The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

Epizódok

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  1286: Stop Trying to Control What You Can't Change: The Three Circles of Anxiety 04.10.2026 21p

  In today's episode, Gina discusses the three circles of anxiety: the circle of concern, the circle of influence and the circle of control. These three principles, when understood correctly, can really help one to cool unnecessary anxiety and optimize one's thoughts and behavior. Focus your energy on what you can change, let go of the rest. Listen in for helpful insights on these powerful organizational principles for your mind and start living better today!
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  1285: Classic ACP Letting Fear Be Your Teacher 30.09.2026 14p

  In today's episode, Gina shares steps for adapting to any particular fears we may have and how to become more confident and comfortable by doing so. Through patience and self kindness, following these tips can lead to great changes in your life!
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  1284: What If They Don't Like Me: Anxiety, Boundaries and Self-Trust 27.09.2026 21p

  In today's episode, Gina discusses social boundaries and how a variety of social cues can trigger anxiety, especially when we are not cognizant of our boundaries or how to manage them for maximum wellness. Understanding and maintaining our boundaries enables us to keep our sense of self intact and communicate this sense of self to others. Simple phrases to use while interacting with others to help you maintain healthy boundaries are provided.
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  1283: Why Anxiety Upsets Your Stomach, And What You Can Do About It 23.09.2026 19p

  In today's episode, Gina discusses the affects of anxiety on the digestive system. Anxiety can cause all kinds of bodily symptoms and the stomach and lower digestive system are particularly susceptible to this. Common symptoms include nausea, bloating, urgent bowel movements and tightness in the stomach. Listen in to learn how to deal with and reduce or eliminate these digestive system related anxiety symptoms today!
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  1282: Classic ACP 3 Tips to Help with the Anxiety of Waiting 20.09.2026 15p

  In today's episode, Gina discusses the anxiety of waiting, such as occurs in long lines at the market or on busy city streets or the highway where traffic is congested. Gina offers listeners three specific methods to bring mindfulness to bear on these moments when the waiting seems to last forever and help soothe the angst and discomfort that can arise.
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  1281: Reset Your Nervous System After Summer: A Practical Morning Reboot 16.09.2026 19p

  In today's episode, Gina shares a helpful process for restoring a calm, peaceful mindset at the start of your day. This practice is framed as particularly useful for the seasonal transition from summer to autumn, but the practice can be useful at any time of year. Three key points of emphasis in this morning reset: light, breath and movement. Listen in and add another routine to your toolkit and achieve a more peaceful, balanced start to your day!
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  1280: You Don't Have to Do Anything Right Now 13.09.2026 21p

  In today's episode, Gina shares a most calming, soothing salve with listeners. The practice of meditation is discussed. It is emphasized that meditation does not require anything of you. Meditation is an opportunity to exist for a time in freedom, without any external demands on you. Listen in and enjoy an extended moment of peace as Gina guides you through a meditation of space and stillness. Remember your peace and calm.
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  1279: Morning Anxiety: Why You Wake Up Anxious and What Actually Helps 09.09.2026 29p

  In today's episode, Gina discusses morning anxiety, what it is and how to tolerate it. Our cortisol is released each morning to help us wake up and prepare physiologically for the day. This is entirely normal and expected. Many people with chronic anxiety, however, can be highly adversely affected by this process, often starting the day with high anxiety if not outright panic. Listen in to this episode to gain more insight into our physiological awakening process and how to become more accustomed to it without succumbing to substantial anxiety in the morning.
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  1278: Back-to-School Anxiety Isn't Just for Kids: It's Stored in Your Body Too 06.09.2026 21p

  In today's episode, Gina discusses why anxiety can increase with an often overlooked time of year: early September, the traditional timing for the restart of the school year. This late August, early September anxiety is suggested to be intrinsic to somatic memory established during childhood, particularly of the stress of newness, uncertainty and social pressures. A particular anxiety clearing practices is included: the September body audit. Listen in and start clearing your seasonal anxiety today!
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  1277: Am I Going Crazy? Why Anxiety Can Make You Feel Like You're Losing Your Mind 02.09.2026 19p

  In today's episode, Gina provides comfort for listeners who are afraid they may be going crazy. The essential message is that much more likely than not, you are not going crazy, and there are many things you can do to help yourself feel better, more calm, peaceful and stable. Intrusive thoughts, depersonalization and derealization are all covered in this episode, as are brain fog, racing thoughts and hyperawareness. Listen in and find more peace and calm even in the face of the most disturbing symptoms.
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  1276: Classic ACP Finding Joy Beyond Discomfort 30.08.2026 19p

  In this episode Gina offers listeners a series of questions they can ask themselves and suggestions they can implement during their experience of the discomfort associated with anxiety and panic. Turning to face the discomfort we are presented with during high anxiety moments can offer us the opportunity we are seeking to overcome the discomfort.
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  1275: Classic ACP Are You Isolating With Anxiety? 26.08.2026 17p

  Today, Coach Gina takes a look at how we drop into isolation and how it can work against us as we move through the phases of clearing anxiety-panic. Today's tip for making progress is to go on a weekly adventure: museum, zoo, train ride, etc, over time you can go to bigger things (such as a concert). A part time job, a church, a hobby, all could be useful.
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  1274: What Would Claire Weekes Say About Social Media And Anxiety? 23.08.2026 23p

  In today's episode, Gina concludes her series on Claire Weekes' anxiety clearing process with reflections on what Dr. Weekes may have thought about the role of social media for people suffering with anxiety. The internet has held many benefits for people with anxiety, including learning about others who have a similar experience and how to remedy these aversive symptoms. It is quite clear the internet and social media can exacerbate anxiety substantially, as well. Listen in for advice on how to take the good and leave the bad with the internet and social media, as well as thoughts on what Claire Weekes might say about our situation today.
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  1273: How To Stop Being Afraid Of Anxiety Sensations: The Claire Weekes Way 19.08.2026 24p

  In today's episode, Gina continues her series on Claire Weekes' anxiety clearing methods. Specifically, how to begin to embrace anxiety sensations, rather than pushing them away in fear, is covered. This important practice can result in fast progress being made in anxiety recovery. Listen in and expand your knowledge of Claire Weekes and start reducing your anxiety!
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  1272: You May Be Recovering From Anxiety Without Realizing It 16.08.2026 26p

  In today's episode, Gina continues her discussion of Claire Weekes' approach to anxiety clearing, particularly how nervous system exhaustion can manifest and how to proceed with anxiety clearing gradually. Anxiety recovery is generally a slow and uneven process, even boring. Letting go of constant monitoring and checking for anxiety can help us pivot into a general state of anxiety recovery, allowing sensations as they present themselves and continuing with our daily living activities. We grow more accustomed to adverse sensations over time and become more resilient. Listen in today.
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  1271: Claire Weekes On Setbacks: You Haven't Lost Your Progress 12.08.2026 21p

  In today's episode, Gina discusses Claire Weekes' thoughts on setbacks in the anxiety recovery process. Difficult days are a part of the anxiety recovery process. Even after much progress and periods of peace and calm, we are bound to experience the return of angst and discomfort. The key is to not let such bumps in the road lead to a loss of hope or a belief that we are on the right path towards more peace and groundedness. Listen in for more thoughts about setbacks during anxiety recovery and why they do not mean you are not getting better!
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  1270: How to Start Living Again: Even When You Feel Anxious 09.08.2026 23p

  In today's episode, Gina discusses another core Claire Weekes anxiety clearing concept: facing. It is important to remember we can keep on living even when anxious feelings are present. Being able to turn towards either sensations or situations that make us uncomfortable and live through them is a key component to facing and to clearing anxiety in general. Listen in to learn more about Claire Weekes' facing and improve your anxiety clearing progress today!
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  1269: How To Break The Habit Of Fear And Retrain Your Anxious Brain 05.08.2026 30p

  In today's episode, Gina discusses Claire Weekes' idea of "the habit of fear" and how anxiety is often largely a learned pattern of sensations, interpretation of these sensations and exaggerated emotional reactions to these sensations and interpretations. Learning to reinterpret anxiety related bodily sensations as not necessarily threatening or dangerous can go a long way to helping us in our anxiety recovery. Listen in and strengthen your ability to interpret bodily sensations and environmental factors in ways that do not signal danger to your body-mind and become more resilient and less anxious today!
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  1268: From Symptom Monitoring to Self-Trust: The Practice of Utter Acceptance 02.08.2026 23p

  In today's episode, Gina discusses the frequent anxiety related behavior of symptom monitoring and how to overcome it. This is another core aspect of Claire Weekes' anxiety recovery protocol: acceptance, and more emphatically, utter acceptance. Learning to become comfortable with any symptoms anxiety throws at us is very helpful for our anxiety recovery. Utter acceptance of the symptoms can help us do this. Listen in and let go of constant self-monitoring today!
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  1267: Stop Checking Your Anxiety: Claire Weekes on Letting Time Pass 29.07.2026 25p

  In today's episode, Gina continues her Claire Weekes series with an episode devoted to the often overlooked step in her core clearing protocol: letting time pass. Letting time pass connects importantly with acceptance and floating. The differences between "letting" time pass and "waiting for" time to pass are expanded on. Listen in and come to understand the final letting time pass step in Claire Weekes' anxiety clearing protocol and further your anxiety clearing journey today!