to get out of overthinking, making movement which can help propel you forward, or out of the c...

A simple, effective strategy you can use to overcome overwhelm   As anxious high achievers, we can typically identify when we’re feeling anxious - which can seem like most of the time!  But, can you identify other emotions or feelings?  Are there nuances of emotions similar to anxiety that you’re labeling as anxiety?  Are you feeling things that are similar to anxiety, that you’re labeling as such...

We know that there are so many strategies available to us to help fight the things in our lives that cause us anxiety. Right?  We know what the tools are.  We have read about all of the tips.  We have saved screenshots of the tricks.   But how often are we just getting down to basics and doing what we know we should be doing or not doing what we know we shouldn’t be doing?  How much do we take the...

Do you have anxiety around sleep?  I have talked with so many women who describe worrying about being able to fall asleep when they go to bed.  Or they worry that they will fall asleep initially, but if they wake up during the night, then they worry about being able to fall back asleep.  Anxiety can be exacerbated by lack of sleep.  It can be a vicious cycle.    And we all know how important sleep...

Is negativity bias feeding your anxiety?  How can you interrupt the negativity bias cycle?  You could celebrate!  In this episode, we discuss celebrating as a way to help ease your anxiety.   I hope this episode helps you, friend!   Wishing you freedom to live the life you want, despite anxiety,   Katy   P.S. Would you please leave me a podcast review on Apple podcasts? I would be so grateful if y...

A lot of what I share has to do with mindset and things you can DO.  But lately I’ve been thinking a lot about things we don’t do.  And how important it can be to focus on what you aren’t doing in order to help yourself feel your best, achieve your goals, and live the life you want to be living.   How often do you find yourself scouring the internet for tips, tricks, hacks, strategies, etc. for ho...

Let’s talk about the time of day that you tend to feel most anxious.  Do you tend to feel most anxious in the morning?  At work?  Before bed?  We’re going to discuss how you can work to manage your anxiety around the time of day that you tend to be most anxious.     I hope this episode helps you, friend!   Wishing you freedom to live the life you want, despite anxiety,   Katy   P.S. Would you plea...

One of my favorite strategies to get out of overthinking, creating movement and momentum, and relief from anxiety   Are you overthinking about something, stressing, and not taking any action?  Are you frustrated with overthinking.  In this episode I’ll share with you one of my favorite strategies to get out of overthinking, making movement which can help propel you forward, or out of the cycle of...

Anxiety is such a liar.  Anxiety often lies to me.  It will encourage me to think thoughts that simply aren’t true.     Thoughts aren’t facts.  But some thoughts can be so far from fact, and not based in fact, that I feel like I can classify them as lies.   And these thoughts, or lies, can cause you to feel additional anxiety.  Which exacerbates a spiral of continued anxiety. But if you can catch...

Do you find yourself shying away from taking opportunities to treat yourself?   As an anxious high achiever you may push yourself to be busy working, achieving, and when you’re not you may tend to be spending time in anxiety, worrying. In this episode we’ll talk about how treating yourself can bring you to the present, and help you find good feelings, and maybe some respite from anxiety.   I hope...

Does overthinking steal time from you?  In this episode, we’re going to talk about the beast that is over-thinking, and how it robs us of precious time, and causes us to worry to the point of panicking, causes us to add unnecessary additional stress into our daily lives, and can increase our anxiety.  AND the good news, is that there is one thing that can stop the overthinking from doing this do y...

Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is the ability to receive   Something I’ve noticed in common among Anxious high achievers, especially women, is the difficulty we have in allowing ourselves to receive.   Are you able to receive?  Are you able to receive help?  Are you able to receive compliments?  Are you able to receive love?   I’ve been thinking about how not receiving contributes...

Do you catch yourself in a spiral of working and worrying?   When you catch yourself feeling anxious, what do you do?  Do you tell yourself you should be able to handle what is going on?  Do you beat yourself up for overthinking the matter?  Do you shame yourself for getting stuck in your worries instead of getting things done?   In this episode, I talk with you about some simple, effective ways t...

Do you catch yourself using control as a way to manage your anxiety?     Do you regularly pull out your beautiful planner, and spend time writing down unrealistic goals for yourself? Do you set up your calendar with a schedule that is impossible to follow? Do you create to-do lists that are totally impractical? And then - do you shame or beat yourself up for not meeting your goals, following your...

Do you catch yourself using control as a way to manage your anxiety?     My anxious brain likes to tell me lies.  I catch all kinds of these lies like:  If I don’t do it, it won’t be done right. I can’t ask for help because I should be able to handle this myself. I’ll rest after I take care of everything on my to-do list. If I give in to this person on this one thing, then they’ll run all over me...

What do you do for fun?  Do you do anything for fun?  Is our fun time hard for you to find? If you are an anxious high achiever who wants more fun in your life, then this episode is for you.   Anxiety makes us worry, and if we are worrying, how are we supposed to have fun?  Also, if you’re a high achiever, you’re likely doing a lot of work either in your job, business, or personal life.  Probably...

Are you able to take care of things in your work or business, but consistently fail taking care of things for yourself? Do you ever wonder why you are so good at getting things done when it comes to your work, but in your own personal life, you can’t seem to get things done? If this sounds like you, friend, then I hope you’ll listen because this episode is for you.   I hope this episode helps you,...

Do you ever think to yourself, I need to get this big project done by Friday, so I can rest this weekend?  Or, If I work really hard and do X, Y, and Z on time, and perfectly, then I can have some fun.  IF you’re a high achiever, then I’m sure this is something you’ve done more often than not, and we’re going to talk about this in this episode.   I hope this episode helps you, friend!   Wishing yo...