Coping Skills | Are Your Coping Skills Helping You Or Hurting You?

Jun 3, 2020

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Coping skills are incredibly useful for dealing with anxiety and all of the things that might come up when you have anxiety: overthinking, difficulty breathing, panic attacks, negative thoughts, worries, muscle tension, the list goes on….

So coping skills are good…. Right?

The answer is complicated.. And I’m going to spend this time today helping you understand it so you can manage your emotions, anxiety, and stress in a way that helps you feel calmer and experience personal growth in your life.

You won’t want to miss it if you want to understand the difference between healthy & unhealthy coping skills.

Takeaways you will have from this episode:

What unhealthy coping skills are (and the ones have probably engaged in)
Why you have urges to engage in unhealthy coping skills
How to cope with difficult emotions in a healthy way

Along with an action plan with my 2 top questions to ask yourself in any moment you are coping with difficult emotions to help you implement what you learned today