Anxiety Slayer

Today's Anxiety Slayer podcast is brought to you by The Anxiety Slayer First Responder Series for Health Anxiety.    Do you find yourself repeatedly worrying that you might have a serious illness?   Are you missing out on time with your family, or unable to do the things you love because you find yourself frozen in fear that there may be something wrong with you?   Does this sound familiar?   We understand, we have both experienced health anxiety, we know how awful it feels and how it can take over your mind and cast a shadow of fear over your life. We know that you want to feel better because worrying about your health can rob you of precious time and peace of mind.   Over the last nine years, we've uncovered the biggest challenges our listeners face with Health Anxiety. In the Anxiety Slayer First Responder Series, we respond to these challenges with step-by-step teachings, tools, and techniques to help you stop anxious thoughts about your health.   Explore New Course at anxietyslayer.teachable.com     In this episode, we are responding to a listener question asking what helps when anxiety leads to feeling housebound or agoraphobic.    

Today we’ll be continuing our discussion about health anxiety and introducing our new First Responder Series Course for calming Health Anxiety and feeling more peace of mind.   Health Anxiety is the fear that something we feel in our body is a symptom of a serious illness. Once the fear kicks in, the mind quickly creates a story that escalates our anxiety into a stream of unwanted and disturbing thoughts.   Often the symptoms we worry about are the symptoms of anxiety itself. Other times we may fixate on body sensations that we fear might be something but are just random aches and pains.   Health Anxiety thoughts usually start with “what if..” What if thoughts are the result of a mind already troubled by anxiety creating future, fear-based events.   The key to overcoming Health Anxiety is to catch these thoughts and stop them spiraling out of control in our minds. To do that effectively we need tried and tested techniques. We need something that works to stop and calm anxious thoughts, and we need to know how to use it well.   And that is exactly what you’ll find in our new Anxiety Slayer First Responder Series for Anxiety Attacks.Explore New Course at anxietyslayer.teachable.com   The disturbed mind will look for evidence of what we fear the most.   Health anxiety prompts us to Google Symptoms and keep checking our bodies, or freezing and fixating on any feelings in our body we think are causes for concern.   Health Anxiety is the worst use of our imagination In a similar way to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, the mind gets stuck on checking and searching. Repeatedly looking for evidence of symptoms of illness.   Health anxiety feels very personal as we fixate on one fear at a time. Often once one fear is relieved after a trip to the Doctor, we will move on to another. This shows that the source of our suffering is not a particular illness, but anxiety itself fixating on one thing and then the next.   Health anxiety puts us in an anxiety cycle that stresses our body   While we are worrying about our health, we aren't helping our health.   The First Responder Series Health Anxiety Course is designed to help you calm healthy anxiety and relax your body to support your body’s natural healing ability Two benefits Calm your health anxiety And help your body get into rest and repair mode   This is an EFT Tapping based course You will find two guided Tapping Sessions to help you calm health anxiety thoughts, and stop fear and fixation on body sensations   What you will learn: How to calm Health Anxiety thoughts   How to stop fixating on symptoms and sensations   How to use EFT Tapping for stopping Health Anxiety and building peace of mind   You will explore 4 key teachings on bringing the mind away from fear and into the present moment.   A calming breathing practice for slowing racing thoughts   A Body Scan Practice for feeling calm and safe in your body   And how to practice Ayurvedic oil massage for boosting immune health and peace of mind   How to switch from fight or flight to rest and repair mode    To overcome Health Anxiety, we need effective techniques for diverting and calming our anxious thoughts before they spiral out of control. We also need to know how to calm our reaction to perceived symptoms and feel relaxed and at home in our bodies.   Explore New Course Here   anxietyslayer.teachable.com

With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety.  In this week's podcast, we're talking about what helps when anxiety makes you feel shaky inside. Get your FREE Anxiety Slayer Starter Course with 4 guided anxiety relief exercises today at anxietyslayer.teachable.com

With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety. We want to wish everyone a happy holiday with this Heart Centered Anxiety Calming Practice for you to download and keep for busy times over the holidays when you feel a bit frazzled. Get your FREE Anxiety Slayer Starter Course with 4 guided anxiety relief exercises today anxietyslayer.teachable.com

In the spirit of the season, and to thank you for listening to our Podcasts, we are giving you a guided relaxation from our Emotional Peace album. You can preview and purchase our complete collection of guided meditations at anxietyslayer.com/meditations With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety.

With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety. We continue to our discussion on Ayurveda (India's ancient science of life) and how to understand and support your body-mind type. Links from this episode: Take our quiz to discover your own body/mind type at anxietyslayer.com/discovery Schedule a personal Ayurveda Discovery Session with Ananga at anxietyslayer.com/coaching

With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety.We're answering questions from our private Facebook Group about Ayurveda (India's ancient science of life) and how the different body types experience anxiety.   Questions covered in this show include: Can illness affect your mind/body type?  Does anxiety manifest differently in different types?   Does your type influence how trauma affects you? Will you always be one type, or can your mind/body type change over time?   Links from this episode: Take our quiz to discover your own body/mind type at anxietyslayer.com/discovery Schedule a personal Ayurveda Discovery Session with Ananga at anxietyslayer.com/coaching Thanks for listening. Come back next week for part II of our discussion on Ayurveda and anxiety.

With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety. We’re answering a listener question about how to manage the anger and frustration that can come along with anxiety. Do you want to find freedom from your negative thoughts, and learn how to stop your mind from spinning out of control? Not sure where to start? How to Calm Your Fragile Mind will show you how to develop a state of detached awareness where you can learn to witness your thoughts coming and going without causing you emotional pain. In this course, we guide you through the wisdom teachings of Ayurveda, and practical exercises that will help you calm your mind. https://anxietyslayer.teachable.com/p/how-to-calm-your-fragile-mind

With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety. We’re responding to a listener question about obsessive thoughts about health and symptoms.     3 Ways we can help you: Get our free Anxiety Slayer Starter Course Enroll in the Anxiety Slayer First Responder Series - Anxiety Attacks Schedule a private coaching session with Ananga Thanks for listening. Come back next week for an episode about addressing the anger and frustration caused by anxiety.

With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety. Today we're sharing a lesson from our new course - Anxiety Slayer First Responder Series: Anxiety Attacks on How to feel calm and safe again after an anxiety attack. Preview our full course on how to free yourself from anxiety attacks at: anxietyslayer.teachable.com

With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety Today we’re talking about how creative activities can calm your anxiety. For support with Slaying Your Anxiety: Visit our website at anxietyslayer.com Get your free Anxiety Slayer Starter Course at anxietyslayer.teachable.com For one on one support with overcoming anxiety visit: anxietyslayer.com/coaching

With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety  We’re celebrating our 9th Anniversary of partnering together to bring you the Anxiety Slayer podcast. Learn how we met, the backstory of Anxiety Slayer, and more about the Anxiety Slayer Academy.  

With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety This week's episode, by request, is for the people who love someone living with anxiety. We'll be talking about what anxiety sufferers go through and how you can help. Points discussed in this episode include: What anxiety feels like and how it affects thinking and decision making The importance of hearing without judgement and trying not to fix things What you can do to help someone going through an anxiety episode And how to use breathing techniques, the calm point and EFT Tapping to help someone you care about calm their anxiety You can find out more about the resources mentioned in this podcast at the links below: EFT Tapping - anxietyslayer.com/eft Courses for anxiety relief - anxietyslayer.teachable.com Coaching for anxiety support - anxietyslayer.com/coaching

  With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety   Today we are talking about How to Support Yourself when Anxiety Wakes You at Night as this is something that’s coming up a lot for members of our Private Facebook Group. For the resources mentioned in this episode: You can find out more about EFT Tapping at anxietyslayer.com/eft Our guided meditations and sleep album are at anxietyslayer.com/meditations And you can find out more about Ananga's one-to-one Tapping sessions for our podcast listeners and Facebook Group Members looking for extra support with anxiety at anxietyslayer.com/coaching

With almost 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety. We're talking about why autumn is the most challenging season for anxiety sufferers and how you can protect yourself and stay calm and grounded. According to Ayurveda Autumn is Vata season Autumn is the most challenging season for anxiety sufferers because it’s Vata season vata is one of the three body types of Ayurveda. Vata governs all movement in the mind and body. From the blinking of our eyes, to the inhalation and exhalation of our breath, the movement of blood through our veins and the flow of our thoughts through our mind - vata is the governing principle for all movement. Read on for our tips on a Calm and Healy Autumn Get in step with the season When we live closer to nature we naturally adjust with the seasons. Harvesting apples, nuts, pumpkins and firewood are all part of the natural transition to Autumn. But we, in our heated homes and cars, tend to move through life in an artificial climate controlled mono-season. We do the same things and eat the same things all year round. According to Ayurveda, each season brings it's benefits and challenges and knowing them helps us keep in step with nature and take better care of our bodies and minds. Get outside and walk, stretch and breathe. Make as much of the daylight as you can as the nights draw in. When outside, be sure that you’re warm and keep your ears covered if the weather is windy. Things to Avoid in Autumn Season: Phase out cold foods: breakfast smoothies cold drinks (no ice) salads Avoid skipping meals or fasting Eat seasonal foods: The nuts, pumpkins and squashes coming into season are rich with the properties that help us create a healthy Autumn. Baked apples with cloves and cinnamon are rich with vitamin C. Hot apple juice with ginger protects us from colds. Avoid late nights Make your evenings as relaxing as possible, stay away from screens and try and be in bed by 10pm. Eat regular nourishing meals Warm wet breakfasts are perfect for Autumn. Oatmeal with almond milk and cinnamon, or a date and almond shake made from soaked dates and hot almond milk blended together with warming spices like cinnamon and nutmeg. (Nutmeg is a natural sedative that calms the heart - so is a perfect addition for anxiety sufferers.) Other meals perfect for calming vata include baked potatoes, or sweet potato with vegetable soup. Rice with steamed vegetables with warming spices like cumin and a splash of olive oil. Mung dal with rice. Vegetable stews. Warm, wet and slightly oily are the key words to remember for a vata-pacifying diet.