The Little Peace of Mind Podcast

Sometimes it can feel like we're addicted to our anxious thinking. We have the same thoughts over and over - we become so familiar with them - they may have been with us for years. "So how do we get rid of them?" is the question I get asked time and again. Well, what if you didn't have to? Dr Amy Johnson and I explore this more in this week's podcast.

In today's episode, Dan shares how he used to experience anxiety at school and in his part-time job. Now at university, he describes what he learned that has given him a whole different perspective on life. I was blown away by the wisdom of this 19 year old. What if all our children had such a profound understanding of the way the mind works? Listen and be inspired.

Earlier this year, John El-Mokadem and I were both putting together programs that were free to join. Yet we noticed that although many people let us know they wanted to join us, when it came to the crunch, a lot of them didn't follow through. That got us curious...why might people be afraid to get well? That's what we explore in today's episode.

In today's episode you'll hear Dr Bill Pettit and Elizabeth Lovius talking about depression. Why did I include this in a podcast primarily about anxiety? Two reasons: 1) Because depression and anxiety can often co-exist for many people and 2) Because depression and anxiety are made of the same stuff - insecure thought. Where they both come from is the same place, and how to move through them with grace requires the same understanding.

Today Nicola's guest, Clare Dimond, speaks about going from feeling, in her words, 'abject fear' at the thought of public speaking, to actively seeking out opportunities to do just that.

In today's episode, Wendi shares her story of her how her experience of life has changed over the last 7 years since her diagnosis of cancer. This one's for everyone who thinks, 'Yeah, but I'm anxious about something REAL"

So many of the traditional approaches to anxiety and panic attacks ask you to 'feel the fear and do it anyway'. We look for ways to be braver - to push ourselves to do what we're afraid to do. To go on the motorway when we're terrified, to stay in the supermarket when every fibre of our being screams at us to leave, to make ourselves walk down the road when all we want to do is stay home. Well, you'll be pleased to hear I don't ask my clients to do ANY of that. Why? Well that's the topic of a brand new live webinar I'm running on Tuesday 13th September: The Three Secrets to Overcoming Anxiety Effortlessly. You can register for that here. In today's episode you're going to hear Sharon's experience when she gave up trying to force herself to do the things that scared her.

Bonita Rayner-Jones joins Nicola as today's guest. Bonita has been a long-time sufferer from eczema and digestive problems - often associated with anxiety - and in this episode she shares how her understanding of the Principles moved her from not being able to go out and enjoy a social life to one where she, in her words, 'just doesn't go down the rabbit hole of that thinking' any more.

Sometimes we hear stories of massive instant transformation as people stumble across this understanding, but for most of us it can be a gentle, incremental transition. Helen's is one such story. Everything unfolding little by little, then one day there was a simple insight that changed everything. Such a wonderful story of hope...

In today's episode Nicola and Pete Bailey talk about his journey through depression and anxiety. "I woke up the next morning and it was just gone." The simplicity of this understanding is profound.