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Coaches podcast, a relaxing and informative show where we explore anxiety, panic and PTSD sharing how you can overcome them for life.

O'Loha, welcome back to the Anxiety Coaches Podcast.

In today's episode, we're talking about discomfort, self-judgment, and the anxiety cycle.

This is a listener question that I wanted to answer,

and so I want to first off thank T for sending this question in and remind all of you that if you have a question

that you would like me to talk about on an episode, You can send it into anxiety coaches podcast at gmail.com

and we'll put it in the queue for question and answer episodes. So today I will first read my email that I

received from T and then we'll get into answering it. Dear Gina, I hope you are well.

My anxiety recovery is going really well since listening to your podcasts.

I'm so surprised. I can't believe it as I have struggled for so long in the

cycle. I have been practicing face, accept, float, and let time pass technique without self-judgment when uncomfortable feelings arise, which has been amazing.

I have noticed that when I try to practice I have this big

blocking thought which says I shouldn't be feeling or thinking such things in the first place and that I have

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