75: Kristen Howerton, LMFT - The Anxiety Episode
Well with Arielle Lorre
Dear Media, Arielle Lorre
4.8 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In this episode I’m talking to therapist and author Kristen Howerton, LMFT about all things anxiety. We cover everything from social anxiety to unexplained anxiety to circumstantial anxiety and how to deal with it all. We also discuss why some are more predisposed to anxiety than others; how to show up despite being anxious; dealing with anxiety in a quarantine; techniques to pull through a panic state and so much more. We also have a listener Q+A segment where all of your most pressing anxiety questions are answered.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.3 | Hey, welcome to the Blond Files podcast. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm your host Arial Lori and I'm here to talk all things wellness. |
| 0:10.8 | From how to achieve optimal health and well-being to the best beauty tips and |
| 0:15.1 | everything in between, no topic is off limits. I know there is so much |
| 0:19.7 | information out there so I'm here to help you navigate it all and live your best life. |
| 0:24.4 | Thanks for listening. Let's get into it. |
| 0:27.0 | Hi everybody, welcome to the show today's episode I'm talking to |
| 0:36.1 | Kristen Howerton she's a licensed marriage and family therapist and an author. And this episode is so relevant because it's all |
| 0:46.0 | about anxiety. I don't know about you but my anxiety was at an all-time high this year and I attribute that to having a lot more on my plate with you know |
| 1:00.6 | juggling school and work and of course the current state of the world and I think |
| 1:06.7 | some of it is also like growing pains spiritual growing pains in my sobriety, in my relationships, my identity, my relationship with myself, all of that. |
| 1:18.0 | And I just want to note that when I refer to my anxiety, it's not generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder or anything like that, |
| 1:26.2 | thankfully. It's just something that comes and rears its ugly head occasionally, |
| 1:32.3 | sometimes for seemingly no reason and other times around |
| 1:36.4 | stressful situations. So I've found that my social anxiety has also been really bad and I kind of feel like outing myself |
| 1:46.0 | here instead of hiding it in therapy is a good step towards overcoming it and maybe it's |
| 1:52.0 | because it just feels heightened because after six months of seeing pretty much |
| 1:56.5 | nobody going into any kind of social situation is a bit of a stimulation overload and of course meditation prayer letting go |
| 2:08.2 | acceptance gratitude coming back to the moment those things obviously help a lot but |
| 2:15.9 | sometimes like yesterday for example I'm just hit with a wave of anxiety and all I |
| 2:20.6 | can do is like shut it down get in bed and ride it out and it doesn't happen often but when it does it really sucks and I know I'm not the only person dealing with this |
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