I Hate Anxiety Podcast

On today’s podcast I want to talk about the idea of “health food” for your mind. In today’s society we consume a lot of media, and just like food some of that media is healthy for moving us away from anxiety while other types of media can keep us stuck in anxiety and depression. The types of media that I covering today show includes music, television, movies, Internet, and gaming.

Can two people look at the same object or situation and see them in opposite ways? The answer is “yes“, so let’s take a look at this in today’s episode.

In today’s podcast I want to share with you a story of a semi truck, a white line, and a valuable lesson that revealed a truth about what we focus on.

Have you ever been told that you need to think outside the box in order to solve a problem in your life? Well, thinking outside the box may be helpful, but what does it actually mean to think outside the box? How do I think outside of the box? How will it help me? Well today I will try to tackle that question by explaining how I think outside the box.

If you don’t accurately understand your triggers or emotions during times of anxiety than this episode is for you. Today I will teach you an effective method of observing and recording your anxiety patterns that can help you understand and overcome your anxiety either on your own or with the help of the therapist.

While each of us want to recover from our anxiety, sometimes we can find ourselves actually sabotaging our own recovery. On today’s podcast, I will share with you several ways in which you might be getting in the way and sabotaging your recovery from anxiety.

On today’s podcast I want to give you a challenge. I am going to challenge you to challenge your thoughts. Why? It’s simple, if you have false beliefs that are keeping you trapped in anxiety, then you need to challenge and reject those thoughts. Today I’ll show you how to do that.

I want to have a personal conversation with you today. Do you believe that you can beat anxiety? That simple question makes all the difference in whether or not you will overcome anxiety today’s podcast is a one on one encouragement session for you to hopefully help you believe that you personally can overcome anxiety in your life.

On today's podcast I share several roadblocks or excuses to starting our journey for overcoming anxiety.  Don't let a roadblock get in your way of you receiving the treatment you need.  Create a plan for overcoming the roadblocks so you can overcome the anxiety in your life!

Today I want to talk about the concept of an echo chamber. Echoes are kind of neat in that they bounce back the words that we say. An echo chamber in this context is when the thoughts that we express our reflected back to us by the people we surround ourselves with. The question is are these echoes helpful or not when it comes to our anxiety.

On today’s podcast I want to go back and revisit the topic from episode 97 regarding turning off the news when it creates anxiety. Today I’m gonna give you five questions to ask when you’re feeling anxious watching the news. These questions will give you the power to determine whether or not what you’re hearing is accurate, thus whether your anxiety that you’re feeling is accurate to the situation.

Do you find yourself feeding into other people's anxiety?  Does it seem like everyone is having drama, crisis, or tragedy in their lives and it is effecting you.  Let's talk about that today, and I'll give you a couple of suggestions that may help you reduce the anxiety that is finding its way into your life.

Do you feel anxiety when you watch CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, etc? Are you being triggered and find yourself obsessively watching it more than an hour a day, maybe even 5 hours a day?  When a storm system moves across the country do you obsessively watch The Weather Channel?  If you answered "yes", then this podcast is for you.

What happens when we experience too much change too quickly?  Well, two things can happen.  The first is called stress, which everyone experiences.  However, the second can be an anxiety reaction for people who already struggle with anxiety.  Today I talk about the differences.

Today I talk about how inconsistent parenting due to anxiety can negativing impact a child's behaviors and personality development.

Today I share with you my thoughts regarding parenting when anxiety is expressed as anger.

Today I continue with the topic of Parent and Anxiety but focus on how an over-controlling parent can generate and plant the seeds of anxiety in their children.

When anxiety can be seen running in families it is typically a learned behavior.  Today I want to talk about how over protection can develop from parent styles.

Happy New Year to all of my listeners!  My hope for each of you is that 2020 will be a year of positive change to reduce the amount of anxiety in your lives.  In this episode I share my thoughts on five things to do in 2020: Believe, Learn, Awaken, Correct, Train.

Today I want to tell you a story about anxiety symptoms that turned out to be something entirely different.