Podcast Episodes Catalog
Aug. 31, 2022
852: Power Over Panic
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 bound to help you beat your panic attacks!
Aug. 28, 2022
851: Classic ACP 4 Ways of Being Present and Relieving Stress and Anxiety
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 thinking (future focused), imaginary thoughts and negative expectations.
Aug. 24, 2022
850: Classic ACP 9 Anxiety Reducing Ways Of Living
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 are sure to help you move more deliberately and regain your peace.
Aug. 21, 2022
849: 8 Ways Positive Actions Help Reduce Anxiety
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 a...
Aug. 17, 2022
848: Don’t Panic Over Your Intrusive Thoughts
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. ...
Aug. 14, 2022
847: Coping With Anxiety And Cleaning Listener Q and A
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 influenced by the level of stress and anxiety she was experiencing. Solutions to t…
Aug. 10, 2022
846: Shifting Negative Self Talk To Quiet Anxiety
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-talk...
Aug. 7, 2022
845: How to Deal with Anxious Expectations
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.
Aug. 3, 2022
844: Classic ACP How Acceptance and Change Help With Anxiety
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 desperately) to make it stop.
July 31, 2022
843: How To Use Insight To Clear Away Anxious Noise
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. The benefits of a regular meditation practice are reviewed. Listen in and…
July 27, 2022
842: How To Rest Without Feeling Guilty
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 guilt we may have regarding making rest time for ourselves.
July 24, 2022
841: 8 Solutions For Morning Stress And Anxiety
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 meditatio...
July 20, 2022
840: Breathing And Grounding To Calm Your Anxious Mind
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 available...
July 17, 2022
839: Anxiety Agoraphobia and Alcohol Listener Q and A
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, alcohol makes anxiety worse. Simple, practical tips for staying calm when o…
July 13, 2022
838: Classic ACP Why Avoidance and Aversion Don't Help With Anxiety
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 to choose whether or not we are threatened by a particular thing.
July 10, 2022
837 Toxic Behaviors That Add To Stress And Anxiety
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 ou...
July 6, 2022
836 Is Self Care Keeping You Anxious
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 different lens.
July 3, 2022
835 Anxiety Exercise and Skipped Heartbeats
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 the occurrence more likely.
June 29, 2022
834: Floating Stress Away Affirmations
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 reads them as a brief guided meditation.
June 26, 2022
833: 9 Myths About Anxiety
In today's show, Gina shares nine common myths that people hold regarding anxiety. From details about the physiological consequences of anxiety to how (and how not to) treat anxiety, dispelling these myths will make you more knowledgeable about your anxiety and help you to cope more effectively.
June 22, 2022
832: Classic ACP Letting Your Body Turn Down The Stress
In today's episode, Gina discusses the importance of learning to stimulate your vagus nerve, thereby enabling your body to reduce the stress and anxiety you may be experiencing.
June 19, 2022
831: 5 Healing Powers of Solitude
In today's episode, Gina discusses the great benefits of solitude and alone time. Being alone allows one to reflect on their present condition, recharge emotionally, and make plans for improvements in one's life.
June 15, 2022
830: 5-Step Process to Reduce Tech-Based Stress
Gina discusses the critical topic of technology-induced stress and how to better manage it.
June 12, 2022
829: Cultivate Your Happiness Hormones
Gina discusses the miraculous power of part of our endogenous pharmacopeia: our happiness hormones.