Episode 212: Unhooking from Thoughts Meditation

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Hello, friends! In this episode, I take you through a guided meditation designed to help you unhook from your thoughts, acknowledging them without fully giving in to them. With everyone still in such a state of uncertainty, I thought this would be a really good meditation to do for this period of time.

This is a meditation that I have adapted and added to, but the original source material is from Mindfulness Exercises. In a time full of compromise, change and uncertainty, I really hope this helps you get through and allows you to calm your mind and start to be on better terms with your thoughts.

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July 2, 2020 0

Why Deep Breathing Doesn’t Help Anxiety

Imagine this…

Your eyes are closed. You can hear the hum of a crowd around you. Your face is flushed from the heat of the lights bearing down on you. You forcefully exhale the breath you didn’t realize you’ve been holding and open your eyes. You are on stage looking out at the crowd in front of you waiting for you to begin your performance. There’s only one problem… you never practiced. Well shit. That’s not good.

Sounds like a nightmare right? Most people would never try to perform something, whether it’s a musical act, a sport, or a comedy routine, without first practicing the heck out of it. So why do you do it when you try to cope with your anxiety symptoms?

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April 21, 2019 0

Episode 151: My Top Productivity Tips

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We are doing a bit of a deep dive episode this week. I wanted to share with you my 10-11 best tips for staying productive even when you don’t feel like it or may struggle with disorganization. We talk about many different personal tips that work well for me as well as universally good ideas when it comes to productivity and getting stuff done.

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March 21, 2019 0

Episode 142: Guilt About Religion, Dealing with Bipolar as a Mom, Panic Disorder

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Hello, friends! I have a Q&A episode for you today. This is an extra special episode for a couple reasons. First off, I’m starting a new weekly tradition. If you share your favorite quote from the episode on social media and tag me, you might be selected to win a free copy of one of my books! Second, my nearly one-year-old kiddo, Leo was very present in this episode. I had to squeeze in the recording between other appointments, so you hear some babbling and such in the background.

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January 17, 2019 1

Episode 135: How to Survive the Holidays

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This is something that I haven’t done before. I’m re-posting an episode from exactly one year ago. It’s currently holiday season over in the Duff household and I’m trying to be present and relaxed. Therefore, I didn’t want to record something new for this week. So I’m sharing with you episode 85, which is all about surviving the holidays, which can definitely be a challenge, especially when you have any mental health issues.

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November 21, 2018 0