The Anxiety Podcast

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TAP 197 - Be Your Own Biggest Fan Apr 06, 2017

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Summary:

In this episode I talk about why you should be your own biggest fan and inspire yourself. I picked up on a recent video I watched from Gary Vaynerchuk where he touched on this and also saw the instagram post from Jeremy Goldberg (of Long Distance Love Bombs Fame) where he wrote "I am the most inspiring person I know"

I came across those two things at around the same time and they hit me pretty hard. So I sat with them for a while and then ended up recording this episode.

Links:

Check out our next retreat - https://timjpcollins.leadpages.co/retreat/

To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free

Or in the USA text "LEANIN" to 44222

Join the Less Anxiety More Life community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lessanxietymorelife/

Please click here to leave a review - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1031117023

In this episode you will learn:

How growing up we aren't really encouraged to believe in ourselves
We wear lots of masks to protect ourselves and hide how we really feel
You need to look for the good
We can't wait for confidence to show up
You need to build on the inspiring things you've done
Drink in all that is good about you

TAP 196 - James Moore on Pharmaceuticals Making Things Worse, The Myths, Overprescription & Why Tapering Is So Hard Apr 04, 2017

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Summary:

This week we talk to James Moore about the difficulties users face when they want to stop taking psychoactive drugs. James encourages and supports conversations between users, mental health professionals and policy-makers around this issue.

Find more about James Moore here: https://www.change.org/p/make-pharmaceutical-firms-help-users-who-want-to-stop-taking-anxiety-depression-drugs

Sign James' petition here: www.jfmoore.co.uk

James Moore on BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04sp58d

Links:

Retreats page: https://timjpcollins.leadpages.co/retreat/

To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free

In the USA text "LEANIN" to 44222

Please click here to leave a review -http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1031117023

Join the Less Anxiety More Life community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lessanxietymorelife/

In this episode you will learn:

James' struggle with emetophobia (fear of vomiting)
How James was prescribed medication to manage anxiety
How medication did not cure the anxiety
How James experienced anti-depressant withdrawals
Evidence shows that anti-depressants don't always work, especially for anxiety
The risk of dependency on anti-depressants
The epidemic of over-prescription
The importance of a healthy diet
Liquid form of medication
The myth of the "chemical imbalance"
There is no "short cut" to getting better
How getting a diagnosis can be disempowering
6 Point Plan for improving the prescribing of psychoactive drugs
GPs and pharmacists can play a huge part in
How pharmaceutical companies can help
Lowering your baseline anxiety
James' petition calling on manufacturers to create tablets in smaller dosages

Quotes:

"I took a tablet which actually intensified my anxiety… it just masked the areas in my life that I wanted to change."

"In the U.S.A. 13% of the adult population are taking anti-depressants" **according to the American Medical Association**

"Your anxiety is there to tell you, you need to take a fundamentally hard look on your life and make a significant change."

"People want the responsibility to be fixed to be given to someone else."

"We've medicalized distress. We've taken the trauma of lives and said that it's a medical problem."

"It's meditation, not medication."

"The answers to a lot of these problems are within you, not from something external."

TAP 195 - Use In Case Of Panic Attack Mar 30, 2017

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Summary:

This week, I share my Lean In Audio. This is an audio guide to help you through a panic attack or a moment of high stress/anxiety. Listen to this every time you feel anxiety coming on.

You can also download the audio here: http://www.timjpcollins.com/leaninnow

Remeber:

Stop blaming yourself
No more avoiding anxiety
Take anxiety head on
Look at your anxiety
Mindful breathing
Breathe through your nose, not your mouth
Create a peaceful environment for your anxiety
Notice where in your body you feel anxiety
Don't resist your anxiety
Be curious about your anxiety
Know that this anxiety will pass
Keep breathing and moving
The ocean & cloud analogy
Do something for you

Breathe. Be strong. Be curious. Be compassionate towards yourself.

Quotes:

"Realize that in this moment, you're safe and you're not alone."

"If we run, anxiety will chase us. We will stand there."

"You've been here before and you've survived."

"Embrace the feelings. Embrace the anxiety. It's part of you."

"You're not willing to fight, you just want peace."

"Curiosity allows us to disrupt just feeling fear."

"Having a conversation with your anxiety as opposed to just being afraid of it will allow you to overcome it."

"This may happen again, but you're okay with that because now you know what to do"

Links:

Retreats page: https://timjpcollins.leadpages.co/retreat/

To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free

In the USA text "LEANIN" to 44222

Please click here to leave a review -http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1031117023

Join the Less Anxiety More Life community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lessanxietymorelife/

TAP 194 - Dr. Jessica Cooperman on Helping Teenagers Manage Anxiety & School Mar 28, 2017

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Summary:

This week we talk to Dr. Jessica Cooperman, a psychologist at Markham Stouffville Hospital (Ontario, Canada). Together with a team of skilled clinicians and educators, Dr. Cooperman founded ATLAS: Adolescent Teaching and Learning Alternative Services. ATLAS works with kids and teens suffering with depression and anxiety and offers teens support and a safe space to cope with their stress.

ATLAS is a hospital program addressing the unique needs of teenagers struggling with anxiety and/or depression so severe that it is impairing their school attendance and functioning. The goal of the program is to provide students with the tools for a successful school re-entry and the resumption of a healthier, more fulfilling life where anxiety and sad mood no longer control behaviour.

Find out more about the ATLAS program here: http://www.msh.on.ca/node/1166

TAP Links:

Retreats page: https://timjpcollins.leadpages.co/retreat/

To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free

In the USA text "LEANIN" to 44222

Please click here to leave a review -http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1031117023

Join the Less Anxiety More Life community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lessanxietymorelife/

In this episode you will learn:

How Dr. Cooperman faced her phobia and pursued psychology
What is the ATLAS Program?
What are the initial steps in the ATLAS Program
How ATLAS Program incorporates fitness and exercise for the teens
The role of parents in the ATLAS Program
What advice would you give to those who don't have access to ATLAS?
How involved does Dr. Cooperman get into teens' backstory or history?
How ATLAS incorporates healthy eating for teens
What role does social media play into teens life in ATLAS and outside?
How jumping and shaking can help with anxiety
The importance of setting limits with your kids
How we need to encourage our kids and teens to connect without screens
How does medication play into the ATLAS Program
Do parents enable their kid's anxiety?

Quotes:

"I think we are the only centre in Canada to be connected to a community centre"

"We try to find that right balance between making people feel comfortable and making them uncomfortable"

"There is some amount of anxiety that's healthy in daily life"

"People have this "AH-HA!" where they finally get it and sometimes that's all it takes to be open to trying something different."

"Each step is adding up to make a difference."

TAP 193 - Micro Bravery Mar 23, 2017

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Summary:

On this weeks anxiety variety I talk about micro bravery and how we can be brave by taking small steps. I discuss how you can apply it to your own life to build confidence and prepare to be brave when you need it.

Links:

Check out our next retreat - https://timjpcollins.leadpages.co/retreat/

To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free

Or in the USA text "LEANIN" to 44222

Join the Less Anxiety More Life community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lessanxietymorelife/

Please click here to leave a review - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1031117023

In this episode you will learn:

Where is the smallest possible place you can start
Being brave is much more manageable when it's in small pieces
How this can apply to going after your passion
How you can brainstorm about starting a new venture
The micro approach is much better than procrastinating
How I personally get the creative juices flowing
How bravery is transferable

TAP 192 - Rene Brent on How To Pattern Interrupt Anxiety & Change Our Thinking Mar 21, 2017

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Summary:

This week I talk to Rene Brent, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and advocate for Practicing Happy. She started as a registered nurse for over 25 years and is now a Hypnotherapist and a #1 International Bestseller author of the book "How Big Is Your BUT?" Rene helps her clients use the power of the deep inner mind to release blocks and reach personal and professional goals.

Check out her book here: https://www.amazon.com/How-Big-Your-BUT-Discover-ebook/dp/B01I6C5DUA

Learn more about Rene Brent here: www.renebrenthypnosis.com OR www.practicehappynow.com

Links:

Retreats page: https://timjpcollins.leadpages.co/retreat/

To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free

In the USA text "LEANIN" to 44222

Please click here to leave a review -http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1031117023

Join the Less Anxiety More Life community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lessanxietymorelife/

In this episode you will learn:

Rene Brent story: from nursing to Hypnotherapy
How hypnotherapy helped Rene move forward from her divorce
How to "pattern interrupt"
How Rene helps people hit the Pause Button
How visualizations helped basketball players
The importance of visualizing your day, every day
We make up our own stress
How anxiety helps you find purpose
What is a Felt Sense?
The link between physical illness and stress/anxiety
How to practice positive thinking
Tips for people who have trouble sleeping

Quotes:

"The mind is a beautiful thing, it sometimes feels like it's helping you when it's really hurting you in the long run"

"When your subconscious is open, you can make changes very quickly"

"Your body is a very powerful pharmacy and the chemicals from stress and fear are very addicting"

"Fear and gratitude cannot exist in the same space"

"50% of what we stress about isn't even real, it's imagined"

"I am absolutely grateful for my divorce and everything I went through"

"Awareness is the key to change"

TAP 191 - Anxiety Afterglow Mar 16, 2017

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Summary:

This week I discuss something that I like to call the Anxiety Afterglow. The moment when you've just leaned into your fear and achieved something significant, just overcome some adversity. In that moment of brief euphoria we must bookmark that and capture it. This allows us to build confidence and belief in ourselves.

Links:

Check out our next retreat - https://timjpcollins.leadpages.co/retreat/

To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free

Or in the USA text "LEANIN" to 44222

Join the Less Anxiety More Life community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lessanxietymorelife/

Please click here to leave a review - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1031117023

In this episode you will learn:

What is Anxiety Afterglow? (2:29)
How we can celebrate our wins (3:58)
Consider the good accomplishments (5:55)
Go from What If to So What (6:35)
Switch to positive What Ifs (7:35)
What does Anxiety Afterglow feel like? (9:00)
How to savour the afterglow (11:40)
How to engage in the Anxiety Afterglow (16:00)

Quotes:

"Everything in our being wants us to survive" (3:23)
"We are masters at enduring" (3:50)
"It's significant to stop and consider the good stuff" (5:59)
"Build up your piggy bank of goodness to eventually switch the balance" (6:37)
"Get to know that feeling of success" (11:15)
"We default back to worry if don't harness the energy and savour it" (11:40)

TAP 190 - Jeremy Goldberg on Making Kindness Cool Mar 14, 2017

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Summary:

This week I chat to Jeremy Goldberg, about his kindness revolution, Long Distance Love Bombs. Jeremy, a Ph.D. scholar who spent the past four years studying the science of human behavior, discusses making kindness cool, building your confidence and the importance of starting small.

Check out more here: www.longdistancelovebombs.com

Instagram: @longdistancelovebombs

Links:

Check out our next retreat: https://timjpcollins.leadpages.co/retreat/

To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free

Or in the USA text "LEANIN" to 44222

Please click here to leave a review -http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1031117023

Join the Less Anxiety More Life community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lessanxietymorelife/

In this episode you will learn:

What is a Long Distance Love Bomb?
How do you make kindness cool?
The power of handwritten messages
Why we need to reflect and give people the benefit of the doubt
How taking risks can build confidence
How kindness is a ripple effect
What Jeremy learned from his Ph.D on human behaviour and the Great Barrier reef
What to do with overwhelming information
How to start good habits
Aloneness vs Loneliness
Why we need to choose our heroes carefully
The importance of being authentic and honest

Quotes:

"Why is it okay for this woman to have an emotional breakdown by herself?"

"What if it was cool to give more selflessly and take less selfies?"

"I try to treat life like a creative endeavor of the benefit of the doubt"

"We've never been so connected through social media yet we've never felt further away because all those connections are superficial"

"You never know who's walking down the road having a miserable time and your smile might totally change their day around"

"I am a much better person than I was a couple of years ago simply because of the action that I've been taking on a small scale"

"The inner workings of our own mind are different than everyone around us"

"To start new habits, the best and most effective way is to just start as small as possible"

"If you don't feel comfortable with yourself, then that is a good place to start being curious"

"When you're scared you actually do feel really alive"

"People think that honesty and authenticity push people away when in reality the opposite is true"

"It's hardwired into us to care"

TAP 189 - Being Fearless Precisely When You're Most Scared Mar 09, 2017

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In this weeks anxiety variety I talk about a fantastic quote I came across online recently. I got into detail about how we can lean into even when we're scared. This gives us the opportunity to really grow.

Links:

To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free

In the USA text "LEANIN" to 44222

Please click here to leave a review -http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1031117023

For more information about the retreat go to http://moreliferetreat.com

Join the Less Anxiety More Life community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lessanxietymorelife/

In this episode you will learn:

How we only really grow when we put ourselves out there
What it's like to engage in being comfortable when we're uncomfortable
Starting before you have permission from anyone
Even at my worst I still survived
How I experienced bad turbulence on a plane and dealt with that
Where in your life can you be brave?
Where can you be fearless when you're scared?

Quotes:

"In spite of this fear I'm taking a baby step anyway"

TAP 188 - Gina Florio on Growing Up Amid Racism and Why Millennials Have More Anxiety Mar 07, 2017

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Summary:

This week I chat with Gina Florio, a featured writer on Bustle, HelloGiggles and more. We discuss how millennials suffer with anxiety more and how to overcome it through technology use, yoga, healthy lifestyle and more.

Instagram: @gmfloria

In this episode you will learn:

- Gina's early life and growing up as a bi-racial kid in Georgia

- How anxiety first showed up in Gina's life

- Anxious habits that started showing up

- How University/college dealt with Gina's anxiety

- How yoga helped Gina with her anxiety

- Why is anxiety on the rise in millennials?

- How technology makes us more anxious

- How to intentionally choose how to interact online

- The importance of being still and meditating

- Why you should implement a morning walk in your routine

- Finding a sustainable health and fitness routine

- What happened when Gina left her small Southern hometown

- How Gina's partner helps her with her anxiety

- Year of Backbending

Quotes:

"Millennials are showing higher rates of anxiety than ever before"

"We spend about 4 hours a day on our phone... about 16th of our day on Facebook alone"

"Protect your energy and carefully choose who you follow"

"The information out there right now is all so charged and it does our heads in"

"We're never happy when we look in the mirror. And how can you expect us to be when society is telling us at every turn that we need to have a before and we need to have an after"

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