128 | This Can Fuel Your Anxiety

In this episode, I explain depersonalization and derealization—what they feel like, why they happen, and how many people experience emotional numbness, robotic sensations, and feeling detached from their body or surroundings. I also summarize research showing depersonalization as ...  Show more

In this episode, I explore Aaron Beck’s CBT approach to treating anxiety by changing thoughts to shift emotion. I explain cognitive distortions, core beliefs, the cognitive model (situation → automatic thought → anxiety → avoidance), and practical tools like thought records and t ...  Show more

Can our childhood and traumatic events affect us? Does trauma have to be extreme for it to affect us? Our experiences during childhood may have a significant impact on our adult lives. And sometimes this comes up as Anxiety. Our upbringing plays a crucial role in shaping our b ...

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If you like the podcast, you will love the Everyday Calm app. It is a daily program that teaches simple skills t ...

Growing up as an HSP, we would tend to notice the emotions of everyone around us and at such a young age it could be hard to discern if they were mad at us or something else. Sadly, we've internalized that as adults and can often feel guilty if people are upset.

In this episode we discuss the effects of being raised in a toxic and dysfunctional home and the cost it takes on our consciousness. When a child has been groomed to worry more about their parents emotions than their own, they become adults who do not know how they feel. Many abu ...  Show more