19. Sleep Anxiety (How to fall asleep when anxious)
In Episode 19, we look at sleep anxiety and the question of how to fall asleep when you feel anxious. Many people with anxiety disorders become preoccupied with sleep, trying to optimise it, worrying about not getting enough, or fearing that poor sleep will make anxiety worse.In ...Show more
18. The Best Technique For Anxiety
In Episode 18, The Best Technique for Anxiety, we look at why many popular techniques from the wellness space or general therapy approaches can become unhelpful when applied to anxiety disorders. What often starts as a tool can quickly turn into a compulsion or a quick fix behavi ...Show more
17. The Fastest Way To Calm Anxiety
Episode 17 of The Panic Pod is called The Fastest Way to Calm Anxiety.This episode isn’t what you might expect. There are no quick fixes, no hacks, and no step-by-step techniques. Instead, we look at what actually calms anxiety at its core.We explore the role of resistance, how t ...Show more
16. How NOT To Measure Anxiety
In Episode 16, we explore why measuring and monitoring anxiety is one of the most common mistakes people make when they are in a sensitised state. When we constantly check how anxious we feel, we send a message to the brain that anxiety is not allowed. Once a feeling is treated a ...Show more
15. How to Make Anxiety Smaller
In Episode 15, we look at how to make anxiety smaller by not making it the most important thing in the room. Anxiety grows when it becomes the centre of our attention and starts to dictate our behaviour. In this episode, I explain how shifting focus, continuing with what matters, ...Show more