Well, hello anxiety with Dr Jodi Richardson

How do we manage our anxiety when our kids are spreading their wings and something goes wrong? How do we cope with distress when our kids are around? How much do we say when something's up without overwhelming them? These are just some of the discussions I had with the wonderful Michelle Mitchell, award-winning speaker, author and media commentator, in this episode.  https://michell...

In today's episode I share my 'go-to' reset strategy for overwhelm, anxiety, distress, panic, flashbacks and any thoughts and feelings that make you feel like you're in the middle of an emotional storm. It's a grounding strategy that you can put into practice anywhere, anytime, and one that helps you acknowledge where you're at, get out of your head and then re-engage in doing what matters in the...

Anxiety can feel like an endless struggle, a battle, most often within ourselves. We experience difficult thoughts, painful feelings, unsettling sensations, and then layer how we think and feel with judgements. Not much fun eh? When we try to push out thoughts and stuff down our feelings in attempts to feel better, it’s exhausting, and we inadvertently make ourselves feel worse. In today’s episode...

In the days and weeks leading up to the start of school after a holiday break, it's common for kids and teens to experience anxiety. Whether it's the normal kind of anxiety that can accompany a change in routine, or the kind of anxiety that really gets in the way, there's so much you can do to help. In this episode I share my top 10 strategies to help with back to school anxiety for children...

There's a clear connection between how much you exercise and how anxious you feel. This is why this episode, the second in my 3 part Summer Series, is dedicated to supporting you to make exercise a consistent part of your anxiety management plan. You'll learn how exercise helps: - reframe our experience of anxiety - diverts our attention from worry - gets us out of our heads - powerfully chan...

This is the time of year many a New Year's Resolution is set, only to have been abandoned by the end of January for most. Today I'm asking you to consider a new way of thinking about creating a better life; it's an approach that is changing lives all over the world and makes a profound difference in the lives in those of us who live with anxiety. Enjoy. The Happiness Trap 2nd Edition Brene Brown L...

Warwick Merry is a dear colleague of mine from Professional Speakers Australia. He has a huge heart, is one of the most generous people I know and shares authentically in our conversation about the ups and downs he’s experienced in life, and how he’s learned to live life well, even when things get tough. A self-professed ‘nutritional overachiever’ Warwick talks about his struggles with weight from...

In this episode you’ll learn how to differentiate between anxiety of the completely normal human variety, compared with anxiety that may be part of an ongoing condition. You’ll also learn how anxiety impacts how we feel, what we think, and what we do – and importantly, why certain signs and symptoms anxiety are part of the brain and body’s response in anticipation of a threat. When we understand a...

Dr Tim Sharp, aka Dr Happy, is a renowned leader in the field of Positive Psychology, a sought-after speaker, consultant, podcaster, spokesperson, author and the founder and Chief Happiness Officer (CHO) of The Happiness Institute. He’s achieved unparalleled success in the academic, professional and business worlds, is a proud recipient of the Future Leadership Award and, in 2011, was appointed as...

Eryka Rhodes, founder and owner of Looking Forward Counselling and Mindfulness, gives us an insider’s view on the important role counsellors can play in helping us with our mental health. I love Eryka’s mindful approach and authenticity, and especially how she begins by sharing the bodily sensations and future thinking that bubbled away for her in the lead up to this, her first podcast interview;...

Content warning – suicide. You’d be forgiven for thinking that a podcast episode about suicide would be hard to listen to; my hope is that this episode changes your mind. My guest this week, the wonderful Dannielle Miller OAM, shares her expertise around this hard-to-talk-about, highly sensitive topic, with such conviction and compassion you’ll finish the episode feeling empowered. There are count...

Those of us with anxiety tend to worry lot. For much of my life, worry detracted from my happiness and quality of life, and often stood in the way of things I wanted to do. This is often the case with anxiety and when we don’t know how to manage worry in helpful ways; we lean on other people for reassurance, we avoid getting involved in activities that light us up and we hold back from taking impo...

I love how authentic today’s guest, Mental Health Naturopath Nic Topp, is when it comes to talking about her own experiences with anxiety, anxiety in her two children, her work with patients and her love of coffee! Nic is the best kind of naturopath, she’s passionate about supporting her patients with anxiety and other challenges in every way she can, while also keeping it real. She won’t ask her...

When we see life through the lens of anxiety things can often look and feel bleak, or worse. In today’s episode, the wonderful Dr Chris McCurry shares strategies to help us take off the anxiety goggles and engage with life in the here and now. Chris is a child and adolescent psychologist based in Seattle, Washington; he’s also a published author many times over and has decades of experience workin...

Most of us have endured an anxious wait at some time in our lives. Whether it's finding out the test results from a blood test, a scan or news about a loved one in trouble. In this episode you'll hear Jane's story of childhood anxiety, parenting her parents, anxiously waiting for the results of a mammogram, and then getting the news no one wants to hear.  Jane shares her story with such hones...

Anxiety is there for a reason, it's there to protect us, to take care of us and shows up when our brain needs to keep us safe. This happens when a threat is detected, when we imagine or perceive a threat, as well as when we're doing something new and meaningful. With great warmth and wisdom, today's guest, the wonderful Karen Young from Hey Sigmund, shines a light on what happens in an anxious bra...

Every time I talk to Craig Harper I leave the conversation feeling enlightened, inspired and reassured. I think you will too. Craig hosts 'The You Project' podcast and is one of Australia's leading presenters, writers and educators in health, high-performance, stress management, resilience and personal transformation. If I had to describe Craig in one word, it would be wise. In this episode he sha...

Welcome back! Every now and again I'll be sharing with you a new tool for your anxiety toolkit and today is the first in this series within the podcast. These episodes are shorter than the interview episodes and are carefully designed to equip you with practical tools you can put into practice straight away. Today's episode is about metacognition, aka thinking about thinking. In this episode,...

This episode beautifully sets the tone for Well, hello anxiety. For those of us who know anxiety well, too well; we know it has a way of getting in the way of what's important. In this episode, Mindset Coach Carly Taylor shares powerful insights from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Japanese Psychology that support anyone struggling with anxiety to find a way forward, even if anxiety has...

Our minds didn’t evolve for modern day life, let alone pandemic life. It’s natural to feel anxious, but sometimes we can get stuck in a cycle of anxiety that gets in the way of, well, everything. If you’re looking for a compassionate place to learn how to dial anxiety down and get on with creating a happier life with more calm, contentment, meaning and purpose, this is the podcast for you. Well, h...