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The truth about social anxiety. A Happy Hour Conversation with Steve Light
Be Mythical
English - March 26, 2015 19:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBSelf-Improvement Education Health & Fitness Mental Health alchemy myth shamanism tarot archetypes astrology embodiment individuation jung mythology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Steve Light suffered with anxiety from a very young age and then discovered something that changed his experience of life for the better. Steve's passionate about helping others to free themselves from anxiety and other mental health issues and has founded self-help groups and creates online resources.
Steve was his usual beautifully honest self, here's were the key points:
Searching for the answer
Steve thought if he looked hard enough he would find the reason for his anxiety in his genetic make-up, his biochemistry or maybe his past. He didn't find the answer until he discovered that his anxiety was coming from his thoughts moment to moment.
The addiction to self-help
Steve tried lots of courses, including NLP and other selp-help techniques, to try to rid himself of anxiety. He found each of them gave a temporary improvement before he went back to feeling anxious again but that was enough for him to attend course after course in the hope something would help.
Beliefs vs understanding
Steve's finally let go of the beliefs he had about being 'an anxious person' when he began to understand the ever-present underlying calm and happiness beneath his thoughts.