Identifying and overcoming safety/coping behaviours with anxiety

In today's podcast, I interviewed Dr. Whitney Dyer who specializes in OCD. Dr. Whitney Dyer explains how OCD works, treatment management, and explores various themes commonly struggled with amongst the OCD community. She shares deep insight and empathy into what it means to go through recovery from OCD and how commonly misdiagnosed it can be. 

In today's podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Juliet Gustafson, OCD & BFRB therapist on all things OCD! As a Michigan-based therapist, Juliet talks about her own experience with OCD. She discusses what her first experiences were as a child, trying medication, and different themes she had struggled with. Tune in to today's episode to learn about different ways OCD can manifest, gold-standard treatment options, and Juliet's personal experience. 

Today's episode I interview Allyson Ford @bodyjustice.therapist on all things eating disorders!  Allyson is a therapist in CA specializing in eating disorders and OCD. In today's episode she explains in depth some common eating disorders, what the differences between them are, and some factors that contribute to developing one. In addition, Allyson teaches about ERP therapy and the correlation between OCD and eating disorders! 

In today's podcast episode I discuss supporting your anxious child with Liz Khalighi. Liz is a registered Social Service Worker and Psychotherapist working in private practice. With over 18 years of experience working with children, teens, and families, Liz is passionate about treating anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders. Liz is offering a course "Supporting Your Anxious Child Blueprint for Parents" and dives deep into a discussion today to explain the three pillars of supporting your anxiety child. Liz and I discuss identifying, escalating, and taking control using specific example submitted through @Thatanxietycommunity on the instagram platform. 

In this final part of 'The importance of self awareness in anxiety recovery' Danial Jamal and I go deeper in the discussion of anxiety. Danny runs an anxiety and stress workshop with MAC, in Calgary Alberta and joins me today to collect our thoughts and ideas on self awareness and anxiety. If you like exploring the patterns of anxiety and casual talk, this episode is for you! 

In this episode of 'That anxiety community show' I have an in-depth discussion with Danial Jamal, who runs an anxiety and stress workshop with MAC. Danny and myself talk about how self awareness has benefited our anxiety in different areas of our lives, as well as the affect it had on pandemic related anxiety. In the first part of this episode, pieces of our own anxiety is shared and the discovery of anxiety through self awareness. 

This podcast episode features an exciting guest! Montana runs @Poweryourthoughts_ on instagram and is studying to become a psychotherapist herself. In this episode we discuss the psychology behind safety/coping behaviours and why we may perform them, as well as questions to help identify our own behaviours. Examples in this episode are picked from GAD, social anxiety, and health anxiety. Have you ever wondered what behaviours you may be doing with an anxious nature? Come listen to Montana's and I's discussion on picking apart specific behaviours and learning how to overcome them.

In this episode I interview Ashley from @Theallowanceofgrowth on growing up with an alcoholic parent. Ashley explains what life looked like as a child and how this has impacted her adulthood. Listen to this episode to learn about her struggles and how she these into a passion for social work and helping children and young adults going through similar things.    In an in depth discussion, Ashley answers questions about what it was like having to take care of a parental figure and how this responsibility felt and what role it had in her life. Running the instagram page @theallowanceofgrowth Ashley talks a lot about body image and promoting mental health in a positive way. Being an inspiration saving her own life, she gives lots of advice for those who can relate to growing up without that support. 

In this podcast episode I am interviewing Maddie from @Blossomingwithbipolar. Maddie is an inspiring mental health advocate opening up about struggles within her diagnosis. This podcast talks about all things from her diagnosis at just 14, to finding success in her daily life. Maddie talks about coping with her diagnosis and what co-existing with mental illness looks like to her! I hope you enjoy this episode and if you want to hear more from Maddie check out her instagram page @blossomingwithbipolar and her website blog blossomingwithbipolar.com