The Driving Confidence Podcast

Kev & Tracey Field

The podcast for drivers who struggle with driving nerves but want to become calm and confident on the road.

Whether you are a learner driver, a new driver or have been driving for years, this podcast will help you to beat driving nerves and anxiety and build your driving confidence.

Co-hosted by Kev & Tracey Field, from Confident Drivers, (https://www.confidentdrivers.co.uk) we are the only UK podcast offering a mix of stress management, confidence building and driving know how.

We will be sharing tips, real life stories and advice related to overcoming your driving fears and anxiety.

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Aug 17, 2023 • 10min

Anxious Hormones: Exploring the Links between Hormones and Mystery Driving Anxiety with Guest Kate Muir

In this episode, Kev and Tracey dive into the topic of how hormonal fluctuations can impact our coordination, concentration, and overall driving confidence with guest Kate Muir.We chat about:The impact of hormones on anxiety, coordination, concentration and joint painHormone fluctuations in men over the age of 50The possible link between perimenopause and mystery driving anxietyWhile listening to this episode, ask yourself:Have you experienced symptoms related to fluctuating hormones?Do you feel this has influenced your driving confidence?Do you have a story to share? Let Kate know @menoscandalKate Muir Kate Muir is the author of Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause and the producer of two Davina McCall menopause documentaries for Channel 4. Her next book is Everything You Need to Know About the Pill. @Menoscandal on Instagram @Menoscandal on X Kate's Website Everything You Need to Know about the Menopause bookDr Jeff Foster: Man Alive: The health problems men face and how to fix themThe Balance App: https://www.balance-menopause.com/Channel 4 - Davina McCall: Sex, Mind and the Menopause Davina McCall’s Pill RevolutionWould you like to feature in a future Q&A podcast? Do you have a story that others might relate to? You can record a question about driving nerves or confidence that you would like us to answer on our Speak Pipe page. If you have a question, then there are likely to be others with the same or similar question so ask away and let's start helping more people to build their driving confidence! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheDrivingConfidencePodcastFind out more about how we can help transform the way you feel about driving and follow us on social media:The Drive Calm Journal:A Twelve-Week Prompt Journal for Anxious Drivers - available to buy in all formats on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/hdrzRKjGet help from Kev and Tracey at Confident Drivers:Sign up for our free weekly newsletter that includes a tip of the week plus the latest news and podcast episode: Sign up HereTry one of our most popular tools, the Confident Drivers Coaching Wheel, to help you identify your driving strengths and weaknesses and see if you are driving test-ready: https://confident-drivers.newzenler.com/courses/coachingwheel-testreadyAre you ready to stop the search on social media and start taking action to overcome your driving concerns? Our Nervous Drivers Calming Kit has the online tools and video guides you need to master your driving anxiety. Get immediate access, starting from just £27Nervous Drivers Calming Kit: https://confident-drivers.newzenler.com/courses/nervous-drivers-calming-kitDo you know that you would like some individual support from us, to create a personalised plan with our help and added accountability to take action? Then our Driving Confidence coaching will help, we offer four different levels of help to suit your needs.One-to-One Driving Confidence Coaching:https://www.confidentdrivers.co.uk/drivingconfidencecoachingLeave us a Tip / Buy us a coffee:https://driving-confidence-podcast.captivate.fm/supportFollow or contact us on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/confidentdriver/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confidentdrivers/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtVucIvyC_2AX33zNL7-yoQPodcast NewsletterIf you would like us to keep you up to date with podcast episodes, click the most appropriate link for you:Individual driversDriving InstructorsMentioned in this episode:Find our Drive Calm Journal on Amazon* Do you avoid driving whenever possible? * Do you feel like the only person who is anxious about driving? * Would you like to drive wherever you want, whenever you want? * Are you ready to take action to improve your driving confidence? Follow the prompts, questions, exercises and reflections each week to create your own goal based action plan to work on your driving mindset. Created by Kev & Tracey Field to help anxious drivers take action and track their progress over twelve weeks based on our unique Drive Calm® System, you set your own goals so you can work at your own pace. Drive Calm Journal on Amazon

Jun 29, 2023 • 52min

Rewiring the Brain: Understanding and Overcoming Driving Anxiety with Joshua Fletcher

In this episode, Kev and Tracey chat to Josh Fletcher to discuss driving anxiety, its causes, and how to overcome it.We chat about:Safety behaviors and their contribution towards agoraphobic driving anxietyRewiring the brain and confronting anxiety without relying on safety behaviorsUnderstanding the cycle of anxiety and tolerating anxiety while carrying on with daily activitiesSecondary anxiety in addition to the initial fear and its exacerbating factorsWhile listening to this episode, ask yourself:What was happening in your life when you first started to experience driving anxiety?Have your driving habits become gradually more and more limited?Do you have driving safety behaviours or crutches that you use instead of taking the credit for your driving?Joshua Fletcher is a UK-based psychotherapist who specialises in working with anxiety disorders.He is best known as Anxiety Josh across social media and has quickly become a renowned and reputable figure in the industry. A self-confessed anxiety disorder nerd, Josh has a deeper level of understanding beyond the textbooks and training. He grew up in Manchester and was once diagnosed with crippling anxiety; suffering from panic attacks, agoraphobia, health anxiety and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), as well as intrusive thoughts, obsessive compulsive behaviours.Socials: @anxietyjoshWebsite: https://schoolofanxiety.comWould you like to feature in a future Q&A podcast? Do you have a story that others might relate to? You can record a question about driving nerves or confidence that you would like us to answer on our Speak Pipe page. If you have a question, then there are likely to be others with the same or similar question so ask away and let's start helping more people to build their driving confidence! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheDrivingConfidencePodcastFind out more about how we can help transform the way you feel about driving and follow us on social media:The Drive Calm Journal:A Twelve-Week Prompt Journal for Anxious Drivers - available to buy in all formats on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/hdrzRKjGet help from Kev and Tracey at Confident Drivers:Sign up for our free weekly newsletter that includes a tip of the week plus the latest news and podcast episode: Sign up HereTry one of our most popular tools, the Confident Drivers Coaching Wheel, to help you identify your driving strengths and weaknesses and see if you are driving test-ready: https://confident-drivers.newzenler.com/courses/coachingwheel-testreadyAre you ready to stop the search on social media and start taking action to overcome your driving concerns? Our Nervous Drivers Calming Kit has the online tools and video guides you need to master your driving anxiety. Get immediate access, starting from just £27Nervous Drivers Calming Kit: https://confident-drivers.newzenler.com/courses/nervous-drivers-calming-kitDo you know that you would like some individual support from us, to create a personalised plan with our help and added accountability to take action? Then our Driving Confidence coaching will help, we offer four different levels of help to suit your needs.One-to-One Driving Confidence Coaching:https://www.confidentdrivers.co.uk/drivingconfidencecoachingLeave us a Tip / Buy us a coffee:https://driving-confidence-podcast.captivate.fm/supportFollow or contact us on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/confidentdriver/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confidentdrivers/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtVucIvyC_2AX33zNL7-yoQPodcast NewsletterIf you would like us to keep you up to date with podcast episodes, click the most appropriate link for you:Individual driversDriving InstructorsMentioned in this episode:Find our Drive Calm Journal on Amazon* Do you avoid driving whenever possible? * Do you feel like the only person who is anxious about driving? * Would you like to drive wherever you want, whenever you want? * Are you ready to take action to improve your driving confidence? Follow the prompts, questions, exercises and reflections each week to create your own goal based action plan to work on your driving mindset. Created by Kev & Tracey Field to help anxious drivers take action and track their progress over twelve weeks based on our unique Drive Calm® System, you set your own goals so you can work at your own pace. Drive Calm Journal on Amazon

Jun 22, 2023 • 11min

Driving Stress: The Gap Between What We Want to Do and What We Believe We Can Do

In this episode, Kev and Tracey explore the topic of stress, what causes it and why we all experience it differently.We chat about:Stress means different things to different peopleStress occurs when there is a gap between what someone needs to do and what they believe they are capable ofWe only feel stressed about the things we care aboutWhile listening to this episode, ask yourself:What causes you to feel stressed in driving situations?How do you build confidence when facing a new challenge?Can you think of an example of a situation where you didn't care about the outcome and therefore didn't feel stressed?Mentioned in this episode:Find our Drive Calm Journal on Amazon* Do you avoid driving whenever possible? * Do you feel like the only person who is anxious about driving? * Would you like to drive wherever you want, whenever you want? * Are you ready to take action to improve your driving confidence? Follow the prompts, questions, exercises and reflections each week to create your own goal based action plan to work on your driving mindset. Created by Kev & Tracey Field to help anxious drivers take action and track their progress over twelve weeks based on our unique Drive Calm® System, you set your own goals so you can work at your own pace. Drive Calm Journal on Amazon

Jun 15, 2023 • 46min

Fear, Anxiety, and Panic: Unpacking the Emotions of Driving with guest Karla McLaren

In this episode, Kev and Tracey talk to guest Karla McLaren about the importance of identifying and understanding one's emotions and how this can improve driving skills.We chat about:How having a larger emotional vocabulary can help regulate emotions while drivingThe differences between fear, anxiety, and panic while driving Emotions can come in pairs, threes, or groups and it's important to listen to what they're trying to tell youArticulating your emotions helps your whole body understand that it's just an emotion and not a physical emergencyWhile listening to this episode, ask yourself:How do you feel about the idea that emotions have a role?What emotional vocabulary do you use when navigating difficult driving situations? Are they weasel words?What are some common emotions experienced while driving? How can we learn to recognize them and regulate them effectively?Karla McLaren Karla McLaren, M.Ed. is an award-winning author, social science researcher, and empathy expert. Her work focuses on her grand unified theory of emotions, which revalues even the most “negative” emotions and opens startling new pathways into self-awareness, effective communication, and healthy empathy. She is the founder and CEO of Emotion Dynamics Inc., and the creator of the Empathy Academy online learning site. Karla is the author of many books, including The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings are Trying to Tell You (2023), Embracing Anxiety: How to Access the Genius of this Vital Emotion (2020), and The Art of Empathy: A Complete Guide to Life’s Most Essential Skill (2013), along with many audio learning programs. She is online at KarlaMcLaren.com and EmpathyAcademy.org. Karla's Facebook page Karla's Facebook group @karlamclaren.m.ed on Instagram @KarlaMcLaren on X Karla on YouTube Karla's Website Mentioned in this episode:Find our Drive Calm Journal on Amazon* Do you avoid driving whenever possible? * Do you feel like the only person who is anxious about driving? * Would you like to drive wherever you want, whenever you want? * Are you ready to take action to improve your driving confidence? Follow the prompts, questions, exercises and reflections each week to create your own goal based action plan to work on your driving mindset. Created by Kev & Tracey Field to help anxious drivers take action and track their progress over twelve weeks based on our unique Drive Calm® System, you set your own goals so you can work at your own pace. Drive Calm Journal on Amazon

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The Driving Confidence Podcast

Episodes

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Bonus Short: From Episode 7 Don't Let Stalling Stop You

Bonus Short: From Episode 3 Why Talking to Yourself isn't as Mad as it seems

Reflecting on Season 5: Overcoming Driving Anxiety, Parallel Parking, and More!

Assessing Driving Abilities: Keeping Older Drivers Safe on the Road

Don't take a deep breath to calm your driving anxiety

Anxiety and Sleep: How Poor Sleep Might Impact Your Driving Anxiety

Anxious Hormones: Exploring the Links between Hormones and Mystery Driving Anxiety with Guest Kate Muir

Rewiring the Brain: Understanding and Overcoming Driving Anxiety with Joshua Fletcher

Driving Stress: The Gap Between What We Want to Do and What We Believe We Can Do

Fear, Anxiety, and Panic: Unpacking the Emotions of Driving with guest Karla McLaren

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