The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

In today's episode, Gina shares with listeners the Serenity Prayer (popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous) and how it can help those of us suffering from anxiety. Though the prayer is thought to have been written by Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, the prayer is non-denominational and even applicable for those of us who are not religious at all. The messages contained in this prayer...

In today's episode, Gina concludes her interview with Anna Runkle, The Crappy Childhood Fairy. In this part of the discussion, emphasis is made on how important others can be in the healing and recovery process. The importance of establishing a regular practice for reregulation tools (such as journaling and meditation) is reinforced. It is suggested to practice your reregulation pra...

In today's episode, Gina continues her conversation with Anna Runkle, the Crappy Childhood Fairy. Learn more about how to reregulate your nervous system. In particular, Anna shares one of her most favorite tools: writing. Listen in and gain knowledge about how to use your ability to write to help calm your nervous system and return to a centered place of peace and calm. Link to find...

In today's episode, Gina interviews Anna Runkle, the Crappy Childhood Fairy! Anna reveals much about her often traumatic life history and shares some of her most helpful tools for re-regulating the nervous system to find more peace and calm. Finding stability for our brain and nervous system now can have a substantial effect on our life both now and into the future. Listen in for An...

In today's episode, Gina discusses a novel conceptual approach to overcoming anxiety: actually unlearning the anxiety. Rather than just coping, "white knuckling it" or breathing through it, we can unlearn the practices that have lead us to use anxiety as a survival strategy. You can rewire your mind through mindful awareness, interrupting patterns that have led to anxiety in the past, an...

Today's podcast is a review of 10 powerful insights or as coach Gina calls them --Anxiety and Happiness Gems from Eckhart Tolle. Get a good idea of Eckhart Tolle's perspective on Anxiety and Happiness! Here is the original post of these gems:  Eckhart-Tolles-10-Powerful-Insights-to-a-Happier-You Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome sponsors! https://ww...

In today's episode, Gina discusses how to use the technique of pausing and responding to stress with more equanimity than our often more common reaction of anxiety and anger. There are a number of practical ways to implement "the pause" and these are examined in this episode. Listen in for tips on how to use your breath in this regard, as well as an in-the-moment body-scan reset. Th...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the awesome power of a shift in perspective when dealing with intrusive thoughts. It is imperative that individuals suffering with anxiety and intrusive thoughts learn to let go of the thoughts and understand that they are not these disturbing thoughts. Strong revulsion from the thoughts creates strong attachments to the thoughts and causes them to recu...

In today's episode, Gina discusses one of the most important aspects of Claire Weekes' protocol for anxiety recovery: the floating and letting time pass stage (a sort of compound of the two last stages). Gina's enormous experience with anxiety and anxiety coaching give her special insight into how to maximize these practices in your anxiety recovery journey. Listen in and make sure you a...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the role the body can play in our ability to calm our anxiety and discover more stability and peace. A mini guided body scan is included in this episode to help listeners tune into their bodies and listening. A practice for using your breath as an anchor is also included. Using these techniques and others in this episode can help you release nervou...

Today Gina dives into the ABCs Of Acceptance As A Path To Clearing Anxiety. Join in and learn why acceptance, although it seems counter intuitive and passive, is actually the courageous way out! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome sponsors! https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/sponsors/ Thank you for supporting The Anxiety Coaches Podcast. FREE MUST-HA...

In today's episode, Gina discusses an important factor that drives essentially everyone's anxiety these days: the relentless pace of our modern world. Our smartphones in particular keep us tuned in to social media and the rest of the world with an immediacy unknown in other times. Listen in for advice on how to handle living in the immediate information age and how to stop constantl...

In today's episode, Gina discusses how small changes in behavior, which are not difficult to achieve, can represent significant milestones on the way to recovery from anxiety. If we can demonstrate some of these beneficial thoughts and behaviors, even amidst an unpleasant anxiety storm, we can recognize that we are making progress and use these moments of recognition to help stabilize ourselv...

In today's episode, Gina shares a key element of anxiety recovery: using self-kindness in the face of stress and overwhelm to diffuse self-criticism. Negative self-talk often makes anxiety so much more unbearable than it would be if we acknowledged the anxiety and gave ourself grace and compassion in our thoughts and feelings. Tune in to this episode and learn how to tame anxiety before...

In today's episode, Gina shares a guided meditation particularly suited for time of stressful transition. Use this meditation to find your center and know more peace and calm in the present moment. Getting started with meditation is simple with a guided meditation such as this. Listen in today. Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome sponsors! h...

In today's episode, Gina is here to help you realize that despite your discomfort and negative monkey-mind thinking, you are ok and that there is nothing wrong with you. Our anxiety is constantly telling us we are broken and that there is something profoundly wrong with us, but these are thoughts induced by the anxiety fire raging through our bodies and nervous systems. When we can recognize and u...

In today's episode, Gina shares a series of affirmations with listeners to help restore peace and calm to the anxious mind. The rationale behind using affirmations to calm the mind is discussed. 7 specific affirmations are included and listeners are encouraged to say the affirmations aloud or internally. Listen in and use these affirmations to find more peace and calm today! Please...

In today's episode, Gina offers another set of perspectives on removing clutter from our minds and lives to help improve our wellness and mental health. A particular point of emphasis in this episode is the use of boundaries as a tool to help us reduce clutter in our lives. A host of other easy to use tools for decluttering are included, such as breathwork, the one minute pause and the t...

In today's episode, Gina discusses the topic of clutter, both in terms of clutter of the mind and clutter in our living space and greater life. Clutter can contribute substantially to our anxiety levels. The process of letting go is emphasized as a method of reducing clutter in our minds and lives, thereby helping reduce anxiety. Listen in for easy to implement tips! In today's epis...

In today's episode, Gina wraps up her most interesting discussion about boredom and its potential therapeutic potential for those of us with anxiety. An easy to implement practice is included to help you test the waters of using boredom as a tool to help soothe discomfort and anxiety. Listen in and add this essential practice to your anxiety relief toolkit today! Please visit our Sponsor...

In today's episode, Gina discusses boredom and how it is only a mildly uncomfortable state not to be feared. Using the advice in this podcast, you may actually be able to transform boredom into a useful state in which you can feel safe, centered and under control. Listen in and come to better understand the potential benefits of boredom and feel better today! Please visit our Sponsor Pag...

In today's episode, Gina discusses acceptance and the importance of understanding acceptance as a form of allowance of experience, rather than acceptance of anxiety as a permanent state through which we will suffer for life. Specific steps are provided for implementing acceptance to help minimize the strength of anxiety-panic in your life. Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links a...

In today's episode, Gina shares a lovely guided meditation with listeners. This meditation focuses on returning listeners to stillness and the breath as they sit in silence. The peace radiates through this meditation to an enormous degree, perhaps yet to be known on the Anxiety Coaches Podcast. Listen in, sit and return to peace. Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links a...

In today's episode, Gina responds to a listener question about experiencing high stress situations and why some of the tried and true recommendations she hears about on the podcast don't seem to be working for her. Specifically, she asks about the RAIN technique for dealing with strong emotions and inner experiences. The technique is discussed and advice offered on how to make adjustment...

In today's episode, Gina concludes her discussion of grief and how we can use this often misunderstood emotional state for growth and expansion of our deep wellness. The work of Jonny Miller and Gabor Mate are drawn on extensively in this discussion. Coming to understand the wholeness of life cannot be known without experiencing ups and downs that include grief can help us not get stuck...