Hi again...I've missed you. And I have a GOOD one for you today on The Transforming Anxiety Podcast. Y'know when you have those days where everything just clicks? Things are going your way and you feel like some luck or magic or your benevo

Let's Talk About Self-Compassion

1 month ago 16m 29s

Something we haven't talked about for a while, but need to return to every so often, is self-compassion. On this week's episode of The Transforming Anxiety Podcast, I'm sharing a talk from a mindfulness class I taught a while back. The f

I Believe You

May 15th, 2024 19m 21s

Something *super* simple (but of course these things are never all that easy) for you this week on The Transforming Anxiety Podcast...3 little words that can change relationships AND anxiety. In a good way. I. Believe. You. When we are w

Macro vs. Micro People Pleasing

May 8th, 2024 21m 8s

Happy Wednesday. 😊 I had this interesting epiphany a few weeks ago in a conversation with a friend of mine and thought, yup, we need to talk about that on The Transforming Anxiety Podcast. I think most of us can find ourselves somewhere on

Predictability vs. Control

May 1st, 2024 20m 9s

Let's be honest with each other first thing today: we like to be in control. We like to have control. We like to have things under control. We are kinda control freaks. I want to talk about something *really* subtle re: control today so tha

Birthdays

Apr 24th, 2024 19m 11s

So this week we are talking about birthdays on The Transforming Anxiety Podcast...mainly, honestly, because my birthday was Monday the 22nd and because every year, I get all in a tizzy about it... ...and I've found I'm not alone with this

How to Get Out of Your Head

Apr 17th, 2024 27m 29s

Over and over again, I talk with students who describe feeling as if they can't turn the volume down on the thoughts in their minds. That incessant chatter gets relentless. The stories and ideas just swirl around until it all becomes a tornado

A Lapse in Logic

Apr 10th, 2024 21m 7s

Good morning, happy Wednesday! This week's episode of The Transforming Anxiety Podcast is a discussion about something pretty simple, but a powerful addition to the toolbox that we're all using to take care of ourselves around anxiety. And tha

Living Well

Apr 4th, 2024 27m 58s

Well, this may be (as close as we're gonna get to) the piece de resistance of the podcast: today, we're talking about living well. Pretty much everything we do around here points to this: how can you feel okay in your skin? How can you move a

What Community Looks Like

Mar 27th, 2024 19m 55s

Ok, *today* we are going to focus on something that I know brings a lot of confusion, guilt, and pressure (aka anxiety) into our lives...and that is: what community looks like. I have experienced this myself and I talk to students every week

Hold it Lightly

Mar 20th, 2024 19m 39s

Good morning. ☀️ I hope this finds you well. That you're doing ok so far this week. That you're hanging in, finding some flow, letting yourself breathe, and being kind with yourself. On this week's episode of The Transforming Anxiety Podcast

Back to Transforming Anxiety

Mar 13th, 2024 22m 44s

Ahhhhh, it's good to be back...back to transforming anxiety. I missed you. In this week's episode of The Transforming Anxiety Podcast I'm sharing a bit with you about why I took a(n unplanned) break, how I personally struggle a bit, and what we

Taking Out the Trash

Feb 7th, 2024 19m 12s

This week on The Transforming Anxiety Podcast we’re going to talk about that inner pileup of garbage that happens after days, weeks, months, YEARS of conversations, work, get-togethers, parenting, and activities. Alllll the garbage that starts

The Neighbor's Dandelions

Jan 24th, 2024 21m 56s

I don't know about you, but I looooove to put my nose into other people's business. (Except I do know about you...I'm guessing you do this, too. Only about 100% of my students and friends and family do it. 🙃) I mean, from our vantage point, we

Time Confetti

Jan 17th, 2024 23m 1s

I have something that sounds fun today, but is way more important than its cute little name and that is: time confetti. Have you ever had the feeling that you should have more time in your days and weeks than you do? Or sat down to relax for a

What's New in the New Year

Jan 10th, 2024 23m 49s

New year! But same me. Same you. Same all of us. This week's episode of The Transforming Anxiety Podcast is a "what's new in the new year" but also an acknowledgment of: not much. 🙃 Goals, resolutions, and plans are all *great*. Yup. And als

Enough as You Are w/Scott Stabile

Jan 3rd, 2024 1h 16m

To start out the new year, I am SO excited to bring a really great conversation to you on this week's episode of The Transforming Anxiety Podcast. I'm talking with Scott Stabile, author, teacher, and love activist, about his new book: Enough

Joy

Dec 20th, 2023 15m 47s

Tis the season, friend...this week on The Transforming Anxiety Podcast we're going to talk about joy. It seems we have a verrrrry tricky dynamic with joy. Have you noticed? We want to feel happy. We crave ease and contentment. And then, as soon

Personal Definitions

Dec 13th, 2023 21m 1s

Ohhh this is gonna be a good conversation heading into the holidays...something I talk about with EVERY single student of mine is their own personal definitions. Meaning: What do YOU think success looks like? What do YOU think a good friend do

The Director's Cut

Dec 6th, 2023 16m 33s

Y'know how movies sometimes have the "director's cut" where they play the whole movie with the filmmaker(s) speaking over the top of it, giving insights and outtakes and ideas about the whole process? Today, on The Transforming Anxiety Podca

Expectations

Nov 29th, 2023 23m 16s

This one seems timely, given where we're at in the year...and, I don't know, history. Let's talk about expectations today. Should we raise our expectations? Lower them? Drop them altogether? And where the hell do our expectations come from in

2 Contradictory Approaches

Nov 22nd, 2023 19m

On this week's episode of The Transforming Anxiety Podcast, we're going to hang out in the gray a bit. That messy middle between the extremes of "all or nothing" and "right or wrong." That murky space where most of life is lived. We're going to

Our Lying Minds

Nov 15th, 2023 22m 12s

Good morning, happy Wednesday. ☺️ It's time for a(nother) conversation about thoughts. We circle back to our thinking from time to time around here because it's so dang important. We tend to glorify thinking in our culture; we definitely consid

Ok, Ok, a Gratitude Episode

Nov 8th, 2023 22m 9s

Welp, we've made it to November. Which means: everyone is gonna start talking about gratitude. So, ok, ok, I put together a gratitude episode for us. 🙄 Ha, ok, it's not all bad. I roll my eyes at gratitude a *little bit* because it sounds so

Scare Your Soul w/Scott Simon

Nov 1st, 2023 1h 8m

I have another amazing interview for you this week on The Transforming Anxiety Podcast...Scott Simon is joining me to talk about his book, Scare Your Soul. And this is far more than a book: it's an entire *movement*. Scott is a speaker, entre