The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

In today's episode, Gina discusses the wide range of bodily sensations that can so often accompany chronic anxiety. One of the key take home messages of the episode relates to the signal of progress towards eliminating chronic anxiety that occurs when various bodily sensations begin to change locations in the body. Listen in for advice on how to interpret shifting bodily sensations and also how to...

In today's episode, Gina reviews the many symptoms of anxiety she hears about from her clients and listeners and shares with you strategies for overcoming these symptoms. Included in the episode is a thoughtful email from a former group coaching member who has made great strides in his journey of overcoming anxiety. Listen in for helpful tips on how to maximize the success of your efforts to overc...

In today's episode, Gina shares a practical tool for helping increase you peace and calm today: a peace and calm to-do list. From keeping things simple, to choosing joy, to remembering to be kind to others and especially to be kind to ourselves, this peace and calm to do list will be helping to keep your anxiety down and your joyful fulfillment up. Listen in today for these practical, easy to impl...

In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question about anxiety and highly sensitive people. Some of the anxiety pitfalls highly sensitive people can find themselves in are discussed as well as methods for helping to get you out of anxiety and protect yourself against it. Remember to value yourself! Find even more peace and calm with our Supercast premium access membership! https://anxietycoach...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the four core reactive styles associated with anxiety: fight, flight, freeze and please (or fawn). There are many different personality types with anxiety and they don't all share the same reactive style. Listen in for information about the various reactive styles and how to address your own particular reactive styles so that you may suffer less when reacting wit...

In today's episode, Gina shares ten healthier behaviors you can choose when faced with anxiety's more destructive thought and behavior patterns. Recognizing the harmful, destructive thought and behavior patterns associated with anxiety is only half the battle. Upon recognition of these thoughts and behaviors, we can choose to utilize healthful, productive patterns to enrich ourselves and begin to...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the value of smiling for mental health and stress and anxiety reduction. An article is referenced which cites a number of peer reviewed studies that lend support to the physiological benefits of smiling. Listen in to learn more about why smiling is good for your overall wellness and how to take advantage today! This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp Better Help...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the immense value of self-affirmation for improving one's life, resilience and mental health. A number of positive affirmations are shared which you can use to improve your mental wellbeing on a daily basis. Listen in for this powerful and easy to use tool and start feeling better today! This episode is brought to you by EverlyWell Check out the healthy EverlyWel...

In today's episode, Gina discusses some core lifestyle changes that help provide relief and speed recovery from anxiety. From meditation to sleep to gratitude, you have heard them all before on ACP, and Gina continues to drive in the point that these techniques work! Listen in for tips on how to implement these core changes to you life and begin to experience anxiety relief today! Find even more p...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the value of maintaining awareness of what we can and cannot change in our lives. With a reasonable understanding of what we have the power to change, we can better guide our thoughts and actions to make improvements in our lives when possible. Saving our energy not worrying about the things we cannot change can help us cope with stress and overcome anxiety. List...

In today's episode, Gina discusses how to understand feelings and emotions as useful conveyors of information. Through knowing the primordial nature of our basic emotions and using this knowledge as building blocks for our understanding of secondary emotions (generally extensions of these basic emotions) we can come to derive great benefits and self-knowledge from monitoring our emotional state. L...

In today's episode, Gina explores a blog post by Leo Babauta regarding the practice of surrender and how it can be used to help heal anxiety. Letting go of the need to control our lives and our environments can make a wondrous impact on our lives and our minds. Listen in for suggestions on how to implement this wisdom today! Link to the article mentioned in the show   https://zenhabits.net/surrend...

In today's episode, Gina discusses twelve common causes of anxiety and how best to avoid them. The topic of developing good habits is discussed as well as eliminating these common causes of anxiety. Listen in for tips on how you can reduce your anxiety today! This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp Better Help is bringing you thousands of counselors for your therapy needs and 10% off your first mo...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the many forms anxiety can take in our lives. It is amazing how often anxiety-related symptoms can masquerade as some other (often more serious or catastrophic) bodily health problem. Listen in to find out the many ways anxiety can manifest itself in our lives (including in Gina's life and those of her clients and group members). This episode is brought to you by...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the benefits of taking time to do nothing. Many people are not comfortable with meditation and can realize many of the benefits through setting aside time to not do anything productive. Listen in to find out how putting the phone down and zoning out for a while rather than scrolling can be beneficial, especially for those with anxiety. This episode is brought to...

In today's episode, Gina speaks about the origins of anxiety. Using an understanding of the causal framework of life to high stress to high anxiety to panic attacks, Gina suggests solutions to help remove the later stages of this progression. The origins of anxiety are natural but you do not need to suffer with it anymore. Find even more peace and calm with our Supercast premium access membership!...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the importance of having helpful support for those experiencing and recovering from anxiety. The episode serves a dual purpose: informing friends, loved ones and acquaintances about how to best help and support those who are struggling with anxiety and also how those experiencing anxiety can find help and support among those who are closest to them. Learn how to...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the differences between following your intuition and following your anxiety. Our thoughts and actions can easily be misled by anxiety. With practice, we can learn to follow our deeper intuition (or gut) and lead a more inspired, peaceful life. Listen in for suggestions on how to follow your intuition and leave anxiety behind! This episode is brought to you by Ned...

In today's episode, Gina discusses an article about a new movement in mental health treatment: nutritional psychiatry. The food we eat has a tremendous impact on our health and mental wellbeing. Scientific studies now exist in strong support of this thesis and there is some movement in psychiatry and mental health treatment to acknowledge this knowledge and take advantage of it. Listen in to find...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the universality of struggle among the human population and how we can use this struggle to become stronger. Difficulty and stress are not new to our world, nor is our capacity to overcome them. Harnessing our gifts of mind to remain optimistic and see the beauty in the mundane can help spark our resilience and will to succeed. Listen in for tips on how to stay s...

In today's episode, Gina discusses anxiety in the context of the brain and its malleable, changeable nature. Methods for changing your brain deliberately are provided. It is important to be patient with the process of healing anxiety through changing the brain. Find even more peace and calm with our Supercast premium access membership! https://anxietycoaches.supercast.com/ Here's what's included f...

In today's episode, Gina discusses a number of ways you can help free yourself from anxiety. From breathing and visualization techniques to diet and exercise, there are a number of action steps you can implement to improve your condition. Don't wait, listen in today! Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACP Find even more peace an...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the power of positive affirmations for anxiety sufferers. Included are 13 specific affirmations you can use to help increase your strength and resilience in the face of chronic anxiety. Listen in for this easy to use tool that can contribute greatly to your overall wellness! This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp Better Help is bringing you thousands of counselo...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the marvelous benefits of meditation and prayer for those suffering with anxiety. Prayer and meditation provide stress reduction, improved health and other benefits, including improved thinking and emotional wellbeing. Tips to help implement more prayer and meditation in your life are provided. Get started today! This episode is brought to you by Ned Become the b...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the vagus nerve and its role in helping to neutralize our anxiety and maintain our health and wellbeing. The physical extent and function of the vagus nerve is described as is how we can use it to improve our wellness. Specific practices for toning and strengthening the vagus nerve are included. Better Help brings thousands of counselors for your therapy needs an...