Epi 20: Anxiety Sucks! Tools To Break The Cycle

Anxiety is one of those things that simply does not discriminate. It doesn’t know age, race, financial status, education, where you live, what you’ve done, what you do for a living, it can strike and grab ahold of you when things are good or when things are absolute hell. For many, anxiety is a real battle that they feel they have no control over.

This week we are taking a one-on-one deep dive into understanding the difference between worry, stress, and anxiety. In doing so, we’ll journey through how each of these plays out in our lives and ultimately land on five real world techniques that can be used to break the overwhelming cycle of anxiety.

So, let’s shift our perspectives and our ability to hold space for ourselves…

Key Takeaways:

00:00 Intro

03:10 The truth about anxiety

03:55 How anxiety often shows up for women and the root causes

06:03 We have our definitions wrong. Worry, stress, and anxiety are not the same operations or behaviors – flushing out the proper definitions

07:09 A deep dive into what worry is and how it shows up in our lives

09:11 How stress owns us and how it rears its ugly head – Stress 101

12:34 Breaking down the dirtiness of anxiety

14:33 Common symptoms of anxiety and how it makes us feel  

15:00 An example of anxiety thinking  

17:00 The inner and outer conversations of anxiety

17:40 How to identify the difference between stress and anxiety  

19:52 Diving into techniques to ease anxiety

20:23 Awareness for anxiety: How to question the validity of your thoughts   

23:48 The Power of Our Breath: 4-7-8 Method

26:22 The Naming the Sensations Within Technique

28:18 3-3-3 Coping Method vs 5-4-3-2-1

34:00 The Brain Dump Technique for energy and thought movement The Art Of A Brain Dump — Danielle A. Vann (danielleavann.com)

36:48 Employing Worry Periods to help ease your stress and anxiety

39:44 “File It” exercise to help ease your mind for a good night’s sleep

43:20 When to seek help

Check out The Art of a Brain Dump to learn how to properly use this fantastic journaling technique.

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