Podcast Episodes Catalog
Sept. 4, 2024
1062: How Negative Thinking Fuels Anxiety And What You Can Do About It Part 2
Gina concludes her commentary on how negative thinking corrupts our mental wellness and increases our anxiety. Accepting that negative thoughts will come to us and that we have the ability to decide how we respond to these thoughts can go a long way to diffusing their capacity to undermine our pea…
Sept. 1, 2024
1061: How Negative Thinking Fuels Anxiety And What You Can Do About It Part 1
Gina discusses the adverse effects of negative thinking on our mental health. Not only does negative thinking contribute to the severity of our anxiety and reduce our ability to cope, it also reduces our general health and saps our energy. Listen in to learn more about how negative thinking hurts…
Aug. 28, 2024
1060: Classic ACP What You Need To Know About The Physical Effects Of Anxiety
Gina discusses the physiological side of anxiety and how to use our knowledge of the body to heal and clear our anxiety. A number of specific suggestions are offered for minimizing the physical effects of anxiety on the body. A number of physical causes of anxiety are identified and suggestions mad…
Aug. 25, 2024
1059: Harnessing Your Circle of Influence For Anxiety Relief: Part 2
Gina continues her discussion of the circle of influence and how to use this concept to your advantage when learning to control and reduce your anxiety. Specific examples of how you can apply the concept of the circle of influence are focused on. For example, how to use the concept of the circle …
Aug. 21, 2024
1058: Harnessing Your Circle of Influence For Anxiety Relief: Part 1
Gina discusses the circle of influence, popularized by Stephen Covey, and how it can be an effective tool to manage and control anxiety. The circle of influence refers to the set of factors in our lives that we have influence over (things we can control). This contrasts with the set of factors in…
Aug. 18, 2024
1057: The Journey Starts Here: Believing in Your Ability to Overcome Anxiety
Gina discusses the importance in believing in your ability to effect change in your life and overcome anxiety. We are often overwhelmed with thoughts of disempowerment and believe we cannot help ourselves. Shifting this mindset can be a powerful catalyst for initiating the changes we want to see …
Aug. 14, 2024
1056: Heal Anxiety from Within: Transform Your Diet, Transform Your Mind
Gina discusses the role of diet in our overall mental wellbeing. From eliminations (like caffeine and refined sugar) to additions (like a long list of whole vegetables), a number of dietary changes that can be highly beneficial to those suffering with anxiety are included. Listen in and learn how t…
Aug. 11, 2024
1055: Transform Your Day and Night with Affirmations and Mindful Meditation
Gina shares a series of affirmations and a mindfulness meditation to transform your consciousness into one of peace and calm. Using this lovely series of affirmations and meditation, you will prepare yourself for an easy, peaceful sleep. Take advantage of these ready to use peace promoting affirm…
Aug. 7, 2024
1054: Reduce Anxiety And Unlock Your Superpower Through the Art of Delayed Gratification
Gina discusses a powerful secret weapon for reducing anxiety: the practice of delayed gratification. Practicing deferring an immediate reward for a later (and often greater) reward later on has many benefits, including improved financial security, improved relationships and improved physical and m…
Aug. 4, 2024
1053: How To Master Your Anxiety And Stay Calm And Centered
Gina provides a number of tips on how you can stay calm and centered even in anxiety provoking situations. These tips are easy to implement and include steps such as identifying your triggers, making a plan and staying in the present moment. These action steps will help bring you to a more calm, …
July 31, 2024
1052: The Power of Inspiration: Transform Anxiety With 10 Unique Strategies
Gina shares ten strategies to help clear anxiety through the power of inspiration. The benefits of inspiration to the anxiety clearing journey are discussed, including shifting mindset and increased happiness. The strategies for increasing inspiration are diverse and unique and include forest bat…
July 28, 2024
1051: Classic ACP 9 Ways You Can Reduce Your Stress
Gina discusses nine practical ways to reduce stress. These methods largely revolve around decluttering one's life and increasing the space one has around themselves both physically and mentally. Listen in for the specific tips today!
July 24, 2024
1050: Classic ACP Stress, Anxiety And Depression When Dealing With Uncertainty
Gina discusses anxiety and depression in the context of the stress induced by the uncertainty we are all facing in the world today. The symptoms of anxiety and depression are discussed and compared. Techniques to improve these conditions in the face of the uncertainty of the COVID-19 epidemic are s…
July 21, 2024
1049: Overcome Stage Fright and Shine: Transform Your Anxiety into Confidence Listener Q and A
Gina answers a listener question about overcoming stage fright. A number of specific tools are touched upon that will be helpful for anxiety around performance and public speaking, including behaviors such as power poses, repetition and practice, visualization and other mindfulness techniques. Us…
July 17, 2024
1048: Unlock Summer Renewal: Your Guide to Reducing Anxiety and Embracing Self-Care
Gina discusses taking advantage of the seasonal changes of the summer to implement a new program of self -care. Take this opportunity to discover the benefits of the warmer, sunnier weather for your health and mental wellness. Included are a number of practices for taking advantage of the summer …
July 14, 2024
1047: Let Time Pass Part 2: How To Let Time Pass The Claire Weekes Way
Gina further reveals the practice of letting time pass, the fourth step in the Claire Weekes process for clearing anxiety. Letting time pass is a key component of the process that really enables the other steps in the process to work their magic. Compounded with mindfulness, acceptance, self-care…
July 10, 2024
1046: Let Time Pass Part 1: Claire Weekes Approach To Overcoming Anxiety
Gina discusses the fourth step in Claire Weekes' anxiety recovery protocol: letting time pass. Having patience in the anxiety recovery process is an important component in allowing the healing process to occur. This episode will help you to understand the importance of trusting the process and ho…
July 7, 2024
1045: Inner Power Meditation: Quieting Anxiety through Self-Nourishment
Gina guides listeners through a meditation about the power we have inherent in our being to provide ourselves with self-nourishment. Take a time-out to sit in peaceful reflection and gather inner strength. Let this meditation guide you to the inner peace and calm you can provide yourself with.
July 3, 2024
1044: Creating a Stress-Free Morning: The Importance of Routine for Kids
Gina responds to a listener question about children suffering with anxiety and specifically how this can create extra stress and difficulty in the morning. Creating a morning routine can help make children's preparations for the school day easier and create less stress and anxiety in their lives. …
June 30, 2024
1043: Understanding People Pleasing: Balancing Self-Care and Overcoming Anxiety
Gina discusses people pleasing, a phenomenon that commonly accompanies anxiety. Many people with anxiety have a deep sense of empathy and caring for others. This caring can become so strong that individuals can neglect their own self-care to try to help (and please) others. Listen in to learn mo…
June 26, 2024
1042: Classic ACP 5 Stoic Steps To Help Ease Your Anxiety
Gina discusses the ancient philosophy of stoicism and how it influenced and helped her with her own journey through anxiety. Epictetus' works in particular are discussed. Five steps are outlined for how to implement stoicism to reduce the suffering you may experience from anxiety.
June 23, 2024
1041: How Do You Respond to Stress? Discover Why It Matters So Much With Anxiety
Gina discusses how to improve your distress tolerance and thereby become more resilient in the face of stress and anxiety. A journaling exercise is included that will help you better understand how you respond to stress and where you can improve. Learning to respond to stress with better competen…
June 20, 2024
Cal Newport on Doing Less, from Say More
Sharing a preview of the Say More podcast, where, in a special series, Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung is opening up the conversation about stress and burnout to help listeners feel less alone and inspired to get help. In this episode, computer scientist and bestselling author Cal Newport says…
June 19, 2024
1040: Finding Strength Within A Listeners Story Of Overcoming Anxiety with Gina's Guidance
Gina shares a listener's story about her journey overcoming anxiety through the tools and processes shared here on the show. The listener "Dee", has certainly done many things right, as far as making positive changes in her life to expand and enhance her anxiety recovery journey. Listen in to hea…