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Therapy in a NutshellWhen it feels like Anxiety, but it's actually ANGER w/ Dr. Sarah MichaudAnger can be a hidden root cause of Anxiety. sometimes suppressed anger comes out as anxiety especially when you've been conditioned to believe that anger is unacceptable. Learn the skills to Regulate your Emotions, join the membership: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership
Anger and anxiety are often interconnected, with unprocessed anger manifesting as anxiety. In this conversation, Emma McAdam and Dr. Sarah Michaud explore the intricate relationship between anger and anxiety, sharing personal experiences and insights from their professional backgrounds. They discuss how unprocessed anger can manifest as anxiety and depression, the importance of recognizing hidden anger...
2025-08-1551 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to ForgiveReady to transform your mental health today? Get all 8 of Emma’s courses plus live Q&A here: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership
Forgiveness can be a really challenging subject. On the one hand, forgiving someone can be a powerful path to emotional freedom, but on the other, the word forgiveness is often used in a way that is hurtful or harmful for victims of abuse. In this podcast, I hope to take a nuanced and thoughtful approach to the ways that forgiveness can be helpful for those who have experienced abuse or trauma, but also to re...
2024-08-1521 minTherapy in a NutshellFinding Purpose and Meaning to Overcome Anxiety - Day 29 Break the Anxiety CycleBreak the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
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If you were to ask most people what they want from life, the average answer you would get is “I just want to be happy.” If you would ask most people what they would want for thei...
2024-07-1827 minTherapy in a NutshellGuided Meditation - The Container Method - for Processing Trauma, PTSD and Intense EmotionsDo you want to learn How to Process Emotions and improve your Mental Health? Sign up for a Therapy in a Nutshell Membership, you'll get access to all of Emma’s courses, workbooks, and a Live Q and A with 100’s of exclusive videos: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership
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Do you tend to avoid thinking about difficult emotions or memories? Have you heard it’s unhealthy to just “stuff down” all the hard things? In this video, I’ll present a he...
2024-07-1506 minTherapy in a NutshellThe Container Method for Processing Trauma, PTSD and Intense EmotionsDo you want to learn How to Process Emotions and improve your Mental Health? Sign up for a Therapy in a Nutshell Membership, you'll get access to all of Emma’s courses, workbooks, and a Live Q and A with 100’s of exclusive videos: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership
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Do you tend to avoid thinking about difficult emotions or memories? Have you heard it’s unhealthy to just “stuff down” all the hard things? In this video, I’ll present a he...
2024-07-1216 minTherapy in a NutshellBoundaries for Anxious Folk - Day 28 Break the Anxiety CycleDo you want to learn how to process emotions and improve your mental health? Sign up for a Therapy in a Nutshell Membership. You'll get access to all of Emma’s courses, workbooks, and a live Q and A with 100’s of exclusive videos: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership
People with anxiety often struggle with boundaries, and that’s partly because setting a boundary makes them anxious and not holding a boundary makes them anxious. And because many people with anxiety are sensitive and empathetic, they’re more likely to sacrifice their own needs and wants than to set b...
2024-06-2715 minTherapy in a NutshellInsomnia- How to Fall Asleep When your Brain Won't Shut Up!Do you want to learn How to Process Emotions and improve your Mental Health? Sign up for a Therapy in a Nutshell Membership, you'll get access to all of Emma’s courses, workbooks, and a Live Q and A with 100’s of exclusive videos: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership
If you are lying in bed trying to go to sleep, and find your mind racing, feeling anxious, what's the next best step to stop the anxiety cycle?
You all know that feeling. I’ve been there, You’ve got a big day ahead, or you’ve had a lo...
2024-06-2012 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Turn on the Parasympathetic Response to Calm Anxiety: Day 22 of Break the Anxiety CycleBreak the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
The good news is that there are practical things you can do to turn on and strengthen your parasympathetic response. In this video you’ll learn how to activate the parasympathetic response, and how to strengthen your vagal tone- which is your body’s overall ability to regulate your nervous system and return to a sense of calm.
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2024-02-2220 minTherapy in a NutshellTHIS guy solved Panic Attacks after 30 years of Panic DisorderPanic attacks can be terrifying, but they aren't dangerous. When we engage with our panic attacks by trying to control our panic attacks, by trying to force our body's sensations to calm down, or by believing our brain's stories that "This panic attack is actually a heart attack" or "I have to calm down!" or "It will be catastrophic to have a panic attack" then that is the real thing that keeps panic attacks going. In this video I share to email I got from one of my listeners, Jon, who had been having panic attacks for over 30 years...
2024-02-1609 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Stop Taking Things PersonallyTake the Free Relationship Quiz here: https://join.heyritual.com/TIAN50
Do you take things personally? Do you get offended easily? Do you spend a lot of time trying to figure out which person is the "Jerk"? Taking things personally is a super complex relational strategy we use to protect ourselves when we feel threatened, but it leaves us feeling isolated and dramatic. In this video we're going to learn 3 steps to stop taking things personally, and how to stop taking offense.
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2024-02-0820 minTherapy in a NutshellThe Essential Skill to Regulate Your Nervous System - Relaxed Vigilance vs. Hypervigilance: Day 21 Break the Anxiety CycleThis is Day 21 of my online course, Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Buy the full course here: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
This is seriously one of the most powerful interventions I know of for chronic anxiety. It uses a bottom-up approach, a body-first approach to regulate your nervous system to reduce stress and anxiety throughout the day. And it’s pretty simple to learn.
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2024-02-0113 minTherapy in a NutshellUnderstanding Anxiety in the Nervous System: Day 20 Break the Anxiety CycleBreak the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
Anxiety is essentially a state of your nervous system. In this video we’ll explore anxiety, trauma and burnout in your nervous system. There’s two ways that your nervous system plays a direct role in anxiety and depression- your alerting activating system can get stuck on or stuck off. And most of the people who get stuck in these states don’t realize it, they are trapped in these cycles and just feel chronically anxious or chronically exhausted. But the good news is that w...
2024-01-2516 minTherapy in a NutshellFlip Anxiety on Its Head With 2 Words: Day 19 Break the Anxiety CycleBreak the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
There is a simple shift you can use to transform your anxiety in two words. In this podcast you’ll learn how to do it. There is no physiological difference between anxiety and excitement. Inside your body, it’s the same physical response- cortisol, adrenaline, etc. rapid breathing, increased heart rate. You can flip a switch in your brain, when you say “bring it on!” I actually want this! Let’s go!” That transforms your experience. In this video you’ll learn how you can use two wo...
2024-01-1912 minTherapy in a NutshellEmotional Reasoning: Break the Anxiety Cycle Day 18Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
I’m going to teach you an important skill to be less emotionally reactive. Essentially, how to control your emotions. Emotions lie to you all the time. But they feel so real. They are very powerful motivators, but they aren’t always accurate. You’ll learn how to be less emotionally reactive by learning to combat emotional reasoning. You’ll learn 4 ways to slow yourself down in an intense moment and 3 steps to combating emotional reasoning.
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2024-01-1116 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Let Go of the Past - 3 Steps for RegretDownload the free worksheet for resolving regrets and letting go of the past here: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/pl/2148136124
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"Regret can be your worst enemy or your best friend; you get to decide which." Regrets are like a hammer, they can hurt you or you can use them to build the life you really care about. In this podcast, you’ll learn how to channel the emotional pain of regret into action to create the life you want.
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2024-01-0716 minTherapy in a NutshellStop Catastrophizing About Your Future: Break the Anxiety Cycle Day 17Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
Catastrophizing is essentially a defense mechanism but one that isn’t the best, it backfires. It can contribute to depression and anxiety and other mental health conditions. So let’s replace it with a more helpful one. In this video you'll learn how to use the skill of mental imagery to combat anxiety and create greater chances of success. You'll learn to ask “What if it all works out?” Let’s visualize ourselves working through challenges. You can physiologically create a sense of confidence and effica...
2023-12-2814 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Overcome Burnout from a Body-Based Perspective w Dr. Laura Hays, MDCheck out my FREE Online Grounding Skills Course here: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/grounding-skills-for-anxiety-stress-and-ptsd
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Burnout isn't just something that happens in your head, burnout isn't just psychological, burnout happens in your body. In this episode, I talk with Dr. Laura Hays from Lasting Impact Wellness about what causes burnout, how long-term stress can impact our nervous system, and the practical ways we can overcome burnout.
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2023-12-2243 minTherapy in a NutshellWhy Your Brain Defaults to Scarcity: Break the Anxiety Cycle Day 16Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
Your brain is not designed to make you happy, it’s made to keep you alive. And in order to do that, it’s got some built-in biases, including a negativity bias, that literally filters what you see, what you pay attention to, what you notice in your life. In this video you’ll learn how to catch yourself in the negativity bias and how to interrupt that story so that you can be healthier and happier.
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2023-12-1415 minTherapy in a NutshellManaging Anxiety and Anxious Thoughts: Break the Anxiety Cycle Day 15Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
In this enlightening interview with Nick Wignall, the focus was on the challenges of chronic worry and the power of mindfulness in addressing anxiety. He proposed a simple, non-judgmental mindfulness practice focusing on breath and attention redirection, advocating for its regular practice to effectively train the brain and alter its response to anxiety. This approach to mindfulness is not just a temporary relief but a long-term strategy to fundamentally change one’s relationship with worry and anxiety.
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2023-12-0725 minTherapy in a NutshellCrisis to Calm: 4 DBT skills with Dr. Monica JohnsonFollow Dr. Monica Johnson: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/monica-johnson-psyd https://twitter.com/QDTSavvyPsych
In this video, we're joined by Dr. Monica Johnson, an expert in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), as we explore the transformative effects of DBT on managing intense emotions and mood disorders, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and eating disorders.
This video is an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand how DBT can be a powerful tool in controlling the fight, flight, freeze response, managing physical anxiety symptoms, and averting panic attacks.
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2023-11-3021 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Stop Worrying: Break the Anxiety Cycle Day 14Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
In this video, individuals seeking to learn how to stop worrying and start living are offered a practical guide to differentiate between unproductive worry and constructive problem-solving. The video aims to empower viewers with the skills to redirect their attention away from chronic worry and towards living a more engaged and fulfilling life, highlighting the journey of how to stop worrying and start living.
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2023-11-2313 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Stop Overthinking: Break the Anxiety Cycle Day 13Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
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Discovering how to stop overthinking begins with the realization that trying to force our thoughts to change only amplifies them. This video introduces the ACT technique of cognitive defusion, a pivotal concept for those seeking to learn how to stop overthinking. Instead of wrestling with our thoughts and overthinking potential outcomes, cognitive defusion teaches us...
2023-11-1615 minTherapy in a NutshellAnxiety about Anxiety: Break the Anxiety Cycle Day 12Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
Feeling anxiety won’t harm you. Your body is wired to feel anxiety. It’s supposed to. You can handle it. But when we become afraid of our feelings, then suddenly we get stuck in a super unhelpful spiral. We start struggling against them, trying to force ourselves to calm down with “deep breathing or meditation” anything to make the anxiety go away. But this just makes things worse. We pile anxiety onto our anxiety. Anxiety about anxiety looks like -Fear of losing control -Anticip...
2023-11-0912 minTherapy in a NutshellAutomatic Negative Thoughts: Break the Anxiety Cycle Day 11Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
In this video you’ll learn about the automatic negative thoughts that fuel the anxiety cycle and lead to feeling overwhelmed or hopeless. You probably aren’t even aware of the types of thoughts that take you there, so we’ll explore them. And then we’ll talk about both a CBT and ACT approach to dealing with them.
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2023-11-0219 minTherapy in a Nutshell10 Medical Conditions that Mimic Anxiety: Anxiety Course Day 10Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
In this video we’re going to talk about 10 physical conditions that mimic Anxiety.
Sometimes anxiety is not “All in your head” there’s a dramatic interplay between your body and mind. Sometimes a physical, medical issue like a vitamin deficiency, an illness, or an undiagnosed sleep issue shows up looking exactly like the symptoms of a psychological anxiety disorder. And sometimes the best way to treat anxiety is to actually treat the underlying physical issues first. Or at least rule them out....
2023-10-1915 minTherapy in a NutshellLetting Go of Shame as an HSP Highly Sensitive Person: Anxiety Course Day 9Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
Being highly sensitive doesn’t mean that you take things personally or that you’re fragile. It means your nervous system processes information more deeply and intensely than the average person. You are more impacted by lights, smells, sounds, body language, facial expressions, and emotions than the average person. While this sensitivity sometimes requires extra time to rest, recharge or process, being an HSP is a difference, not a disability. It’s something you’re born with, and when you let go of the cultural...
2023-10-1210 minTherapy in a NutshellWhat Causes Anxiety Disorders: Anxiety Course Day 8Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
Why are some people much more anxious than others? And what causes anxiety disorders? What makes some people feel anxious when they’re actually safe? Well, the cause of an anxiety disorder is actually quite complicated. It’s not a disease with a single origin. There are a lot of factors that go into play. In this video, we’ll talk about how the bio-psycho-social model applies to understanding anxiety.
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2023-10-0515 minTherapy in a NutshellHow the Medical Model creates Learned Helplessness: Anxiety Course Day 7Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
We have this interesting problem in America where we’ve applied the medical model to mental health, and it’s created a lot of learned helplessness. In our attempts to remove the stigma from mental health, many people have come to believe that all mental illnesses are permanent, genetic traits. And it’s just not true. Because anxiety disorders, depression, trauma, and many other mental health conditions are really, really treatable.
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2023-09-2913 minTherapy in a NutshellThe 7 Types of Anxiety Disorders - Anxiety Course Day 6There are 7 types of anxiety disorders listed in the DSM 5 TR. In this video you’ll learn what they are, because when you have a name for something, it can help you find skills and resources to manage it. If you experience an anxiety disorder, It’s not your fault, but there’s something you can do about it.
This video is day 6 of a 30 day course on how to improve your relationship with anxiety. I’m publishing the 30 main videos to youtube but if you want to learn more there will be bonus videos, workbooks, Q and A’s...
2023-09-2113 minTherapy in a NutshellThe Surprising Symptom of Depression- Anger and IrritabilityImprove your Relationship- Try HeyRitual today, to learn more click here: https://join.heyritual.com/TIAN20
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Media portrays the depressed person as struggling to get out of bed, crying, drowning in despair. And while sadness is indeed a key symptom of depression, it’s not the only way it shows up. Anger or irritability is actually one of the primary ways that depression shows up in children and teens. But that anger doesn’t just turn off when you turn 18. So, today we're going to peel back...
2023-09-1414 minTherapy in a NutshellWillingness - Anxiety Course Day 5Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
Willingness is the most powerful tool for managing anxiety, because when you have willingness, anxiety can’t control you any more. So in this video you’ll learn what willingness is, how to develop it, and you’ll get to practice it to see what it feels like.
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2023-09-0717 minTherapy in a NutshellAvoidance - Anxiety Course Day 4Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
What keeps us anxious? -Running from our feelings -Avoiding our problems and -Immobilization- not taking any action. Anxiety isn’t the same as a hot fear response, it’s much more of a cold, frozen dread response. On the polyvagal ladder it hovers between the FFF response and the shut down response.
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2023-09-0121 minTherapy in a NutshellBonus Episode: Trichotillomania with Michael TwohigMichael Twohig counseling and resources: https://junipermh.com/
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2023-08-2939 minTherapy in a NutshellRewiring Anxiety - Anxiety Course Day 3Buy the course Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days here: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills
Your brain is wired to adapt to circumstances, it can physically rewire itself based on how you think and the experiences you have. The human brain is one of the most complex, brilliant, and amazingly powerful creations in the world. So why the heck does it make so many anxious thoughts, why can it make us miserable sometimes? There are some ways we accidentally teach our brain to be more anxious. Let me show you.
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2023-08-2519 minTherapy in a NutshellHow Trauma Gets Trapped in the Body with Dr. Aimie ApigianFree Grounding Skills for Trauma course: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/grounding-skills-for-anxiety-stress-and-ptsd
It was awesome to talk with Dr. Aimie Apigian about how trauma gets stored in the body. Dr. Apigian is a MD MS MPH is a leading medical expert on how life experiences get stored in the body and restoring the body to its best state of health through her signature model and methodology, The Biology of Trauma. In this conversation we talk about how trauma shows un in the body as auto-immune disorders, gut or digestive issues, metabolism, and other physical manifestations of t...
2023-08-1050 minTherapy in a NutshellWhat is Anxiety Really? Anxiety Course Day 2In this video you’ll learn the difference between stress, anxiety and worry because knowing the difference can give you a ton of tools to change your relationship with all three. Anxiety is, in essence, your reaction to the perception of being in danger. Especially physical danger, so if you were the roof of a skyscraper, your brain would perceive the potential danger and trigger the limbic system to send out a super loud warning to you in the form of thoughts and physical sensations of anxiety.
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2023-08-0412 minTherapy in a NutshellFinding Your Why - Anxiety Course Day 1Many people just want their anxiety to go away. They just don’t want to feel it. They imagine that if they didn’t feel anxious, their lives would be so much better and so they set that as their goal. “My goal is to not feel so anxious”. But when your goal is to feel less of something, you essentially have to cut something out of your life, and the problem with that is that your world shrinks, it becomes more miserable, and then your anxiety actually grows.
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2023-07-2811 minTherapy in a NutshellFree Anxiety Course Introduction - How’s Your Relationship with Anxiety?Sign up to get the next two videos right now (plus a special discount on the course)! sign up here
Welcome to the Free Online Anxiety Course! In this course you’ll learn why you have anxiety, what you do that makes it worse and how to break the cycle of anxiety so that you can take back your life. This course is going to have 30 sections, and I’m going to publish them all the YouTube, but the entire course with full exercises, workbook, Q and A’s with Emma, will be published on my website.
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2023-07-2410 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to be Happier - An Exercise from Positive Psychology and the book The Power of MomentsLooking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell
Today, we're diving into the wonderful world of positive psychology and discussing a powerful practice that’s a simple but transformative exercise that can bring a lot of joy and connection into your life. And you could probably do it in 15 minutes. So, let's jump right in!
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2023-07-1408 minTherapy in a NutshellOur Top 3 Tips for Anxiety with Nick WignallCheck out Nick's course on How to Stop Worrying, it's $97: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/offers/tjFEvr7a
Let's talk about anxiety- Nick Wignall, psychologist and writer, super great cognitive therapist, and friend shares his top three tips on how to decrease anxiety, and - no surprise here - it has to do with how we worry, setting boundaries on your worrying and accepting worry thoughts. I share my favorite tips on how to use the mind-body connection to decrease stress, accept your feelings and process through them.
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2023-06-241h 11Therapy in a NutshellDon’t Believe Everything You Think: How these 3 Cognitive Distortions make you miserableIn this video, you'll learn to recognize these three forms of irrational thinking, so that you can replace them with healthier thoughts and be calmer, happier and solve problems without feeling like a helpless victim. So let’s get better at feeling.
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2023-06-1516 minTherapy in a Nutshell12 Things You Can Do to Help Someone with Anxiety: Anxious Children Part 4/4Download the free handout with the summary of how to help a child with anxiety here: click here
No one is born knowing what to do with their emotions. But it’s a skill that can be learned. In this video you’ll learn a bunch of tools that can help your anxious kid in a really practical way. If you were to ask “But what do I do?” Here are some things you can do. And again, if you haven’t seen part 1, 2 and 3, go check those out too.
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2023-06-0813 minTherapy in a NutshellCoping Skills for Kids With Anxiety Part 3/4Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell
In this video you’re going to learn how to teach your kids coping skills for anxiety. You’ll learn how to coach your child through anxiety and help them overcome it. We’ll talk about the skills to break tasks down into steps they can accomplish and then feel super proud of themselves as they grow and develop an internal sense of resilience. And I’...
2023-06-0119 minTherapy in a NutshellDoes Relaxing Make You Anxious?Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell
Does trying to relax or meditate make you anxious? Isn’t it supposed to make you feel calm? I recently ran a poll on my channel and 61% of people said that trying to relax or meditate made them feel anxious, guilty, or panicky. So what the heck is going on here? In this video, we’ll troubleshoot what might be making you feel anxious when...
2023-05-2513 minTherapy in a NutshellConflict Management for the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) with Jonathan Decker from CINEMA THERAPYLooking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell
If you're a highly sensitive person, you may find that conflicts can be particularly challenging for you. As someone who processes information deeply and is easily overwhelmed by sensory input, you may feel intensely emotional during disagreements and have difficulty expressing your thoughts and feelings clearly. In this video, we'll explore some effective conflict management strategies for highly sensitive persons that can help you...
2023-05-1821 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Create Emotional Safety for Someone with Anxiety- Dealing with Anxiety in Children Part 2/4Take my free course Grounding Skills for Anxiety: Take me to the free course
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Your job as a parent is not to protect your child from anxiety but to help them learn to be resilient so that they can be functional and healthy humans. To learn the skills to manage emotions and make good choices, not to just try to make anxiety go away. When you learn how to change your fundamental approach to anxiety, you can create a space...
2023-05-1112 minTherapy in a NutshellJournaling for TraumaLearn Grounding skills for trauma and anxiety in my FREE course: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/grounding-skills-for-anxiety-stress-and-ptsd
Do you ever have an intense emotional reaction that just seems disproportionate to the situation? Does some little thing set you off? And you can’t figure out why? Do you get anxious, a flash of anger, or an unexplainable feeling of fear? Or do you experience a feeling of “shut down”, exhaustion, or withdrawal?
When we can’t figure out where these emotions are coming from, sometimes these feelings are related to childhood trauma or unresolved painful experiences from our...
2023-05-0412 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Help a Child with Anxiety 1/4Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com
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OK, so you’ve got a kid with anxiety. They might struggle to go to school, or they’re shy, or maybe they’re dealing with stomach aches or headaches or other physical signs of anxiety. Maybe they throw a fit when it’s time to go to bed or they cry and cling to you when it’s time to le...
2023-04-2821 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Make a Decision When you Struggle with Executive FunctioningLooking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell
Why do you procrastinate? Could it be Executive Functioning?
Has this ever happened to you? You had some big decision to make or a task to complete? But you just kept putting it off because it felt overwhelming? When people are faced with a big, complex decision that they aren’t certain how to move forward with- it’s really common to avoid...
2023-04-2000 minTherapy in a NutshellDissociation, Depersonalisation, and Derealization - How to come back when you dissociate.FREE Grounding Skills Course here: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/grounding-skills-for-anxiety-stress-and-ptsd
Do you ever feel numb? Detached? Like you’re completely separate from your body or like you’re floating above it, watching yourself like you aren’t even real? Or does the world around you sometimes feel foggy? Dreamlike? Or like time is moving super fast or super slowly? These are all signs of dissociation, derealization, or depersonalization. These three terms all have some overlap in symptoms.
In this podcast, you’ll learn to identify the triggers and internal signs leading up to dissociation and when you...
2023-04-1314 minTherapy in a NutshellEmotional Eating - How to Replace Emotional Eating with Emotion Processing and Intuitive EatingLearn how to process emotions in my online course: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/emotion-processing
Emotional eating is when you eat in an attempt to resolve emotions instead of eating to resolve hunger. But when people are asking "How to stop emotional eating? The first step is to learn to process emotions and listen to what your body is really asking for - aka intuitive eating. Most of the time, when we’re overeating, or under-eating, it’s because we’re seeking to regulate our emotions with food, instead of regulating our emotions by processing them. So the first...
2023-04-0607 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Identify Your Emotions - How to Feel Your FeelingsDownload the free emotions tracker here: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/pl/2147588374
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So how do you feel your feelings? How can you identify your emotions? What do you do when you don’t know what you’re feeling? In this video I’m going to teach you 4 ways to tune into your emotions, and these are things I use all the time in therapy to help my clients get better at feeling. 00:00 How to identify your emotions 01:19 Emotions are fundamentally physical 01:35 Emotions are fu...
2023-03-2310 minTherapy in a NutshellFeel Overwhelmed? Try this 30 Second TechniqueLooking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell
Feeling overwhelmed literally makes parts of your brain shut down. You might experience cognitive fatigue, sensory overload, burnout, physical exhaustion, a flood of thoughts, confusion, or the stress response, you may feel anxious, sweaty, teary, or panicky alternating in quick succession with wanting to give up, shut down, curl up into a ball, procrastinate and avoid everything.
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2023-03-1604 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Be More Resilient: 6 Traits of Resilient People Featuring Laura KampfCheck out Laura's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/laurakampf
Resilience is a skill that can be learned, and I was watching a creator who totally embodies it, Laura Kampf, she’s such a great example of resilience. When it comes to being more resilient a lot of people probably think that being more resilient means “Just try harder” “Suck it up” “Get over it” or “Just push through”. They think that the way to be more resilient, the way to overcome obstacles is to just force yourself to be motivated and keep going even if things aren’t work...
2023-03-1010 minTherapy in a NutshellDr. Martin Rossman Part 2: How to Combat Worry with ImaginationLearn more from Dr. Rossman here: https://thehealingmind.org/
This is part 2 of my interview with Dr. Martin Rossman. In this part of the interview, we discuss how we live in a world where worry is everywhere, bombarding us constantly, and how tools like learning to use our imagination can help calm our minds and bring us back to a state of peace.
Dr. Rossman shares how to use the connection of our mind and body to worry less and find more health and wellness.
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2023-03-0627 minTherapy in a NutshellDr Martin Rossman Part 1: Whole Body Treatment for WellnessLearn more from Dr. Rossman here: https://thehealingmind.org/
This is part 1 of my interview with Dr. Martin Rossman. We discuss the importance of a holistic approach to mental health and wellness, and how the body and mind impact each other and the importance of nutrition in mental and physical health. Dr. Rossman has been studying integrative medicine for over 50 years and brings great insight on how to get feeling better physically and mentally.
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2023-03-0618 minTherapy in a NutshellTherapist vs. Artificial Intelligence Answer Your QuestionsLooking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell
Can Chat GPT handle complex questions about mental health? Could Artificial Intelligence do a therapist's job someday? Let’s find out. I’ve asked you all to submit some questions and I’m going to try to answer them, then we’ll ask Chat GPT for it’s opinion and Today I’ve got my friend, colleague and boss with me Monica Blume, LCSW, and she’s go...
2023-03-0319 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Stop Overthinking Decisions and Overcome Analysis ParalysisWhen you get overwhelmed by making a choice, when you can’t decide between A and B, you often settle for C or you end up paralyzed, procrastinating, or making no decision at all. In this video you’ll learn the 3 underlying causes of decision paralysis, and 2 keys to overcoming it. And I'll give you a hint, it has to do with emotion regulation and executive functioning.
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2023-02-2314 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Stop Saying Sorry Too Much - Stop Over-ApologizingStop apologizing and improve your self-esteem in this course by expert Dr. Carly LeBaron: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/improve-your-self-esteem
Have you ever found yourself saying sorry for things that didn’t really deserve an apology in the first place? I once had a friend ask me “do you always apologize after giving someone a gift?” It shook me a little because I had no idea I was doing that. But when I started watching myself I totally did. I grew up in a culture of over-apologizing and it wasn’t until my 30’s that I realized how harmful it...
2023-02-1811 minTherapy in a NutshellGrief Expert Answers Your Questions about Grief and LossLearn more about working through Grief with Sarah's course 9 Keys for Moving Through Grief and Loss: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/understanding-grief-loss-and-mourning-1
In this video I team up with grief expert Sarah Engler, LCSW to answer your questions about loss and the grieving process.
00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:50 Anniversaries of Loss and Grief 00:06:51 Multiple losses, compounded grief, loss of pets 00:13:34 What is the difference between complex grief and normal grief 00:16:51 How to deal with anger around grief and loss 00:22:58 How do you function after grief and loss? 00:27:21 Feeling nothing or numbness after grief and loss 00:37:11 Can you ever "Get...
2023-02-091h 00Therapy in a NutshellHow to Stop Beating Yourself UpWant help to stop beating yourself up? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell
Today we’re going to talk about beating yourself up. Whether you made a stupid mistake, you lost your cool with someone you care about or you’re just a perfectionist with imposter syndrome - It’s easy to get sucked into the toilet hole of beating yourself up. And then you do this ridiculous thing which I’m going to call the “The...
2023-02-0208 minTherapy in a NutshellBonus Interview: Sound Sensitivity with Dr. Lindsey TubaughLearn more or connect with Dr. Lindsey Tubaugh here:
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2023-01-301h 02Therapy in a NutshellBonus Episode: Gut Health and Mental Health with Dr. Nikki DinezzaDr. Nikki Dinezza: https://www.youtube.com/c/triangleholisticguthealth
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2023-01-2417 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Be Less Emotionally Reactive - Black and White ThinkingGet the free guide to this episode: reframe black and white thinking guide
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Black and White thinking is when you take a situation and think about it in an extreme way, you push out all the nuance and turn it into something as intense as possible...
2023-01-1912 minTherapy in a NutshellThe Brain-Gut Microbiome Axis and Its Impact on Mental HealthYour gut health directly impacts your mental health. From nutrient absorption that impacts the physical building blocks of the brain, to inflammation which can lead cytokines to damage the brain, to your microbiome which impacts your physical and mental health, your gut health is actually a huge contributing factor to your mental health. So in this video you’ll learn 4 1/2 ways to improve your gut health, which can improve your mental health.
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2023-01-1210 minTherapy in a NutshellGuided Walkthrough to Stop a Panic AttackSo, you’re having a panic attack? If you’re right in the middle of a panic attack, this video is for you.
For many people, a panic attack feels like a lot of intense physical symptoms. Maybe your heart is pounding, you feel faint or tingly, you’re afraid that you’re going to pass out or have a heart attack. In this video we’ll walk you through how to know if it’s anxiety causing those symptoms and some practical steps to stop the panic cycle. Because you’re going to be ok. You are safe. Thes...
2023-01-0508 minTherapy in a NutshellHow Genetic is Mental Illness Actually? Heritability Estimates for Mental Health and The Role Genes PlayIf one of your family members has a mental illness, does that mean you’re more likely to have it too? Can you inherit a mental illness from a parent? If your mom has, let’s say, social anxiety disorder, and you do too, does that mean that she passed it down genetically or that because she didn’t take you out much, and you watched her being nervous around other people- that you learned to be anxious around other people?
In this podcast we’re going to talk about heritability estimates- what the research has to tell us...
2022-12-1508 minTherapy in a NutshellDo Sounds Make You Anxious or Angry? Auditory Sensitivity Overlaps Anxiety and Mental HealthAuditory sensitivity can occur on a spectrum, where hyperacuity may be on the more severe end of the spectrum, and a dislike of loud noises can be on the less severe side of the spectrum. Auditory sensitivity can also be associated with sensory differences with autism, and it can stand alone- it can just be that you have really sensitive ears.
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2022-12-0816 minTherapy in a NutshellRepressed Memories: Can You Forget About Trauma?The idea of repressed memories goes all the way back to Freud, through the 90’s when therapists accidentally implanted people with false memories, through the courtrooms, and into today where the idea of repressed memories is still popular among lay people and controversial among therapists and researchers. So today you’ll learn three skills for better understanding lost memories, aka dissociative amnesia or repressed memories (or at least my opinion about it). The idea of repressed memories goes all the way back to Freud, one of his first patients, Anna O had all sorts of unexplained physical symptoms, when she...
2022-12-0214 minTherapy in a Nutshell9 Ways Grief Impacts the BodyLearn more about grief in this mini-course: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/grief/?utm_medium=YTDescription&utm_source=Podcast
“Grief is unpredictable, and it will go wherever it finds an outlet. If it can’t be expressed emotionally, it may find expression in the body.” (136)
Grief, like all emotions, isn’t just in your head; it shows up in your body in remarkable ways. But most people have never been taught what is common in the grieving process and how grief does show up in your body, and this can leave some people feeling stuck, spiraling through...
2022-11-2809 minTherapy in a NutshellThe 3 States of Anxiety or Trauma in the Nervous SystemLooking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell
Do you ever feel hopeless, shut down, or walled off? Or do you get triggered and feel anxious, angry, or agitated? There are essentially 3 states of your nervous system: Ventral Vagal (Safe and social) Sympathetic (Fight or Flight) and Dorsal Vagal (Shut Down). Most people aren’t able to identify which state they’re in, and then they feel helpless to change. This is espe...
2022-11-2615 minTherapy in a NutshellA guided Walkthrough for Getting through an Anxiety AttackCheck out my Free Course, Grounding Skills for Anxiety, Stress and PTSD here: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/grounding-skills-for-anxiety-stress-and-ptsd
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2022-11-1706 minTherapy in a Nutshell6 Thinking Patterns that Make OCD and Anxiety WorseCheck out the course, Taking Charge of Intrusive Thoughts, here: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/managing-intrusive-thoughts
OCD is caused by a combination of factors- genetic and biological(what’s going on with our bodies, including inflammation, nutrition, stress, etc), environmental (our experiences), and psychological- how we think. The way you think and act determines whether you feed or starve your OCD. In this video we’ll look at 6 types of thinking that feed OCD, they make it worse. And the reason we look at these is because when you can notice these thoughts, clarify that they aren’t helpfu...
2022-10-2711 minTherapy in a Nutshell3 Subconscious Reasons Why You WorryLearn how to stop worrying with the online course Worry Free, taught by Nick Wignall- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/WorryFree
Worry isn’t something that happens to you, it’s actually something that you do, that you subconsciously choose to do, because it serves a function- your brain rewards you for it. And then it becomes a habit. If you want to learn how to worry less, you need to understand why your brain likes to worry, because that will free you to find a replacement for that habitual type of thinking. So in this video you’ll lea...
2022-10-2710 minTherapy in a NutshellThis Skill Treats Insomnia 80% of the TimeLearn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.co...
If you were to ask someone, “What’s causing your insomnia?” they might say something like: “my stress, anxiety, my brain won’t shut off”, maybe they think it’s their cat waking them up or they drank too much coffee or they watched a scary movie before bed. And granted, all of these things can mess with your sleep for a night or two, or more, but they aren’t the thing that causes chronic insomnia. In most cases chronic insomnia is caused by 1 bad...
2022-10-2404 minTherapy in a NutshellThe Myth of the Chemical Imbalance: What Causes Depression? (Lost Connections Summary Part 1)For more ways to manage depression check out my course, Change Your Brain: 10 Natural, Research-Backed Ways to Improve Mental Health https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/change-your-brain
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A chemical imbalance is not “The Cause” of depression. We have been systematically misinformed about what depression and anxiety are”. This is the main idea behind Johann Hari’s bestselling book lost connections. I recently finished it, and even though I didn’t completely agree with his conclusion, I thoroughly enjoyed his detailed...
2022-10-1319 minTherapy in a Nutshell4 Ways to Heal From Your Past (Traumatic Memories Part 2)Check out my free course, Grounding Skills for Anxiety, Stress and PTSD https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/grounding-skills-for-anxiety-stress-and-ptsd
Here’s the thing about trauma, even though the event happened in the past- we work with trauma in the present moment. It causes pain in the present moment, it changes your nervous system in the present moment. The hurt isn’t just “in the past” it’s right here, in your body and emotions right now. In the last video we talked about 4 ways traumatic memories differ from regular memories. In this video we’ll cover 4 ways you can work with th...
2022-10-0615 minTherapy in a Nutshell4 Ways Trauma/PTSD Distorts MemoriesCheck out my course, Change Your Brain: 10 Natural, Research-backed Ways to Improve Mental Health https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/change-your-brain
When you have a traumatic experience, your brain physically changes in structure and electrical activity. And one of the big symptoms that we see with Trauma and PTSD is changes in memory. There are 4 ways that traumatic memories differ from regular memories. In this video we’ll talk about how PTSD and trauma change your memories and 3 things you can do to soften or treat traumatic memories and their painful symptoms. Normal memories change every time you retrieve th...
2022-09-2911 minTherapy in a NutshellOvercome Social Anxiety | Medication and Therapy Options With Dr. Tracey MarksPre-order Dr. Marks' book Why Am I So Anxious now: getyourpreorder.com
Social anxiety can be paralyzing, you may overthink everything you say or worry that everyone is judging you. Social anxiety can lead to avoidance of important events and social isolation which can lead to other problems in your employment or relationships. In this video, I've invited Dr. Tracy Marks to share her top tips for dealing with social anxiety. She'll teach you two medication options for treating social anxiety and one powerful therapy option to retrain your brain to manage social anxiety differently - how...
2022-09-2614 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Stop an Anxiety AttackLearn grounding skills for anxiety attacks in my free course: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/grounding-skills-for-anxiety-stress-and-ptsd
An anxiety attack, in my definition, is when you're overwhelmed with stress, fear or anxiety, you may feel panicky or your anxiety is so strong and the physical symptoms are so intense that you can’t function very well. This video is going to teach you the psychology behind calming anxiety attacks and give you a ton of tools to try so that you can create your custom plan to stop anxiety attacks. If you're right in the middle of an anxiety at...
2022-09-2215 minTherapy in a NutshellPostpartum Anxiety and OCD Coping SkillsCheck out my Coping Skills and Self Care course: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/coping-skills-and-self-care-for-mental-health
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The number one most common complication after giving birth is postpartum anxiety- but almost no one is talking about it. It’s more common than infection, hemorrhage, or postpartum depression, but no one mentions it. But postpartum anxiety is super duper common. About 1 in 5 women experience heightened anxiety to the point of distress post partum. And it can make a new mom feel like her world is...
2022-09-1514 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Stop CatastrophizingGet the course: Change Your Brain-Neuroplasticity and Mental Health https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/change-your-brain
In this video, we’re going to talk about catastrophizing- expecting the worst! Catastrophizing is an excellent way to make yourself anxious and depressed and completely ruin your life! Oh yeah, and I’m going to teach you 3 things you can do to stop catastrophizing. What is Catastrophizing: Catastrophizing is a common cognitive distortion, or thinking error. It’s when we think of a current or future situation as a catastrophe. So for example, you worry that you’re going to fail a test. Th...
2022-09-1318 minTherapy in a Nutshell24/30 How to Create the Life You Want, One Small Change at a Time: How to Process Emotions
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In this section we’re going to talk about how to create the life you want. But before we do that, let's talk about the big picture of how to create change. The tiny choices we make over and over create our character, influence our mood, and determine our quality of life. When those choices involve emotion processing and values-based action, they lead to an overall change in our emo...
2021-10-1812 minTherapy in a Nutshell23/30 Self-Deception: The Problem of Not Knowing You Have a Problem: How to Process EmotionsReady to change your life? Buy the full, ad-free Emotion Processing course now for only $147: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/emotion-processing?utm_campaign=Oct%2013,%202021&utm_medium=Description&utm_source=podcast
Self-deception is the problem of not knowing that you have a problem. If you don’t know you have a problem, is it possible to change it? Yes, it is. And in this post I’ll show you how.
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2021-10-1313 minTherapy in a Nutshell21/30 Mindfulness for Anxiety: A Beginner‘s Guide: How to Process EmotionsReady to change your life? Buy the full, ad-free Emotion Processing course now for only $147: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/emotion-processing?utm_campaign=Jul%2016,%202021&utm_medium=Description&utm_source=podcast
Practicing mindfulness can help you shift your perspective on emotions. It’ll help you get better at soothing anxiety, process sad feelings, and quiet negative self-talk. Mindfulness combined with CBT has been shown to work as well as medication at treating depression and anxiety, but without the side effects. And it’s more effective in the long term. By the end of this episode you’re going to know h...
2021-07-1616 minTherapy in a Nutshell11/30 Calming Anxiety With Your Body’s Built-In Anti-Anxiety ResponseReady to change your life? Buy the full, ad-free Emotion Processing course now for only $147: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/emotion-processing?utm_campaign=Apr%2022,%202021&utm_medium=Description&utm_source=podcast
Your body has a built-in, natural ability to calm anxiety. Learn four simple, body-based ways you can calm anxiety by turning on the parasympathetic nervous system.
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2021-04-2316 minTherapy in a Nutshell10/30 How to Release Emotions Trapped in Your Body: How to Process EmotionsReady to change your life? Buy the full, ad-free Emotion Processing course now for only $147: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/emotion-processing?utm_campaign=Apr%2015,%202021&utm_medium=Description&utm_source=podcast
Trauma, anxiety, and other emotions can get trapped in your body. In this video, you'll learn how to release trapped emotions and heal stress, anxiety, and trauma through the body.
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2021-04-1615 minTherapy in a Nutshell9/30 How to Recognize and Turn off the Fight/Flight/Freeze Response: How to Process EmotionsReady to change your life? Buy the full, ad-free Emotion Processing course now for only $147: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/emotion-processing?utm_campaign=Apr%2008,%202021&utm_medium=Description&utm_source=podcast
Understanding how anxiety affects your brain can help you learn how to stop reacting to emotions, stop doing stupid stuff that you regret later, and live a happier life where your actions line up with who you want to be.
Many people don’t know that the way their brain and body respond to stress or anxiety is really a reaction intended to keep us safe fr...
2021-04-0816 minTherapy in a Nutshell8/30 The Mind-Body Connection/How Emotions Get Trapped in the Body: How to Process Emotions
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The mind-body connection is powerful. When we have a strong emotion our body has a physical reaction, and emotions can seem trapped in our body when we have a chronic stress response. In this section, you’re going to learn how to improve your mental health by working with emotions in the body.
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2021-04-0212 minTherapy in a Nutshell7/30 Primary Emotions vs. Secondary Emotions: How to Process EmotionsPrimary vs. Secondary Emotions
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Sometimes the emotion you're feeling isn't what you're really upset about. Sometimes what you're feeling is actually covering up real emotions. You can gain much better emotional control if you learn to identify the feelings underneath your feelings.
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2021-03-2612 minTherapy in a Nutshell6/30 Willingness: How to Feel your Feelings: How to Process EmotionsHow to Feel Your Feelings: Willingness
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This is the one skill I wish everyone had: willingness, the ability to experience your emotions without needing to immediately escape or avoid them. Willingness is an essential skill from ACT, or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. It's a practical way to learn to allow yourself to experience what you are feeling so that you can work through it.
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2021-03-1817 minTherapy in a Nutshell5/30 How to Stop Struggling With Anxiety and Intense Emotions: How to Process EmotionsReady to change your life? Buy the full, ad-free Emotion Processing course now for only $147: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/emotion-processing?utm_campaign=Mar%2011,%202021&utm_medium=Description&utm_source=podcast
In this podcast, skill #5 from my course “How to Process your Emotions,” you’re going to learn how to tell if you’re making your anxiety worse. And in the next two videos right here on my channel, you’re going to learn how to escape that cycle — how to get better at feeling so you can resolve really intense emotions and feel more peace and happiness in your life.
2021-03-1216 minTherapy in a Nutshell4/30 Clean vs. Dirty Pain: Are You Creating Your Own Suffering? How to Process Your Emotions
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The truth is that we create much of our own suffering. Why is this awesome? If we can identify something we are doing to create our own suffering, then we can fix it! We can take action to resolve the problem and come to peace. This is radical responsibility. When we can identify areas to change, we can heal our hearts from anger, fear, and depression.
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2021-03-0915 minTherapy in a NutshellHappy Place Meditation- Relax and Fall Asleep FasterIn this guided meditation, I walk you through visualizing your happy place, your safe place, your calming place so that you can relax and fall asleep.
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2021-03-0508 minTherapy in a Nutshell3/30 Why Coping Skills Can Make It Worse: How to Process Your EmotionsReady to change your life? Buy the full, ad-free Emotion Processing course now for only $147: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/emotion-processing?utm_campaign=Feb%2018,%202021&utm_medium=Description&utm_source=podcast
Coping skills for emotions like anger, depression, anxiety focus on making bad feeling go away, on feeling better in the moment. But in the long run, coping skills actually make us feel worse because when we suppress our emotions, when we try to make our emotions go away or just cope with emotions, in the long run we aren't honoring the function of emotions. If all we do...
2021-02-1819 minTherapy in a Nutshell2/30 A Nonjudgmental Attitude: The Lie of Positive and Negative Emotions: Process Your EmotionsReady to change your life? Buy the full, ad-free Emotion Processing course now for only $147: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/emotion-processing?utm_campaign=Feb%2011,%202021&utm_medium=Description&utm_source=podcast
Many of us think of emotions as either "good"/"positive" or "bad"/"negative." But this view of emotions is inaccurate and unhelpful. In this video, you will learn how to stop judging your emotions and start describing them instead. This nonjudgmental attitude has been shown to help with anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns.
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2021-02-1113 minTherapy in a Nutshell1/30 Name It to Tame It: How to Process EmotionsReady to change your life? Buy the full, ad-free Emotion Processing course now for only $147: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/emotion-processing?utm_campaign=Feb%2004,%202021&utm_medium=Description&utm_source=podcast
When we don't know what we're feeling, we tend to be reactive and impulsive in ways that mess up our life. When our emotions are vague, nebulous, unexplored sensations - when we feel something, but we don’t know what it is or we aren’t sure where it comes from - we have little power to change it. In this video, the first of 30 skills in my Emot...
2021-02-0412 minTherapy in a NutshellHow to Process Your Emotions- Course Introduction/30 Depression and Anxiety Skills CourseHow to Process Your Emotions
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When I talk about processing emotions, I mean we literally need to go through a process to regulate and resolve our emotions. In this video, you’re going to learn what emotion processing is, what gets in the wa...
2021-01-2814 minTherapy in a NutshellNeuroplasticity, Anxiety, Tinnitus and Vertigo-Extended Interview with Joey RemenyiJoey Remenyi is a vestibular audiologist, neuroplasticity specialist, and yoga enthusiast, she teaches people how to heal from vertigo and tinnitus by teaching them to lean into their bodily sensations with self-compassion, gentleness, and openness.
This is the full interview covering neuroplasticity, anxiety, tinnitus and vertigo.
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2020-11-231h 13Therapy in a NutshellComing to Peace with Uncomfortable Sensations like Anxiety, Vertigo, and Tinnitus- With Joey RemenyiJoey Remenyi is a vestibular audiologist, neuroplasticity specialist, and yoga enthusiast, she teaches people how to heal from vertigo and tinnitus by teaching them to lean into their bodily sensations with self-compassion, gentleness, and openness.
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