The Anxiety Podcast

Latest Episodes:

TAP 127 - How to Deal With Interview Anxiety Sep 01, 2016

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Summary:

In this episode I talk about my ultimate guide to surviving an interview with anxiety. I go through a number of things you can do both before and during the interview to get the job and succeed.

Links:

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

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

In this particular episode you will learn:

- Why we build interviews up so much

- The person who doesn't need the interview ultimately has the most power

- Applying the all or nothing type pressure will just fuel your anxiety

- How when we try to suppress our anxiety it makes it worse

- "I'm actually feeling a bit anxious because I love this company and really want to work here."

- BE ON TIME

- Wear comfortable clothes and do a dress rehearsal

- Don't drink coffee before your meeting

- Why you should have lots of interviews lined up

- Realize there will always be other options

- How to research the company and be prepared

- What to do for in meeting nerves

TAP 126 - Christopher Kelly on Getting Healthy for Life, Biohacking and Why Biology Defines Behavior Aug 30, 2016

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

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

Summary:

In this episode I speak to Christopher Kelly in some detail about nutrition and how than can affect the way we feel. Chris also gets into some detail about what kind of testing can be done to see how food is affecting us.

Chris Kelly is a Pro mountain biker, husband, father, biohacker and co-founder of Nourish Balance Thrive.

He is also a certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, a graduate of the Kalish Institute.

Nourish Balance Thrive isn't just a diet or motivational coaching. It's the perfect blend of a lab-based supplement plan, expert dietary advice and consultative performance planning uniquely tailored to your lifestyle.

Links:

Chris's site: http://www.nourishbalancethrive.com/

Find out more about the Whole 30 Diet: http://whole30.com/whole30-program-rules/

Terry Wahls Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc

In this particular episode you will learn:

- Why Chris started to look at nutrition in the first place

- What happened when Chris changed his diet

- What does Chris actually eat (his wife does all the cooking:))

- How Chris's mental state changed

- How wheat and dairy may be things to consider eliminating to make the biggest impact on anxiety

- Chris gets into detail about how caffeine and alcohol can affect us

- How changing the way I ate changed my bowel movements

- We discuss the type of clients that Chris works with

- Chris talks a bit about fat loss and why under eating can actually stall fat loss

- How long changes take to start happening

- Don't spend too much time worrying about one specific variable

TAP 125 - Anxiety: It's Not You, It's Me Aug 28, 2016

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Summary:

In this episode I talk about how I revisited London recently, the place where my anxiety started. I discuss how it wasn't actually London that was causing my anxiety, it was me.

Links:

Get my End Anxiety Tool Kit here: http://timjpcollins.com/free

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

In this particular episode you will learn:

- It's not the place or the thing, it's us

- I talk about going on the underground again during rush hour

- Having been away from London for some years the shift was substantial and very noticable

- How it was interesting to see the world through a new lens

- It was almost like I was experiencing it for the first time

- It's important to notice smells, sounds, feeling and really connect

- How I was looking for the bits I was scared of

- How I got in a tiny elevator that I could barely fit into

TAP 124 - You Can't Have Anxiety Without Security Aug 25, 2016

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Summary:

In this episode I talk about how anxiety cannot exist without security. This can act as a great reminder when we are suffering with anxiety.

Links:

Get my End Anxiety Tool Kit here: http://timjpcollins.com/free

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

In this particular episode you will learn:

- Please listen to episode 123 with Doug Brackmann for more information: http://www.timjpcollins.com/podcast/doug

Here is the song that came to me when I was recording this episode Yazz "The only way is up":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtKADQnjQmc

- How it's a good reminder for you to sit with when you're working on the 3 C's

- Please sit and take a checklist of all the things you have in that moment

- How feeling anxiety allows us to actually appreciate the good times

- If you're listening to this podcast there is huge upside for you

- I explain how I feel like I've earn't it

- The fact that you're experiencing anxiety means your life is actually pretty good

TAP 123 - Doug Brackmann - From Homeless and Addicted to Wise and Enlightened Aug 23, 2016

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

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

Summary:

In this episode I speak to Doug Brackmann about how you can't have anxiety without security. We get into somatic experiencing, bio hacking and personality types.

Doug is a Licensed Psychologist in California. A dual Ph.D. in Clinical and Industrial/Organizational Psychology. (2002)

25 years Clinical experience (over 20,000 hours of client contact).

Specializing in the underlying factors of any addiction, specifically the genetics (DrD2-A1 & DrD4-7r), environmental factors, and trauma.

20 year Zen meditation practitioner. fMRI geek studying the biological and neuro-structural changes that can be had using meditation techniques.

Over 30 years of recovery from Drug Addiction.

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) which is an intensive three year degree on the biological impacts of trauma on the body and specifically how to heal past acute and chronic trauma.

Links:

A book that Doug mentions

https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Insecurity-Message-Age-Anxiety/dp/0307741206

Dougs website http://www.biohackshrink.com/

In this particular episode you will learn:

- How Doug had his first epiphany when he was living in a car at an early age

- How he went into a locked psych ward and what he realized

- "If the present moment had any emotion in it, I'd be out of a job"

- How you can't have anxiety without security

- "You can't have fear in an unsafe place, you're going to turn into a lizard when the bullets are flying anyway"

- Certain people look forward to things that scare them

- Make the smallest change you can keep

- If you're not aware you inner world is lying to you you'll make your outer world match it

- Why we are programmed to stay within a certain bandwidth and it's difficult to move out of it

- Doug talks about a specific personality type that he works with

- How after achievement we immediately look toward the negative side

TAP 122 - #asktimjp Why do scary images trigger my anxiety? Aug 21, 2016

Show notes

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

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

Summary:

In this episode I will answer a listeners question.

This weeks question:

"Why do scary images trigger my anxiety?"

TAP 121 - Laura Barton on Not Letting Anxiety Get in The Way of Her Dreams Aug 18, 2016

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

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

Summary:

In this episode I speak to Laura Barton about her experience with anxiety. She talks about how she has pursued her dream of becoming a journalist and refuses to let anxiety get in the way.

In this particular episode you will learn:

- How Laura was prepared to get uncomfortable to progress in her chosen career

- Sometimes under pressure we block things out

- Laura talks about her experience with skin picking disorder

- Why it's important for us to take breaks in our lives

- "Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it." - Michael J Fox

TAP 120 - Randy Kelley - Former Navy Seal Sniper on Shooting, Meditation & Finding Flow Aug 16, 2016

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

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

Summary:

In this episode I speak to Randy Kelley about his vast experience from martial arts to being a navy seal sniper. Today he helps people meditate, relax and work on being totally present (while shooting).

In this particular episode you will learn:

- How Randy felt as he went into combat

- Randy breaks things down into what he can handle and can't handle

- How Randy automates things so that he can conserve energy for events he's not expecting

- What Randy means by conditioning himself to higher levels of stress

- Why it's important to be present instead of emotional

- How Randy would mentally prepare for every eventuality

- Randy talks about his fear of flying and how he processed it

- How Randy integrates meditation with long range shooting

- How Randy deals with anxiety

- "To have an ambition but not be held by an ambition"

TAP 119 - #asktimjp How Can I Deal With Other People's Reaction To My Anxiety? Aug 14, 2016

Show notes

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

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

Summary:

In this episode I will answer a listeners question.

This weeks question:

"How Can I Deal With Other People's Reaction To My Anxiety?"

TAP 118 - How to Avoid Coming Off The Rails Aug 11, 2016

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Summary:

In this episode I talk about why I believe as anxiety sufferers we occasionally come off the rails. How we can recognize it and what we can do about it.

Links:

Get my End Anxiety Tool Kit here: http://timjpcollins.com/free

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

In this particular episode you will learn:

- How we can be like a pressure cooker building up steam

- How after holding things down I would slip up and then drink and eat a lot

- Friday & Saturday nights were typically when I'd indulge

- Hangover day can mean we then consume more

- How it's a form of self sabotage

- How in business it's kind of accepted

- I felt like I deserved a break after holding things together for so long

How you can avoid coming off the rails: