In Our Nature

Do you take your thoughts seriously? Do you think you create them? Do you think your thoughts are advising you of important information about you, the future, the past or what other people think of you? Yep. All part of being human. What a riot, huh? But we're told through influences, culture and messaging that our thoughts ARE important and we DO need to pay attention. But your thoughts are...

If you are struggling with ....well, anything....it's natural you'll want some help from those who think they can provide it. Yay for helpful things!  Guess what, though? You have your own internal bullshit detector which can sniff out the things which aren't helpful for you, and can guide you toward a more peaceful experience of life.  (But don't take my word for it, eh?) Come...

It was my honour to have the amazing, smart and funny James Abbott on the show. James is an expert in helping young people transform their relationship with anxiety (my words, not his, he is far too modest).  He is co-founder of the brilliant Our Mental Health Rocks organisation, a wellbeing coach, facilitator and trainer, author, podcaster and doting dog dad to two scrummy sausage dogs.  This epi...

Ah, Imposter Syndrome. Another thing to diagnose ourselves with, manage or cure. Oh, great. But the sting of Imposter Syndrome is that if you don't have it....you are either conceited or incompetent. Say what now? Come and explore:   Is Imposter Syndrome a thing? Is it though? What is it?  What 'causes' Imposter Syndrome? How is our persistent need for labels and diagnoses preventin...

“Just don’t trust your thoughts when you’re feeling rubbish!” people like me seem to say, making it sound way too simple. Grrr for people like me. GRRRRRR!!!! Because what about when you ALWAYS feel rubbish, particularly when feeling insecure and anxious around a certain thing like a relationship, your job, etc? What then? What do you DO then, if those thoughts can’t be trusted? How can you move f...

It’s our very first guest episode on the show and WHAT A GUEST! I have mentioned Dr Amy Johnson in a number of episodes so it was a dream to chat with her. Dr Amy is a coach, teacher, author, psychologist, speaker and all-round-amazing human. She’s an expert on helping people end habits and anxiety with her no-willpower approach and it was through Amy’s work that I first came to the understanding...

It's time to put together everything we've been exploring on the show so far into a yummy recipe. If you want to experience WAY LESS anxiety, worry, overwhelm, insecurity, doubt and overthinking, and WAY MORE peace, calm, ease and joy....this one's for you.   Come and explore:  A romp through the main themes of the show so far  Why do we overthink and have the shitty feelings anyway...

If you like the sound of not having to believe your crappy, hurtful, mean and scary thoughts but you want to know for sure that it works this way, or you need 'proof', then this episode is for you.  Come and explore:  How do we know that our shitty thoughts can't be trusted? Where's the proof? Come to think of it, what is proof? The enormous difference that our relationship wit...

Do you suffer from repetitive, ultra-distressing, shit-feeling thoughts? You're not alone, friend. Today we're talking about those peace-stealing intrusive thoughts.  Join me.  Come and explore:  Why we get intrusive thoughts   How we innocently keep them in place by adding extra meaning to them (again, innocently) How to see intrusive thoughts in a fresh way and find a new freedom What...

Gosh, it sure looks like those other humans can make life hard sometimes. It's because of them that we get upset, angry, anxious and annoyed. If they were different, we'd be happier. Right? Erm, nope. We got that wrong.  Let's take a fresh look at our relationships and interactions and see if we can all have a nicer time co-existing on Earth.  Come and explore:  The ways in which AL...

If your brain is always hurling itself toward the Worst Possible Outcome with no regard for likelihood, reason or reality, then HIGH FIVE my friend! You have a healthy, normal brain. Come and explore:  How predicting the worst possible thing was a key driver in the evolution of our entire species  Catastrophising and doom-forecasting are normal....but totally suck Learn about the amazing way us hu...

I answer a few of your questions about the stuff we're talking about on the podcast. Y'know, stuff like seeing thoughts and feelings in a new way and how this helps with anxiety and uncovering inner peace and all that. Right? Come and explore the answers to... "But what about when thoughts are true...? "I don't have time to let my mind settle" "My life sucks!&quo...

Thought is so much more than our personal, me-me-me thinking. Thought creates our life and understanding this incredible ....energy....thingy....means we can use it to our advantage to have a life of more peace and ease, and less anxiety and stress.  Sound good? Come and explore:  How - yep! - thought is creating every darn thing  How seeing thought on a bigger, more expansive level can help us un...

Tried all the things to calm your frantic mind but you're still not fixed? Are you earnestly on the lookout for the next tool, technique, strategy or program to be a less f*cked-up human? Stop! There's nothing you need to do.  I'm doggy-sitting for this one and you'll hear some considerable tail-thumps. If you're ok with that, then... Come and explore:  Why a tool, techniq...

If you are like: "yeah, I kinda see anxiety and worry is just a speedy mind but what about when a Real Life Bad Thing Happens?"...then this is the episode for you.    Come and explore:  Bad Things are part of being human and we'll all feel pain (sorry)...but we don't have to suffer  What even is a Bad Thing? How do we innocently make a thing Bad? How to see the nature of experi...

Ever heard or read that 'everything you need is inside you' and thought it was a load of crap? Same! But it's actually true. You are full of cool shit.    Come and explore:  How - whaat?! - we actually do have everything we need inside us already The pesky misunderstanding that keeps us from seeing this  How we can uncover the incredible cool shit that lives within us all by looking...

Everything is always changing: out there in the world and inside you. Our thoughts, feelings, moods, perspectives, ideas, emotions, opinions and everything else are constantly on the move.  Come and explore:  Why it SEEMS like we are stuck in life, and how it's actually impossible to actually BE stuck How seeing the constantly changing nature of ....every f*cking thing ever!....helps us relat...

We all experience low moods. All of us. A lot! But a rubbish mood isn't all that rubbish when we know what's going on  Come and explore:  How low or bad moods are common, totally normal, and don't mean a thing about you  The misunderstandings about moods that cause extra suffering  How to see moods in a new way to experience more ease  We get a peek into Anxious Alice's bad moo...

Hot news: our human minds are designed to settle on their own, completely naturally. But, unfortunately, we mistakenly keep our minds all stirred up and rarely experience this self-calming awesomeness.   Aren't we silly? Come and explore:  Why it makes perfect sense that a mind calms itself  The misunderstandings that stand in our way from experiencing this  How to see through these misunders...

If you experience a ton of negative thinking,  catastrophising, ruminating and unwanted comparison and judgement, then congratulations! You have a healthy human brain. Come and explore:  The normal ways a brain behaves  Why a brain being a brain is not a problem to be solved  How understanding this can transform our relationship to anxiety, worrying and overthinking What does Anxious Alice think a...

Insight is a brand new, totally fresh experience of thought...and life. They are big and small and loud and quiet and hard and soft and everything in between. They transform the shit out of everything.  Come and explore:  What is insight and why is it so darn awesome?  We've all had a billion insights already but probably didn't recognise them  How does insight help with anxiety, stress,...

Ever heard that little voice inside tell you to do (or not do) something? I bet you ignored it, right? Yep. Me too. Well we need to stop doing that because we all have a cool guidance system to help us traverse life. And we aren't using it, dammit.    Come and explore:  How Every Single Person has an inner guidance system  Why so few of us believe or use this (does it sound too woo?)  How to...

Inner peace. Ahhhh. Sounds nice, huh? Want some? Think you need to do a ton of stuff to get there? Good news: inner peace is already inside, waiting to be rediscovered, and there's nothing for you to DO. But there is something to SEE.  Come and explore:  Where inner peace actually is (um, the clue is in the 'inner', by the way) What's in the way of experiencing more peace  How...

Hot news! Feelings are not the complicated phenomena we need to manage,  control, process, heal, or any of that. Feelings are very simple and totally awesome.  Come and explore:  The relationship between our thoughts and our feelings  What we think our feelings mean and what we do with them as a result  The true meaning of feelings....which is much, much, much simpler and way better for navigating...

Our lives are a constant stream of thinking.  It could be a good idea to understand the nature of thought, right? In this episode we're looking at the huuuuuge misunderstanding about thoughts which is keeping many of us stuck and miserable.  Come and explore:  How our whole life is made entirely of thought  How we think thought works: how it behaves, what it means   The true nature of thought...