Gina discusses the importance of cultivating mindfulness in order to heal anxiety using a Blinkist of Jon Kabat-Zinn's Wherever You Go There You Are. Gina shares a number of methods for "being" in the moment rather than "doi…
In today's episode, Gina discusses beneficial habits to be learned and practiced to reduce your experience of anxiety. Five habits in particular are discussed that will help you improve your condition, including: having a di…
Gina discusses the value of self-compassion, especially in the face of stress and anxiety. Mindfulness and self-kindess are among the chief ways we can implement self-compassion. Listen in for specific verbal prompts that …
In today's episode, Gina discusses the value of cultivating a healthy mindset to help reduce and eliminate anxiety over time. Using core self-healing practices we advocate so heavily here at ACP, such as meditation and affir…
Gina discusses an article from Leo Babauta about the importance of keeping a tidy living space. Clutter can contribute to our anxiety and general disarray in our lives. Suggestions for decluttering extend into keeping our …
Gina shares simple strategies for overcoming panic. From thinking practices (and regular meditation practice) to physiological practices, such as slow deliberate breathing when panic begins to appear, these strategies are b…
Gina discusses the importance of being present for the process of relieving stress and anxiety. Gina points out undesirable factors that inhibit our stress and anxiety relief, including: attachment, excessive forward thinkin…
Gina presents nine anxiety reducing ways of living that Leo Babauta posted on his blog. From setting one's intentions early on, to creating more space, and listening to what life is calling for you to do, these suggestions a…
In today's episode, Gina discusses the importance positive thinking can have for our anxiety recovery. A number of powerful positive thinking prompts are provided. Listen in, start thinking more positively and reduce your …
In today's episode, Gina discusses intrusive thoughts, what they are and how to move past them. Intrusive thoughts are often brought on by additional stress and those suffering from anxiety are often more vulnerable to them.…
Gina answers a listener question regarding untidiness in the environment, cleaning and anxiety. Gina draws from her own personal experience with this problem and how her perception of dirtiness in the home could be influenc…
In today's episode, Gina discusses the causes of negative self-talk, especially for the anxious, and shares techniques for reducing and eliminating such self-talk. Replacing such negative self-talk with affirmative self-tal…
Gina shares strategies for how to deal with anxious expectations. Of particular interest in this episode are the powerful journal exercises that can help turn your expectations into a force of great positivity in your life.
Gina talks about the importance of acceptance and change in healing anxiety. In particular, Gina discusses the benefits of allowing our anxiety experience to unfold, in contrast to fighting the anxiety and trying (often desp…
Gina discusses the importance of practicing meditation for improving our strength of mind and reducing intrusive thoughts and other anxiety related mental noise. Steps for setting up a core meditation routine are reviewed. …
Gina discusses the importance of rest for our overall well-being and resistance to excessive anxiety. Understanding that getting enough rest time is critical to our overall health and well-being can help ease any sense of gu…
In today's episode, Gina shares eight possible solutions for morning anxiety. Waking up earlier is one of the first tips and helps enable one to enact some of the other solutions more readily. Our frequent friends meditati…
In today's episode, Gina discusses the value of breathing and grounding to help establish a sense of peace and calm. A number of breathing focused affirmations are provided to help us utilize this ever-present tool availabl…
Gina answers a listener question regarding agoraphobia and using alcohol as an anxiety treatment. Social anxiety is touched upon before a discussion of the perils of alcohol use for the anxiety sufferer. In the long run, a…
Gina discusses avoidance and aversion in the context of anxiety. Included in this discussion is an emphasis on the importance of how we interpret signals and information that we are perceiving and how very often we are able …
In today's episode, Gina discusses behaviors that are harmful to our lives and increase our stress and anxiety. The importance of reducing these behaviors is discussed, as are ways to go about doing so. Listen in to find o…
Gina presents on a paradoxical topic: that self-care practices could actually be contributing to keeping your anxiety level high! Use your gift of reasoning to examine your anxiety and anxiety-care situation through a diff…
Gina answers a listener question regarding anxiety, exercise and skipped heartbeats. Some of the physiology behind the sensation of skipped heartbeats is discussed as well as how adrenaline released during exercise can make…
In today's episode, Gina shares some helpful affirmations you can use to float through any stress that comes your way. Initially, the affirmations are mentioned and discussed. Later, Gina slows down the affirmations and read…