Podcast Episodes Catalog
Jan. 22, 2025
1109: How Safety Nutrients Help Break the Cycle of Anxiety
Gina discusses "safety nutrients," a concept provided by Dr. Matt Lederman, a recent guest on the show. Safety nutrients are emotional and relational experiences that contribute to a psychological and emotional sense of safety. Key safety nutrients, such as empathy and connection (as well as thre…
Jan. 19, 2025
1108: Hyperawareness, Feedback Loops, and Anxiety: Listener Q and A
Gina talks about the importance of attention for our mental state and how it can provoke cycles of hyperawareness and further increases in sensory disturbances. These cycles of sensory anomaly and increased attention lead to cycles that can spiral into severe anxiety if not outright panic. Listen…
Jan. 15, 2025
1107: Anxiety-Proof Your Life: Cultivating Resilience and Grace
Gina responds to an ACP Group Coaching member who posted an interesting word for her "one word for the year". This group member chose "resilience" for her 2025 word of the year. Gina expands on how we can all take this new year opportunity to cultivate more resilience in our lives and by doing so…
Jan. 12, 2025
1106: Classic ACP 5 Tips To Stop Encouraging Anxiety And Fear
Gina shares five ways to stop encouraging anxiety and fear from appearing in our lives. From meditation, to using our creative, problem solving abilities, these tips will help minimize the intrusion of anxiety into our lives. Listen in to learn to get a hold of your reactions to stress and minimize…
Jan. 8, 2025
1105: Empowering Yourself to Heal Anxiety Tools and Insights from Dr Matt Lederman Part 2
Gina concludes her interview with Dr. Matthew Lederman, who shares his core suggestions for healing anxiety as highlighted in his book Wellness to Wonderful. Dr. Lederman recommends getting comfortable with your feelings, including those that are aversive or unpleasant. With a better understandin…
Jan. 5, 2025
1104: Empowering Yourself to Heal Anxiety: Tools and Insights from Dr. Matt Lederman Part 1
Gina shares part one of an interview with Dr. Matt Lederman, a medical doctor with a passion for helping people achieve lasting health and happiness. Dr. Lederman has an interesting take on anxiety and shares his wisdom and experience with listeners in this interview. Gain a fresh perspective on …
Jan. 1, 2025
1103: Affirmations for a Calm Peaceful New Year
Gina shares a number of affirmations for the new year. Learn about the benefits of positive affirmations for helping clear anxiety and increasing peace and calm. These affirmations will help you strengthen your brain health, as well as help you define your self-identity. Become the person you wa…
Dec. 29, 2024
1102: Embracing Simple Living for Less Stress and Anxiety
Gina discusses the benefits of simple living for reducing stress and anxiety. Our contemporary world is filled with pressures to consume more and we end up with less time and much more to worry about. Simplicity and even minimalism have a number of benefits for helping cultivate more space and peac…
Dec. 25, 2024
1101: Guided Meditation for Inner Peace and Calm on Christmas Day
Gina shares a guided meditation with listeners to help celebrate the peace and calm that is available to us this holiday season. Connect with your breath and body and realize the peace that resides within you. The holidays can be stressful, but you don't have to suffer as you can access you inner…
Dec. 22, 2024
1100: Stillness and Silence: The Unsung Heros in Managing Chronic Stress and Anxiety
Gina discusses the importance of stillness and silence for overcoming anxiety. A number of ways to embrace stillness and silence are identified. Special importance is placed on the development of a meditation practice in ones life. Guided meditations are useful for establishing a meditation prac…
Dec. 20, 2024
1099: Classic ACP Overthinking and Social Anxiety
Gina discusses the vast topic of social anxiety. In particular, there is a focus on how overthinking can aggravate our social anxiety. Advice on how to think as we go about our lives in social situations is provided to help improve your overall social functioning and well-being.
Dec. 18, 2024
1098: Anxiety Conversation with Dr. Fred Moss: Pioneering Psychiatrist and Mental Health Advocate Part 2
Gina finishes her interview with Doctor Fred Moss, a knowledgeable and experienced psychiatrist who is committed to helping patients removing unneeded medications from their lives. Psychiatric medications have a track record for making worse and even causing psychiatric symptoms in those who take …
Dec. 15, 2024
1097: Guest Interview With Doctor Fred Moss Part 1
Gina interviews guest Doctor Fred Moss about the harms of psychiatric medication for patients. Psychiatric medications have a tendency to make symptoms worse, fail to treat the causes of patient suffering and can prolong psychiatric illness. Doctor Moss's solution is to establish genuine connecti…
Dec. 13, 2024
1096: Classic ACP Use Your Body to Calm Your Anxious Fearful Brain
Gina discusses the powerful method of using your body to calm the mind and reduce anxiety. In particular, specific postures are suggested that will inform the brain to relax and calm down. Listen in today to add a powerful resource for helping calm the mind and soothe your anxiety.
Dec. 11, 2024
1095: Using Your Breath to Calm the Mind and Body and Ease Anxiety
Gina shares her knowledge of breathing techniques for calming anxiety. These are powerful skills to master when you are not in a storm of anxiety, so that when you need them, you can use them and halt anxiety in its tracks. Listen in today and add to your anxiety clearing toolkit with these easy …
Dec. 8, 2024
1094: Mindful Sips: Embrace Calm with Non-Caffeinated Herbal Teas
Gina discusses a wonderful treatment for anxiety that is often overlooked: herbal teas. This episode identifies many different herbal teas that are readily available and outlines their various flavors and effects. This show is not to be missed. Listen in today and add some new herbal allies to y…
Dec. 6, 2024
1093: Floating Through Change: Gratitude and Growth in Uncertain Times
Gina shares an email from a listener and a group coaching member about some of her recent struggles with anxiety, as well as some of her success in overcoming and floating through the anxiety. The importance of kindness and gratitude are highlighted as key tools for becoming more resilient in the …
Dec. 4, 2024
1092: Classic ACP Panic Attack First Aid Kit
Gina offers listeners a mini first aid kit for panic attacks and high stress anxiety moments. A number of steps are provided for neutralizing a panic attack in the early stages, before it gets out of control. Listen in for advice on how to better handle and diffuse panic attacks.
Dec. 1, 2024
1091: Anxiety and High Functioning Codependency with Terri Cole Part 2
Gina shares part 2 of her interview with Terri Cole, an author and expert on high functioning codependency. Terri shares her wisdom and experience as a psychotherapist to provide important information on how to handle one's codependent social patterns. Use this information to transform your own w…
Nov. 29, 2024
1090: Anxiety and High Functioning Codependency with Terri Cole Part 1
Gina interviews Terri Cole, a psychotherapist and relationship expert who has recently written a book on High-Functioning Codependency. Terri shares her story and wisdom regarding this situation (and behavioral set) that is frequently paired with anxiety. Listen in for another angle on a behavior…
Nov. 27, 2024
1089: Thanksgiving Calm: A Guided Meditation for Gratitude
In today's episode, Gina shares a guided meditation with listeners to help cultivate peace and calm during the holiday season. Listen to Gina's soothing voice as she expresses her own gratitude for you the listener and gently guides listeners through reflecting on their own gratitude during this ho…
Nov. 24, 2024
1088: Holding Two Truths: Finding Peace Amid Anxious Chaos
Gina explores the topic of dialectical thinking and how incorporating this approach can help you find more peace and calm in nearly any situation. Dialectical thinking (and emotional reasoning) involves a process of balancing seemingly contradictory sets of information (thoughts or emotions) and f…
Nov. 22, 2024
1087: Walking Away from Anxiety: Discover the Labyrinth's Healing Power.
Gina discusses the wonderful healing power of the labyrinth. Labyrinths have a substantial healing potential, particularly in their capacity to reduce stress and improve mindfulness. Listen in to learn how to walk a labyrinth and where you can find one. Also discussed are related tools you can u…
Nov. 20, 2024
1086: Breaking the Holiday Anxiety Cycle and Affirmations for Holiday Peace
Gina shares tips for stopping anxiety related to the holidays from overwhelming us. The holidays can be difficult times for anyone, but especially those who suffer with chronic anxiety. The end of the episode includes special affirmations for maintaining inner peace during the holidays, with soot…