Hello, my name is Kimberly Quinlan. I'm an anxiety specialist and today I'm going to talk to you

about the four ways that anxiety lies to you. If there is one huge liar in your life, it is likely

to be anxiety, one down from maybe depression because depression lies too. But today what I want to do is help

you identify the specific ways that anxiety does lie to you so you can be more aware of it and be

able to catch it before it takes you into a place you do not want to go. As we know, and I talk about

all the time here on your anxiety toolkit,

the more you can catch anxiety sooner, the less you respond to it in ways that are ineffective

and unhealthy and not helpful for you, the more we can actually prevent anxiety from taking over

your life. So a lot of the work I do

personally for my own anxiety is around that awareness, being able to catch it, be really early

in the game so that you can create a strategy and jump into strategy and skills and tools and

kindness as soon as possible. So let's get going with the four

ways anxiety lies to you. Welcome to your anxiety toolkit. I'm your host Kimberly Quinlan.

This podcast is fueled by three main goals.

The first goal is to provide you with some extra tools to help you manage your anxiety.

Second goal, to inspire you.

Anxiety doesn't get to decide how you live your life.

And number three, and I leave the best for last, is to provide you with one big,

fat virtual hug, because experiencing anxiety ain't easy. If that sounds good to you, let's go.

Okay, so the first way that anxiety lies to you is it tells you you cannot handle this.

Of all of the ways it lies and convinces you, it's this.

So often, when we experience anxiety, I get it, It's not comfortable. It's not fun. However, it's not

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