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Welcome back to Anxiety Slayer. I'm Shan Janderleak here with my wonderful friend and business partner,

Ananga Severe, and we come together weekly on Skype to share Anxiety Slayer sessions with you.

We like to answer listener questions from our inbox and Facebook page, and we often mix up a potent blend of coaching, IERVETA, storytelling, guided relaxations, EFT tapping, and so much more. And today, we wanted to record just a short podcast about how you can support yourself

during the holidays. And we're titling it five tips. We're slaying your anxiety over the holidays

that we know that you'll find supportive and helpful. Welcome back, Ananga. Hi, Shen.

I'm so glad we're together today to talk about this very important reminder about how we can survive the holidays, which I know sounds a little bit

dramatic, but I know for some people, especially those who might be feeling a little bit of

anxiety around the social events that come with

the holidays. This is the perfect time for us to help them address what they can do about it.

Yeah, I think that one thing that really can affect anxiety sufferers at this time of year is

there are a lot of expectation, social expectation that we can find uncomfortable.

So when you feel that expectation, how do you deflect it? How do you work through it?

My first thing is to make sure I've got the things that I treasure and value in place that

help me feel like me, help me feel nourished and comfortable.

So I'd have some good reading, I think for me is the first thing.

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