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How to stay in gratitude when you're always waiting for something bad to happen
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#531 The feeling of waiting for something bad to happen often comes when the anxious mind pulls us outside the present moment. Today we discuss why this happens and share self-care practices into your daily routine to help settle your mind. If you love our podcast, please consider exploring our Patreon for loads of Anxiety Slayer Extras for calming…
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Mental Health Coping Strategies For Young Adults During The Pandemic
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#530: This week on the Anxiety Slayer Podcast we’re sharing what we’ve learned from our daughters about how young people can care for themselves during this pandemic. If you love our podcast, please consider exploring our Patreon for loads of Anxiety Slayer Extras for calming anxiety including exclusive posts, guided meditations, Tapping sessions, …
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Anxiety does not discriminate with Glen Tanner
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#529: Today Shann is speaking with Clinical Psychologist, Glen Tanner from Sydney Australia. Glen is the host of the Mindcog podcast where he interviews experts in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, wellbeing, and high performance to break down the science behind your mind, brain, and behavior. Glen is passionate about psychology, and it's his…
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The benefits of a daily breathing practice for calming anxiety
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#528: This week on the Anxiety Slayer Podcast, we're talking about the benefits of a daily breathing practice for calming general anxiety and sharing a guided practice from our Transition to Calm album.By Shann Vander Leek & Ananga Sivyer
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Looking deeper at underlying causes of anxiety: rumination vs inner conflict
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#527: This week on the Anxiety Slayer Podcast, we're responding to a message from a listener and exploring how anxiety can manifest differently for different mind types. “Last night I realized something important. The increased anxiety I’ve felt over a lifetime is a symptom of unresolved conflicts. Can you record an episode to elaborate on the diff…
#526: This week on the Anxiety Slayer Podcast we’re responding to the following question from our private Facebook Group: “Do you think there’s a general way to clear anxiety that’s applicable for everyone, or do you think everyone is different, and there're different ways that work for other people?” ----- Today’s Anxiety Slayer podcast is sponsor…
#525: Shann is speaking with Dr. Jill Stoddard about her new book, Be Mighty: A Woman's Guide to Liberation from Anxiety, Worry, and Stress Using Mindfulness and Acceptance. Dr. Jill Stoddard’s Be Mighty leads you on a bold quest to gain a deeper understanding of your anxiety by exploring your own “origin story”—how your early experiences led to th…
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Celebrate every step you take to feel better
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#524: This week on the Anxiety Slayer Podcast we’re talking about the importance of celebrating every step you take to feel better Anxiety is such a big issue that we sometimes forget the power of the little things - little things like your breath, meditation, and other different ways to relax. Yet, small though they are, the difference these littl…
#523: This week we're talking about the two key elements to self-care that can help us when we're struggling with anxiety or with our health. ----- Today’s Anxiety Slayer podcast is sponsored by Betterhelp. Are stress and anxiety interfering with your happiness? Have you been considering seeing a therapist but not sure where to start? Betterhelp wi…
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The benefits of having an anxiety calming practice to begin the New Year
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#522 This week we're talking about how having a regular anxiety calming practice can help you feel calm and present as we step into this New Year. ----- Today’s Anxiety Slayer podcast is sponsored by Betterhelp. Are stress and anxiety interfering with your happiness? Have you been considering seeing a therapist but not sure where to start? Betterhe…
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Best of Anxiety Slayer: How to regain calm when anxiety hijacks your brain
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Happy Holidays! We hope you are enjoying the season with your loved ones. Enjoy the most popular Anxiety Slayer episodes we produced in 2020! Anxiety frequently hijacks our thinking with a fearful narrative. For example: “what if” thoughts or worst-case scenarios. The body responds as if those fearful thoughts are true—because it doesn’t know the d…
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How Yoga can help you make peace with stress with Stephannie Weikert
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#521: Welcome back to the Anxiety Slayer podcast. Today Shann is speaking with Stephannie Weikert. Stephanie is a Certified Yoga Therapist, mentor, teacher, and speaker. She teaches individuals and organizations to use challenges as catalysts for growth with the time-tested wisdom of yoga. We begin our conversation with the story of Stephannie's de…
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Best of Anxiety Slayer: For freedom from anxiety, ban these words from your self-talk
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Enjoy the most popular Anxiety Slayer episodes we produced in 2020! Language is the painter of our psychological experiences. If we think and talk about joy and hope, we will feel joy and hope. But if our thoughts and dialogue are rooted in anxiety and fear, that is how we feel. You can change this by banning certain words from your self-talk.…
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Best of Anxiety Slayer: Two anxiety relief practices to help you feel more calm and relaxed
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Enjoy the most popular Anxiety Slayer episodes we produced in 2020! Listen in for two supportive anxiety relief practices that will help you feel more calm and relaxed.By Shann Vander Leek & Ananga Sivyer
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Best of Anxiety Slayer: How changing your thoughts about anxiety can help you heal
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Enjoy the most popular Anxiety Slayer episodes we produced in 2020! Today we're talking about how our thoughts and feelings about anxiety affect the quality of our life. We'll be looking at the benefits of clearing resistance and resentment towards anxiety, and how that frees up our energy to start taking action steps toward feeling less anxious an…
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Exploring Sacred Spaces with Michael Whalen
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#520: Today on the Anxiety Slayer Podcast, Shann is speaking with Michael Whalen, a two-time Emmy® award winner, and Grammy-nominated composer and music supervisor, Michael Whalen. A veteran of more than 800 TV and film scores, thousands of commercials, and numerous TV themes and video games, Michael is also a world-renown recording artist and prod…
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The importance of changing your perception towards anxiety
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#519 This week we're talking about how changing your perception about anxiety can help you regain energy and peace. Changing the way you feel about your anxiety and switching your perspective to seeing it as an emotion, or a messenger that is trying to communicate something to you is a positive first step in regaining your power and sense of contro…
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FREE Guided Meditation: Oasis Calming Breathing Practice
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This week we're sharing a guided relaxation from our Oasis album. We hope you find us supportive during these challenging times. If you enjoyed this guided practice, we hope you’ll consider becoming a patron! We have over 60 Anxiety Slayer downloads available on Patreon including our guided relaxations, Tapping Sessions and extra resources for calm…
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The Stigma of Anxiety and Mental Health Challenges
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#517 This week we're talking about stigma and how can it affect us when we’re living with anxiety. ----- Today’s Anxiety Slayer podcast is sponsored by Betterhelp. Are stress and anxiety interfering with your happiness? Have you been considering seeing a therapist but not sure where to start? Betterhelp will assess your counseling needs and match y…
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Cultivating joy in the midst of uncertainty with Kristine Carlson
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#516 Today Shann is speaking with her friend and NY Times Best Selling Author, Kristine Carlson about how we can learn to cultivate joy and peace in the midst of all the chaos and uncertainty. Kristine is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and host of the Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff: Live The Big Stuff podcast. She is passionate about sp…
#515 In this episode, we are responding to the question “can the weather make my anxiety worse?” We’ll also be talking about the season that's most challenging for anxiety, and how to care for yourself so you can pass through it peacefully. Today’s Anxiety Slayer podcast is sponsored by Betterhelp. Are stress and anxiety interfering with your happi…
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Are micro-distractions increasing your anxiety
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#514 In this week’s podcast, we’re talking about how micro distractions can increase anxiety. Today’s Anxiety Slayer podcast is sponsored by Betterhelp. Are stress and anxiety interfering with your happiness? Have you been considering seeing a therapist but not sure where to start? Betterhelp will assess your counseling needs and match you with you…
#513 In this week’s podcast, we’re talking about how when we resent our anxiety we give it more power over us and what we can do to replace the resentment we feel with compassion. Today’s Anxiety Slayer podcast is sponsored by Betterhelp. Are stress and anxiety interfering with your happiness? Have you been considering seeing a therapist but not su…
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Perfectly Hidden Depression with Dr. Margaret Rutherford
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#512: Today Shann is speaking with Dr. Margaret Rutherford about the tell tale signs of perfectly hidden depression. Margaret is a clinical psychologist with twenty-five years of experience who works with people who are battling perfectionism. She’s the host of the SelfWork Podcast and author of Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from t…
#511: Today we’re talking about how to protect yourself from being swept away by the fear of anxiety. Today’s Anxiety Slayer podcast is sponsored by Betterhelp. Are stress and anxiety interfering with your happiness? Have you been considering seeing a therapist but not sure where to start? Betterhelp will assess your counseling needs and match you …
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Never Give Up, Never GiveIn, Never Quit with Dr. Dain Heer
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#510: Welcome to the Anxiety Slayer podcast. Today Shann is speaking Dr. Dain Heer on how we can support our youth who are struggling with depression, self-esteem, and an alarming increase in the rate of suicide. Suicide prevention remains a universal challenge. It is responsible for over 800,000 deaths or one suicide every 40 seconds. In 2019, wor…
