104. Performance Anxiety

Does receiving feedback make you spiral into shame, anxiety, or self-doubt? In this Coaching Hotline episode, I answer a listener who struggles to separate her self-worth from professional critique. You'll hear why those intense feelings are actually avoided emotions showing up, ...  Show more

If you’ve ever eaten a sandwich when you really wanted dumplings, turned down help you needed, or stayed silent in a meeting because it felt safer to bite your tongue, listen in. Your brain focuses on the short-term pain of asking for what you want and the anxiety or shame that f ...  Show more

In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan explores the hidden emotional, physical, and psychological costs of high functioning anxiety—and offers powerful, practical tools to help you break free from the pressure to constantly perform. 

Many of the most painful or troubling emotions we experience are reactions to events that have actually happened - but one powerful and sometimes paralyzing feeling can be provoked by things as yet to occur. Say hello to anxiety.Psychotherapist and meditation teacher Andrea Wacht ...  Show more

On this podcast episode, I talk about how someone can easily misinterpret an anxiety sensation as being a real physical illness. We can build strong neuronal connections in our brains between the sensation and the fear of it. There is a way where you can break this thought pat ...

On this episode, I talk about some of the ways you can tell you are suffering from anxiety. These habits, run unconsciously, so recognizing them can be a huge eye opener. I go over these habits and why they keep someone, like my old self, stuck in a chaotic cycle.