Trying to stop your strong emotions is slowing down your recovery.

And today, I want to teach you exactly what we can do differently so that you're not getting

in the way of your own recovery.

My name is Kimberly Quinlan.

I'm an anxiety specialist.

I help people all over the world manage their anxiety, not in the quick fix, cue you, get rid of your anxiety way.

I tend to work more on long-term, sustainable, shifts in mindset, changes in behaviors, engaging in the most effective

skills and strategies so you can get back to your big, wonderful life that you've been dreaming

about. Let's get going. Today, we're going to talk about why you need to stop, trying to

stop your strong emotions. So let's go. 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 reason that this recently came up is that I was doing a Q&A on Instagram. And this is where I just say,

asked me and I think, let me know how I can help. And I was blown away in one day how many people

asked a question in a way that basically alluded to the facts of how can I stop having this strong emotion, or how can

I get rid of it? How can I make it not be there? And this blew me away because this is a massive

problem. This is getting in the way of their recovery. Their questions were skilled questions.

It's just that there was a core component, an idea and understanding that we needed to get to.

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