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Owning It: The Anxiety Podcast

246 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 124 ratings

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From the number one non-fiction bestseller, comes Owning It: The Anxiety Podcast - with everything you need to hear to get on top of your anxiety. This practical and relaxed series explores everything from what anxiety is and why it happens to us, how our brains work and why it's actually very normal to the various tools and techniques necessary for owning it. Author Caroline Foran shares her story, along with some expert input, in an attempt to help you show your anxiety who's boss. Most importantly, this is a series that tackles the reality of anxiety from a refreshing and relatable perspective.

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Own your anxiety as and when it happens with Owning It: Real Time. The situation specific series of audio guides that helps you move through your most anxious moments. Available now on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/owningittheanxietypodcast.


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Episodes

Parental Anxiety: 'Does my child need an assessment?'

March 12, 2024 10:53 - 46 minutes - 36.7 MB

On this episode, the final of this season, I am joined by clinical psychologist Dr Claire Conlon (The Caterpillar Clinic) for a very specific conversation that I hope will be useful for those among you who are parents. This mirrors my own current experience, and my last year and a half. It's about the overwhelming anxiety you can carry as a parent when you're worried about your child and the ways in which they appear to be struggling, when you're not sure what or if something is at play for ...

Anxiety + Sensory Issues: An Occupational Therapist explains

March 06, 2024 11:20 - 1 hour - 48.9 MB

Subscribe to my Substack here and get 20% off as an Owning It listener. On this penultimate episode of the season, I am joined by Hannah Daly, an Occupational Therapist and author who I actually worked with privately to get my son's sensory profile assessed. Here she helps me better understand the relationship between sensory issues and anxiety. What comes first, the anxiety or the sensory issue? Is anxiety always at play? Why do we have sensory issues? How do we know when we need to seek ...

Sabrina Hill on anxiety, breakdowns, medication and more

February 26, 2024 00:00 - 55 minutes - 44.2 MB

Get 20% off my Substack here as a valued listener of Owning It. This episode is with Sabrina Hill, influencer, business owner, Cork woman, hair stylist and mother of two - a ten month old and a twenty two year old. It was really hard to write a title for this episode because we talk about so much: her experience becoming a parent at 20/21 and the psychosis and breakdown which followed, her divorce, her hormonal issues relating to anxiety, a rare reaction to medication and much more. Sabrina ...

Depression + understanding intrusive thoughts

February 19, 2024 09:19 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB

Get 20% off my Substack here. A solo episode this week, sharing my experience of depression, the surprising function of intrusive thoughts and the heavy bag we carry. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast. Own your anxiety as and when it happens with Owning It: Real Time. The situation specific series of audio guides that helps you move through your most anxious moments. Available now on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/owningittheanxietypodcast. Hoste...

ASMR + Anxiety: Everything You Need To Know

February 05, 2024 00:00 - 54 minutes - 40.1 MB

This episode is all about how ASMR could help your anxiety. What exactly is it? What happens to our brains and bodies when we experience ASMR? What does the research show? ASMR is such a new subject, it's hard to find people who know it inside out in an expert capacity but here I am joined by one such unicorn, Dr Craig Richards who founded the ASMR University. He has been involved in studies as well as working with the woman who coined the term itself. He shares everything he knows when you ...

Anxious about taking a rest? A psychologist on why we should take holidays more seriously

January 26, 2024 15:53 - 38 minutes - 36.1 MB

This bonus episode is brought to you in collaboration with British Airways Holidays who are on a mission to make all of us take our holidays a little more seriously! I’m joined again by Dr Claire Kambamettu and we dive into our complicated relationship with rest, and the importance of setting firm boundaries when on holiday. We discuss the anxiety we feel around taking time off, the guilt we feel around having to be productive every minute of every day, and how holidays can be the perfect wa...

It's not always anxiety's fault + other questions answered

January 22, 2024 10:12 - 34 minutes - 32.5 MB

Solo episode this week. I'm answering your questions around medication and other people's stigma about it, how anxiety isn't always to blame for our every niggle we feel and exactly what I do if a tsunami of anxiety washes over me. Episodes referenced in this podcast were my Owning It Real Time audio guide for dealing with anxiety first thing in then morning, my solo episode on the fear of going backwards and ones on medication. Please join me on Substack for more. Support this show http://...

Owning Mental Illness with Sophie White

January 08, 2024 12:35 - 1 hour - 46.5 MB

Buy Sophie White's book My Hot Friend here. Sign up to my Substack with 20% off for more Owning It related content and to connect personally HERE. I am joined here by award winning bestselling author and columnist Sophie White. Sophie shares her story with me, the pivotal moment at the age of 22 that changed everything, the diagnosis of bipolar II she would later receive, the anxiety of needing psychiatric care versus what it was really like and how she eventually began to own her mental i...

I was wrong about hypnosis

December 18, 2023 13:58 - 36 minutes - 28.8 MB

I am joined here by Stanford psychiatrist Dr David Spiegel to talk about hypnosis and self hypnosis. Now before you switch off and think 'ugh that's a load of poppycock' - I was and always have been cynical about this too but David is very much from the science and research school of thought and he utterly dispels my distrust of hypnosis here, educating me and hopefully you too on what an effective, scientifically backed intervention it can be to help us through anxiety, especially when it c...

ARCHIVE: Surviving Christmas Holiday Anxiety

December 13, 2023 10:12 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MB

I was going to record a new episode for this year but it would pretty much run the same as last year's so for anyone who needs a reminder - I'm bringing this one back to the top of the pile for the month that's in it. In this episode of Owning It, I'm talking about the various contributing factors that can give rise to anxiety at Christmas time (or 'the holidays' if you're in America/Canada). Why do we feel more pressure at Christmas? How can we shift our mindset to make Christmas more enj...

Understanding Cortisol

December 11, 2023 10:20 - 41 minutes - 30.8 MB

If you love this podcast, please consider subscribing to me on Substack here for more long form writing from me! Heard lots about cortisol but not really sure what it's all about? Here the super successful @HealthWithHolland (Becca Holland) joins me to help us better understand the role of cortisol in our bodies and how to manage it so that we can manage our anxiety. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast. Own your anxiety as and when it happens with Own...

The fear of falling apart again + anxiety over world news

November 27, 2023 13:28 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MB

Join me on Substack here where I write about anxiety, parenting and careers. For this solo episode I am talking through how I overcame my latest anxiety wobble - something I hadn't felt to that extent in so long. It really unnerved me and stuck around for a few days. For me, a fear I will probably forever grapple with is the fear of losing my mind. It comes now and then as a scar from the trauma and how I react to it is really important. I also cover in this episode the very significant 'v...

Understanding Perinatal Anxiety in Pregnancy

November 13, 2023 11:08 - 51 minutes - 39.9 MB

Are you pregnant, thinking about becoming pregnant or trying to become pregnant and dealing with anxiety? Or did you experience anxiety in pregnancy? Perhaps it was anxiety due to the physical symptoms, or because you arrived at pregnancy after experiencing reproductive trauma, with lots of worry around conception and fertility, or loss, or because for whatever reason, the hormones in pregnancy just drove you into fight or flight mode. Maybe you thought you'd feel amazing and excited and at ...

Medication for anxiety revisited with an expert

November 06, 2023 00:00 - 52 minutes - 42.7 MB

I have promised another deep dive into anxiety medication and 11 seasons later, I have delivered. Here I am joined by the wonderful Laura Dowling, pharmacist and founder of Fabu Wellness supplements. She also hosts her own brilliant podcast The Laura Dowling Experience. Laura answers my questions (and yours too) on everything to do with anti-anxiety medication. This is a super helpful overview if you are considering taking medication to help your anxiety or if you're on it already and are wo...

The 10 best anxiety mindset swaps

October 23, 2023 08:48 - 25 minutes - 26.2 MB

Sign up to my Substack HERE. Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE. In this solo episode, I run through my ten most helpful mindset swaps to help you, in a nutshell, own your experience of anxiety. From how to visualise the anxiety to questions to ask yourself, these are all learnings I've had over the years and through interviewing countless world renowned experts on how to better understand and manage anxiety. I hope you find it helpful. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/ownin...

Delayed gratification and why it will help your anxiety

October 16, 2023 08:39 - 53 minutes - 35.7 MB

Is delayed gratification one of the overlooked secrets to reducing anxiety? Is immediacy culture and present bias fuelling our basal level of daily anxiety? That background hum or fizziness we have grown so used to living with? This week on episode of Owning It, with me Caroline Foran, I'm joined once again by Dr Padraig Walsh, behavioural psychologist, and founder of Actualise.ie, as we look to answer these more profound questions about our behaviours in relation to our experience of anxiet...

Living with ADHD, Bipolar + Anxiety: Matilda's Inspiring Story

October 09, 2023 08:38 - 51 minutes - 42.5 MB

If you're loving this series, do me a favour and hop on over to my substack and click subscribe. There I'll be writing lots more in depth content, with a huge focus on anxiety of course, as well as my parenting experience and some career stuff too. This week's episode is just so wonderful, had I been able to listen to this story when I was in my teenage years or early twenties, I know it would have made a massive difference in helping me feel less alone, and more confident about the challe...

Which kind of perfectionist are you?

October 02, 2023 09:23 - 46 minutes - 39.1 MB

Join me on Substack HERE. Do you struggle with perfectionism? Do you understand the science around it? Are you more of a socially prescribed perfectionist or a self oriented perfectionist? What does that even mean? In this episode with Professor of Psychology at the London School of Economics and Ted Talker Tom Curran, we get really granular on the subject of perfectionism. The latest research, whether it differs across genders and crucially, how we can manage our tendency towards perfecti...

How I overcame my anxiety around travelling

September 27, 2023 23:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB

Subscribe to my substack HERE. Sign up to Owning It: Real Time to help with your travel anxiety while en route HERE. Brought to you in partnership with British Airways Holidays, this solo episode explores my experience of travel anxiety. It's something that held me back from getting on a flight for such a long time and it meant I missed out on a huge amount of formative experiences. Eventually, I worked through it with some mindset shifts laid out in this episode and other coping mechani...

'How holding my breath taught me to live': how this free diver manages anxiety

September 25, 2023 13:39 - 56 minutes - 43.7 MB

Sign up to Owning It: Real Time HERE. Subscribe to my brand new Substack HERE. This week I am joined by Claire Walsh, bestselling author and free diver. Having watched The Deepest Breath on Netflix, I realised how much we can differ when it comes to finding the thing that helps to downregulate our stress response. For many people, the idea of plunging down into the darkest depths of the sea, in one single breath, without all the breathing paraphernalia would be enough to send them into a...

'How holding my breath taught me to live': how this free diver manages anxiety

September 25, 2023 13:39 - 56 minutes - 43.7 MB

Sign up to Owning It: Real Time HERE. Subscribe to my brand new Substack HERE. This week I am joined by Claire Walsh, bestselling author and free diver. Having watched The Deepest Breath on Netflix, I realised how much we can differ when it comes to finding the thing that helps to downregulate our stress response. For many people, the idea of plunging down into the darkest depths of the sea, in one single breath, without all the breathing paraphernalia would be enough to send them into a...

Anxiety advice from a 102 year old

September 17, 2023 23:00 - 57 minutes - 45.2 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE. For this episode I am joined by the most incredibly inspiring woman, I was just hanging on her every word. her name is Gladys McGarey, she is 102 years old, she recently published a book called The Well Lived Life and she has quite the story to tell. We talk about anxiety today versus what she knew of it when she was starting out as a physician, her own experience of anxiety through her separation (after 46 years of marriage and six kids!), carving out ...

Why your anxiety is so physical + how to get rid of social anxiety for good

September 10, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MB

I can't write a title long enough to capture all that's in this episode but it is a banger. It is probably one of the most helpful ones I've ever recorded. It's practical, it's back to basics to some degrees and while I set out to talk with an expert about the physical manifestations about anxiety and how to manage those, such as understanding depersonalisation for example, the conversation really wound up being a very essential grounding for understanding the anxiety we experience and then,...

'Highly Functioning Anxiety': What is that?

June 26, 2023 14:20 - 43 minutes - 33.3 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE Join Dr Soph (her new book UNSTUCK is out now) and I as we do a deep dive into what's described as 'Highly Functioning Anxiety'. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast. Own your anxiety as and when it happens with Owning It: Real Time. The situation specific series of audio guides that helps you move through your most anxious moments. Available now on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/owningittheanxietypodcast. Hosted o...

8 Things To Remember About Anxiety

June 18, 2023 23:00 - 24 minutes - 21.3 MB

Sign up to Owning It: Real Time HERE. I decided it was time to share some of the key learnings/takeaways that have most stuck with me across all series of Owning It. From the 4 components of an emotion such as anxiety to knowing when to push and when not to, these are coping mechanisms, mindset frameworks and simple points to remember to help you own your anxiety day to day. If I was writing my first book all over again, these would have to feature. Support this show http://supporter.aca...

Walking away from workplace anxiety

June 12, 2023 10:14 - 1 hour - 49.4 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE. This episode's guest is an Irish entrepreneur and founder/owner/barista of the very successful Two Boys Brew and Milos in Dublin. Taurean Coughlan did what so many of us dream of: he quit the corporate life, where panic attacks were becoming too regular an occurrence, and decided to set up his own business with his partner. Now with two cafe/restaurants thriving, how did he do it? What did that corporate anxiety look like? Time to hear another first per...

How To Own Your Phobia

May 29, 2023 17:27 - 53 minutes - 41.4 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE. Join me and Dr Brian McLean to unpack phobias. What are they, what do all phobias have in common? How do they differ from regular anxiety? Are they something we can overcome? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast. Own your anxiety as and when it happens with Owning It: Real Time. The situation specific series of audio guides that helps you move through your most anxious moments. Available now on Acast+ https://plus.a...

How to communicate your anxiety with Sarah Knight

May 24, 2023 17:34 - 1 hour - 46.3 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE Join Sarah Knight and I on this episode of Owning It where we dive deep into how to communicate your anxiety whether it be your actual experience of anxiety or your anxiety about something else. Sarah is the number 1 international bestselling author of six books, her latest is Grow The Fuck Up and it's another gem. There's lots of pearls of wisdom to be gleaned here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast. Own your anxi...

Financial Anxiety with The Money Mentor

May 14, 2023 23:00 - 52 minutes - 37.7 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE On this week's episode of Owning It I am joined by author of The Money Mentor, Santis O'Garro. We talk about financial anxiety, but what makes this a little different is that Santis shares her own personal experience of financial anxiety, the overwhelm and panic of finding herself in significant debt, the emotional drive behind the spending and how she resolved it before becoming the relatable financial life coach she is today. We talk about financial dys...

How to Manage Exam Anxiety

May 07, 2023 23:00 - 47 minutes - 33.5 MB

Sign up for Owning It Real Time HERE. If you are facing into exams - be it your Leaving Certificate, your A Levels, your state exams - anything at all which requires an examination - you will be familiar with anxiety. That feeling of pressure, that so much appears to be riding on this one test. While I can't change the system that sees the way we're educated culminate in one high pressure exam at the end of the year, I can offer tools and techniques to help manage the anxiety that for a lo...

Emetophobia: the fear of vomiting and being sick

May 02, 2023 08:51 - 23 minutes - 20.8 MB

Sign up for Owning It: Real Time HERE My son was very ill last week so I had to cancel four recordings (sob) so alas it is another solo episode but given the theme of my week I've decided it's time to talk about emetophobia - or a lighter version of that which I think I experience - which is the fear of vomiting. Here I discuss the characteristics of emetophobia, how I handle looking after my son when he's unwell and how I coped through my own recent experience of feeling that I would, any...

Anxiety and productivity with Oliver Burkeman

April 23, 2023 23:00 - 52 minutes - 37.9 MB

Access Owning It Real Time HERE This week my guest is the mega bestselling author of Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman. We talk about anxiety around time, productivity, the anxiety of getting on top of things, how to accept the reality that we will never fully get on top of things and so much more. We discuss the difference between fulfilment and happiness and how curiosity might be your most powerful tool when experiencing future oriented anxiety. Support this show http://supporter.a...

Stefanie Preissner: Anxiety, Autism and More

April 17, 2023 09:46 - 52 minutes - 37.3 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE. Join me and Stefanie Preissner as we discuss everything from her autism diagnosis, her anxiety post partum, her journey to becoming a mother and the fear of saying the wrong thing. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast. Own your anxiety as and when it happens with Owning It: Real Time. The situation specific series of audio guides that helps you move through your most anxious moments. Available now on Acast+ https://...

How I've been: Anxiety + Depression

April 03, 2023 09:02 - 31 minutes - 28.2 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE This is a solo episode where I bring listeners up to date on how I've been feeling with anxiety and depression. Depression is a new experience for me but one that has been very much due to circumstance lately. Here I talk about parenting anxiety, parenting your anxious child and the basic necessities of self care when all else goes out the window. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast. Own your anxiety as and when it ...

How I've been: Anxiety + Depression

April 03, 2023 09:02 - 31 minutes - 28.2 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE This is a solo episode where I bring listeners up to date on how I've been feeling with anxiety and depression. Depression is a new experience for me but one that has been very much due to circumstance lately. Here I talk about parenting anxiety, parenting your anxious child and the basic necessities of self care when all else goes out the window. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast. Own your anxiety as and when it ...

Navigating anxiety in your friendships

March 27, 2023 14:38 - 38 minutes - 27.7 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE This is an episode I recorded a few weeks ago with the brilliant Dr Leah Katz. She's a clinical psychologist and bestselling author (her book is called Gutsy), she's been on the show before to talk about people pleasing, but here we are talking about relationship anxiety, but more specifically anxiety in our friendships which I think is a hugely under explored topic. We also touch on how to communicate your actual anxiety either to a friend or in a roman...

Bonus Episode: Guided Meditation

March 10, 2023 01:00 - 12 minutes - 16.8 MB

This is an extra special piece of bonus content brought to you in partnership with E.ON Next. If you heard my episode with climate psychologist Caroline Hickman, you’ll know that they have created something of an audio toolkit for when eco-anxiety, or anxiety at large, starts to mount.  And that’s what we have for you today - a mindfulness meditation. Here for you when you need to reduce stress, address anxiety and improve your well-being. So if you feel you need it now, or at a later date,...

Understanding Eco-Anxiety

March 10, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutes - 35.5 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE Join me and Caroline Hickman, a lecturer in social work and climate psychology at the University of Bath as we unpack the subject of Eco-anxiety, In partnership with E.ON NEXT - the energy provider powering space for change in a mission to tackle eco-anxiety. Eco Anxiety is very real. The overwhelming majority of my listeners are very stressed about the future and the frightening implications of climate change. This can motivate us to take action. Howev...

Understanding Separation Anxiety

February 27, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE Join me and Clinical Psychologist Dr Rebecca Quin on Owning It as we unpack the subject of separation anxiety - something I've experienced as a child myself, as an adult and something I'm navigating right now with my son. For more on Dr Rebecca, check out her website. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast. Own your anxiety as and when it happens with Owning It: Real Time. The situation specific series of audio guides ...

Understanding Bipolar

February 20, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 45.6 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE TW: We discuss suicide in this episode. This week on Owning It I am joined by a former uni classmate of mine, Yvonne Keane (now an incredible photographer) who shares with me her experience of being diagnosed with bipolar. The anxiety and depression that preceded the diagnosis for Yvonne, what life with bipolar is like for her, a mother of one, the anxiety around getting such a diagnosis and how we can better support those in our lives who have been dia...

Career Change Anxiety: Ask the Expert

February 13, 2023 00:00 - 55 minutes - 40.2 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE For this episode I am joined by author of The Career Change Guide Rachel Schofield to talk about career change anxiety. We are anxious about change but there's rarely as significant a life change we're all likely to make as when we change up our work. Maybe you're wanting an entire overhaul in a new direction or you're wanting to start that business you've always thought would be worth doing but fear and anxiety have held you back. Here, Rachel answers y...

Anxiety and fertility with Rosanna Davison

February 06, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 45.3 MB

Sign up for Owning It Real Time HERE In this episode of Owning It, I am joined by the lovely Rosanna Davison, former Miss World, best-selling author, nutritionist, mother and fertility spokesperson. She shares her incredible journey of fertility with me from the perspective of anxiety. The anxiety of not knowing if you'll get pregnant, the anxiety of looking for a reason as to why you're experiencing miscarriages, the anxiety of not knowing how your future will look and coming to terms wit...

The 'hot brain' explained by a behavioural psychologist

February 02, 2023 09:24 - 52 minutes - 36.7 MB

Sign up to Owning It Real Time HERE In this episode I am joined by behavioural specialist expert Padraig Walsh to understanding our hot brain versus our cold brain and how we move from one to the other. It's a really helpful framework for understanding anxiety and there's lots more in here about CBT, as well as several practical tools you can apply right away. Padraig works with Actualise Academy. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast. Own your anxiet...

Real Time Rescue for a Panic Attack

January 17, 2023 09:21 - 1 minute - 1.33 MB

Sign up and access this episode within Owning It Real Time HERE. This was the original real time panic attack rescue episode that inspired the Owning It Real Time series. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/owningittheanxietypodcast. Own your anxiety as and when it happens with Owning It: Real Time. The situation specific series of audio guides that helps you move through your most anxious moments. Available now on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/owningittheanxietypodcast. Hos...

Your anxiety perfectly explained by a Neuroscientist

January 12, 2023 10:08 - 1 hour - 154 MB

Access Owning It Real Time HERE Republishing one from the archives as it is one of my most listened to, and therefore most helpful episodes of all time. I think this might be the most insightful and informative episode I've shared to date where Dr Michael Keane, Behavioural Neuroscientist and founder of actualise.ie, talks me through exactly how our brain functions when it comes to anxiety and how we are best posed to take back control. I've never had someone explain how our brains work a...

How to own your anxiety in real time

January 08, 2023 15:37 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

Access Owning It Real Time HERE Let me introduce you to Owning It Real Time, helping you own your anxiety precisely as it's happening for you, across 10 different scenarios. Learn what the new series involves, how it helps and enjoy a taster of one of the audio guides for free. Owning It Real Time features 10 situation specific audio guides. Never more than 10 minutes long and entirely ad and sponsorship free, you can sign up here for a one time payment of 10 euro on Acast Plus and then sim...

Anxiety + Grief

December 05, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 45.3 MB

Access Owning It Real Time HERE This episode of Owning It explores the subject of grief, with my dear friend Robyn Byrne. Having lost her mother almost a year ago now, Robyn teaches me about anxiety in relation to grief, how it very much can be a feature of grief (when you may not necessarily suspect it) and how it manifests for her, as well as how she's moving through it one day at a time. I hope this episode will be helpful to anyone in the midst of a grieving process or for someone tryi...

Supporting Teenage Anxiety

November 28, 2022 00:00 - 57 minutes - 43.4 MB

Access Owning It Real Time HERE This is a must listen for parents of teens, teens themselves and anyone who experienced anxiety when they were a teenager. I am joined by psychologist Dr Aoife Durcan (@HighlySensitivePsychologist) as she helps me better understand the teenage brain, our window of tolerance, how it might be for a more sensitive child growing into their teenage years, how parents can support their teenager who is struggling with anxiety, how and why anxiety is presenting durin...

Is social media fuelling my daily anxiety?

November 21, 2022 08:25 - 24 minutes - 21.8 MB

Access Owning It Real Time HERE Time for another solo episode - don't worry, I haven't given up on guests - and this time I am discussing the very real impact that social media - Instagram in particular - is having on my daily anxiety at the moment. From social comparison to feelings of not doing enough or imposter syndrome, I have come to the conclusion that social media might be the main fuel behind these uncomfortable feelings. I asked my followers if they were feeling similar and among ...

Owning anxiety when you're sick

November 14, 2022 14:16 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

Access Owning It Real Time HERE Under the weather? Cold or flu? Being physically unwell with a seasonal sickness that we are all experiencing a lot of as winter sets in can be such a huge vulnerability factor that gives rise to more feelings of anxiety. In this solo episode I share my experience being unwell and how my anxiety relates, how it impacts me and what I do to own it as and when it happens. Be sure to sign up to Owning It Real Time below with Acast Plus and follow me at @OwningIt...