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We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.

-from Boundaries by Dr. Henery Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

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522: Is This Anxiety Or Medication Withdrawal Listener Q and A Jul 03, 2019

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In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question left on the ACP website about stopping benzodiazepine medication (Xanax). The listener is concerned about the withdrawal process and how she should go about stopping the medication. Gina advises how to go about stopping the medication (with the help of the prescribing physician) and what to expect as far an anxiety and withdrawal symptoms are concerned.

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When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

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521: Situational Anxiety Jun 30, 2019

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In today's episode, Gina reviews a number of different life situations and circumstances that often contribute to stress and anxiety. Gina discusses some of her own personal experiences with stressful situations in this episode and shares with listeners how to cope with the need for control and the common reality of so many things in our situation being beyond our control.

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Your hope lies in accepting your life as it now lies before you, forever changed. If you can do that, the peace you seek will follow.

– Jennifer Niven

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520: Reduce Anxiety By Living Within Your Circle Of Influence Jun 26, 2019

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In today's episode, Gina discusses the significance of understanding and living within your circle of influence for reducing your anxiety. Knowing what is within your control and what is not in your control can help you immensely. Gina offers suggestions for improving your understanding of what you do and do not control, and how to let go of the need to control things you cannot control.

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If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control—myself.

-Stephen Covey

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519: How Much Reassurance Will It Take To Satisfy Your Anxiety Jun 23, 2019

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In today's episode, Gina discusses reassurance and how useful it can be to drop any need for reassurance from others. Anxiety and stress can lead to disturbing sensations and after getting checked by our health care provider, getting comfortable with the idea that stress and anxiety are causing these sensations will be highly useful in overcoming them. Listen in for suggestions on how to do this today!

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Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it. -Dorothy M. Neddermeyer

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518: How To Relieve Stress And Anxiety With Ashwaganda Herb Jun 19, 2019

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In today's episode, Gina discusses the many healing virtues of the ayurvedic herb ashwaganda. Gina recommends taking this herb for stress and anxiety as long as you are not pregnant, breastfeeding, or taking sedative drugs. Gina suggests a few different products and forms of the herb for easy consumption.

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A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine. -Henry David Thoreau

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517: Floating Practice For Anxiety Guided Meditation Jun 16, 2019

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In today's episode, Gina offers listeners a guided meditation practice that is intended to provide an example of a formal floating practice. In the previous episode, Gina answered a listener question regarding floating practice and here provides an example of just that. Listen in to receive an easy to use template for your own floating practice today!

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Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

-Robert Louis Stevenson

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516: Reviewing Floating Technique vs. Executing Listener Q and A Jun 12, 2019

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In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question about the differences between understanding the process of floating and the actual implementation of floating techniques. Gina well understands these differences as she has witnessed many clients who easily retain firm understanding of floating techniques yet who struggle to implement them in their daily practice. Listen in for Gina's tips to help jump-start your floating practice today!

Previous episode mentioned in today's show to help the body practice relaxing https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/211

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Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

-Eknath Easwaran

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515: First Fear Second Fear and Anxiety Jun 09, 2019

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In today's episode, Gina discusses the important distinction between first fear and second fear in the realm of anxiety experience. Sufferers of anxiety may not have total control over the first fear (initial fear-inducing stimuli) but we have much influence over our experience of the second fear (our reaction to the first fear). Listen in for Gina's thoughts, analysis and tips to help minimize your experience of the second fear!

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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. —Viktor Frankl

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514: Flexible Mind vs Anxious Mind Jun 05, 2019

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In today's episode, Gina talks about developing a flexibility of mind to help us overcome our anxiety and strengthen our resolve against future flare ups of anxiety. The anxious mind tends to be rigid and not flexible. Listen in for suggestions on how to stay flexible and reduce rigidity in your mind!

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Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety

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