722: From Fear of Missing Out to Joy of Missing Out
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Gina discusses the important topic of FOMO, the fear of missing out, especially in the context of COVID and our newly reopening world. Ultimately, a sort of inner alchemical process is recommended through which those anxious with FOMO transmute this fear into joy. A number of steps to implement this are included.
Also check out episode 264: How Fear Of Missing Out feeds Anxiety available on the premium membership.
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| 0:00.0 | With a written under the radar genre or a proper out there podcast, sometimes it's better |
| 0:06.2 | when you get weird, especially when it comes to switching up your soft drink, introducing |
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| 0:23.3 | put your finger on, weird, but in a surprisingly good way, try more weird with Dr. Pepper Zero. |
| 0:30.2 | Alex met Sam at nursery, they were first loves, they built forts together, shared sandwiches |
| 0:37.7 | in high school, and were each others first kiss, they were the dream couple, until Sam got |
| 0:44.9 | into EDM music. While Alex enjoyed folk, first loves are kind of like your current account, |
| 0:54.9 | if they aren't working for you anymore, maybe it's time to switch with the current account |
| 0:59.2 | switch service. |
| 1:07.6 | Welcome to the Anxiety Coaches Podcast, a relaxing and informative show where we explore |
| 1:13.2 | anxiety, panic and PTSD, sharing how you can overcome them for life. |
| 1:18.0 | Aloha, welcome back to the Anxiety Coaches Podcast. In today's episode, I want to talk |
| 1:31.0 | about moving from the fear of missing out to the joy of missing out, and a lot of this |
| 1:39.8 | can be done with a perspective change or a change of heart, so I wanted to start today |
| 1:47.5 | with a quote from Mark Twain, in this he said, the worst loneliness is to not be comfortable |
| 1:56.6 | with yourself. So let's just consider that as we're going through today's episode, |
| 2:02.8 | and maybe as you're going through your day that you can look at some of your fear of |
| 2:10.0 | missing out, and maybe it could be alleviated in some ways, some small, tiny ways with being |
| 2:18.7 | more comfortable with yourself. You know, we're hearing and watching life here, this |
| 2:25.8 | is being recorded in 2021, life is opening up again as we head into the summer, and there's |
| 2:33.7 | things like the masks are being dropped in different states or communities, along with |
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