Gina discusses the value of assuming a volunteer mindset in contrast to a victim mindset. The victim mindset is characterized by the idea that the feelings, sensations and thoughts we encounter are being done to us, and that…
Gina shares with listeners an article from Rick Hanson about four different kinds of peace. Gina describes how these different kinds of peace can be used to ease anxiety.
Coach Gina shares with listeners an example of her one-on-one coaching session with an ACP listener, Jessica. Jessica describes her life situation, the progress she has made and the areas of her life she wants to work on.
Gina shares with listeners a post from Leo Babauta: "How to Work With Whatever Come Up". A core part of the message is that there is value (if not outright magic!) in dropping into the discomfort of anxiety-panic rather than…
Gina discusses a phenomenon known as digital apnea and how it relates to anxiety. Digital apnea occurs when we hold our breath during moments we are using our digital devices and looking at our screens.
Gina offers tips and steps to help you break free when feeling like you are stuck in anxiety. Gina emphasizes that clearing anxiety is a process and not an overnight, quick fix.
Gina provides seven tips for those of us who are suffering from anxiety related overworking. The tips included largely revolve around the need to improve our own self-care.
Gina shares with listeners wisdom contained in a series of quotes. These quotes are sourced from literature from Al-Anon family groups, a pamphlet entitled "Just For Today".
Gina discusses a critical point within our experience of anxiety: the gap between the anxiety stimulus (environmental factor that triggers our anxiety) and our response.
Gina shares five useful tips to find relief from anxiety while driving an automobile. Gina recommends conscious breathing, being kind to oneself in thought and deed (providing yourself with what you need) and being kind to t…
Gina describes a technique in which anxiety sufferers take advantage of the discomfort they experience in order to know the constant peace resident within them.
Gina outlines five useful ways to avoid anxiety, or in other words, to have an anti-anxiety mind. At the core of these suggestions lies a duality of emotion that we can use to guide ourselves: open-mindedness, flexibility an…
Gina discusses stress and three stages by which people respond to stress, originally identified by stress researcher Hans Selye: Alarm, Resistance and Exhaustion.
Today Gina opens the subject up around anxiety and caffeine consumption. Learn the reasons why caffeine is not your friend while clearing your anxiety-panic.
Gina answers a listener question about anxiety and unintended weight loss. Gina reviews reasons for weight loss with anxiety and initially recommends ruling out medical causes (often relating to thyroid functioning).
Gina offers listeners advice for how to better cope with the experience of lightheaded and dizzy feelings. Central to the experience of lightheadedness and dizziness during episodes of high anxiety is how we breathe.
Gina guides listeners through the question of whether or not our attachment to our thoughts and desires exacerbate our experience of anxiety and panic.
Gina speaks about the benefits of reading for those of us who suffer with anxiety. Inspired by an article by Chris Kresser, Gina describes the benefits of reading, including: reduction of stress and increase of relaxation.
Gina responds to a listener question about anxiety manifesting as depersonalization (the feeling of not being your self or not being in your own body or of only floating along side your body).