Struggling with panic attacks, agoraphobia, or other anxiety problems? The Anxious Truth will educate you, empower you, encourage you, and inspire you to get your life back! * Featured in the New York Times: "6 Podcasts to Soothe An Anxious Mind" (April 27, 2024) * Featured in Vogue Magazine: "The 15 Best Mental Health Podcasts Recommended by Therapists" (October 2023) Listen to the podcast, read the books, join the social media community, and get on the path to recovery.
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Anxiety Recovery: Learning To Trust Your Body Again | Ep 304
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Send in a question or comment via text. Why is learning to trust your body again so difficult in the face of chronic or disordered anxiety? What if chronic anxiety could make you feel as disconnected from your body as a chronic illness might? Discover the surprising parallels between the two as we unravel the complex relationship anxiety sufferers …
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Expectations and Demands in Anxiety Recovery | Ep 303
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Send in a question or comment via text. Resisting the reality of anxiety - the fact that it does exist in your life even when you are trying really hard to escape it or make it stop - means clinging to "feel good" expectations that are rarely met. This mismatch between expectations, demands, and reality can make overcoming chronic or disordered anx…
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Journaling Tips for Anxiety Disorder Recovery | Ep 302
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Send in a question or comment via text. Journaling can be a useful tool in anxiety recovery, but how do you ensure it works for you and not against you? This episode challenges traditional journaling methods, especially when grappling with chronic or disordered anxiety, by offering a fresh perspective on how to modify these practices to align with …
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A Guided Mindful Acceptance Exercise for Anxiety | EP 301
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Send in a question or comment via text. Can you transform your relationship with anxiety by letting go and dropping your resistance? Well, the most effective acceptance-based treatments for chronic and disordered anxiety are based on this exact principle. The concepts are simple and the theory is sound, yet most anxious people struggle with fully l…
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Micro Exposures in Anxiety Recovery | EP 300
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Send in a question or comment via text. Can skipping a daily calming ritual or delaying bedtime slightly really aid in anxiety recovery? Discover how these seemingly insignificant acts can accumulate into substantial progress on your journey to overcoming anxiety. This week on The Anxious Truth, we’re breaking down the concept of micro exposures—th…
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Anxiety and Avoidance: How Can I Tell If I'm Avoiding? | Ep 299
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Send in a question or comment via text. Are you struggling to identify whether your behaviors are forms of avoidance in your anxiety recovery journey? This episode of The Anxious Truth addresses the often murky and uncertain nature of avoidance habits, emphasizing that nobody navigates these waters flawlessly. We'll share insights on how distinguis…
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Anxiety Recovery Without Exposure? | Ep 298
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Send in a question or comment via text. Is it possible to conquer an anxiety disorder without doing exposure? Well ... there are plenty of non-exposure concepts and techniques that can really help. No doubt about that. But in the end, thinking and feeling is rarely if ever all we need to change beliefs in a way that really makes a difference. Behav…
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Bad Anxiety and Mental Health Advice | Episode 297
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Send in a question or comment via text. The Internet is packed with anxiety and mental health advice, but not all of it is useful or helpful. Some of it can be harmful. This week I'm joined by Emma McAdam, the therapist behind the Therapy in a Nutshell YouTube channel, to dissect the often misleading and sometimes dangerous information circulating …
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Healing From Anxiety | Ep 296
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Send in a question or comment via text. Healing from chronic or disordered anxiety. How do we do it? Do we do it at all? This week on The Anxious Truth we’re talking about healing from anxiety because this is a topic so many people want to hear more about! For full show notes on this episode: https://theanxioustruth.com/296 If you are going to scro…
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Do I Really Have To Sit With My Anxiety? | Episode 295
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Send in a question or comment via text. What if you could transform your relationship with anxiety simply by changing your approach? This week on the Anxious Truth, we tackle the misunderstood phrase "sitting with anxiety" and reveal how it doesn't mean you have to be physically still. We'll break down the true essence of this concept, emphasizing …
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When Panic Attacks Come Out Of The Blue | Ep 294
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Send in a question or comment via text. HELP! My panic attacks come totally out of the blue! I don't know how to handle that! For an anxious person struggling with the process of anxiety disorder recovery, it can sometimes seem like panic attacks strike completely randomly and "out of the blue", where no clear source of anxiety can be identified as…
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Thinking and Feeling ... About Thinking and Feeling | EP 293
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Send in a question or comment via text. Thinking and feeling are important to humans. Thinking and feeling about thinking and feeling is important to anxious humans! In the world of recovery from disordered or chronic anxiety, what we thinking and feeling about thinking and feeling - our metacognitive beliefs - play an important role in the process…
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Anxiety Grounding Techniques Revisited | Episode 292
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Send in a question or comment via text. You’re in the middle of a huge wave of intense anxiety and fear, or maybe you’re experiencing a full blown panic attack. Someone with all the best intentions and trying to be helpful instructs you to identify five things you can see, four things you can touch, three things you can hear, two things you can sme…
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