The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question left on the ACP website about stopping benzodiazepine medication (Xanax). The listener is concerned about the withdrawal process and how she should go about stopping the medication. Gina advises how to go about stopping the medication (with the help of the prescribing physician) and what to expect as far an anxiety and withdrawal symptoms are concerned.Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACPTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.— Harriet Beecher Stowe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡In today's episode, Gina reviews a number of different life situations and circumstances that often contribute to stress and anxiety. Gina discusses some of her own personal experiences with stressful situations in this episode and shares with listeners how to cope with the need for control and the common reality of so many things in our situation being beyond our control.Listen to Episode 279 and 406 for more help with change and anxietyep 279https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/279-4-tips-to-get-through-the-anxiety-of-changeep 406https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/406-feeling-less-anxious-with-changeTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Your hope lies in accepting your life as it now lies before you, forever changed. If you can do that, the peace you seek will follow.– Jennifer Niven Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, Gina discusses the significance of understanding and living within your circle of influence for reducing your anxiety. Knowing what is within your control and what is not in your control can help you immensely. Gina offers suggestions for improving your understanding of what you do and do not control, and how to let go of the need to control things you cannot control.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control—myself. -Stephen Covey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡In today's episode, Gina discusses reassurance and how useful it can be to drop any need for reassurance from others. Anxiety and stress can lead to disturbing sensations and after getting checked by our health care provider, getting comfortable with the idea that stress and anxiety are causing these sensations will be highly useful in overcoming them. Listen in for suggestions on how to do this today!Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACPTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it. -Dorothy M. Neddermeyer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡In today's episode, Gina discusses the many healing virtues of the ayurvedic herb ashwaganda. Gina recommends taking this herb for stress and anxiety as long as you are not pregnant, breastfeeding, or taking sedative drugs. Gina suggests a few different products and forms of the herb for easy consumption.Amazon Link to Raja's Cuphttps://amzn.to/2MNUemJLink To Full Dr Mercola Articlehttp://bit.ly/2Fe0Uo5To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine. -Henry David Thoreau Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡In today's episode, Gina offers listeners a guided meditation practice that is intended to provide an example of a formal floating practice. In the previous episode, Gina answered a listener question regarding floating practice and here provides an example of just that. Listen in to receive an easy to use template for your own floating practice today!Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACPTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.-Robert Louis Stevenson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question about the differences between understanding the process of floating and the actual implementation of floating techniques. Gina well understands these differences as she has witnessed many clients who easily retain firm understanding of floating techniques yet who struggle to implement them in their daily practice. Listen in for Gina's tips to help jump-start your floating practice today!Previous episode mentioned in today's show to help the body practice relaxing https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/episodes/211Listen to the body Scan mentioned in this episodehttps://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/body-scanTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.-Eknath Easwaran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡In today's episode, Gina discusses the important distinction between first fear and second fear in the realm of anxiety experience. Sufferers of anxiety may not have total control over the first fear (initial fear-inducing stimuli) but we have much influence over our experience of the second fear (our reaction to the first fear). Listen in for Gina's thoughts, analysis and tips to help minimize your experience of the second fear!Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit audible.com/coachgina or text coachgina to 500500.To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. —Viktor Frankl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡In today's episode, Gina talks about developing a flexibility of mind to help us overcome our anxiety and strengthen our resolve against future flare ups of anxiety. The anxious mind tends to be rigid and not flexible. Listen in for suggestions on how to stay flexible and reduce rigidity in your mind!HOW TO BE YOURSELFQuiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social AnxietyEllen Hendriksen, Ph.D.http://bit.ly/htbyanxiety To learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.–Frank Zappa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡In today's episode, Gina answers a speakpipe question from an ACP listener. The listener inquires with Gina about the possibility that the acute anxiety the listener is experiencing may stem from grief related to the loss of his mother. Gina offers her thoughtful analysis of the possible causes and offers a number of suggestions for implementing possible solutions for the listener to improve his situation with anxiety.HOW TO BE YOURSELFQuiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social AnxietyEllen Hendriksen, Ph.D.http://bit.ly/htbyanxietyTo learn more go to:http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.comJoin our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One CoachingWhat is anxiety?Quote:It's so curious: One can resist tears and behave very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly bloomed or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.-Colette Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.