797: How Attachment Fuels Anxiety
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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In today's episode, Gina discusses how attachment to thoughts increases our experience of anxiety. This is a frequent, core cause of chronic anxiety. A number of techniques to grow out of this tendency are included, in particular, a simple way to guide yourself into an effective meditation practice with very little effort.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever wondered what's going on in someone's head, or maybe you're a little |
| 0:05.8 | overwhelmed by what's going on in your own, then I have a podcast for you. |
| 0:12.1 | It's called The Savvy Psychologist, and it's a show all about how to take psychological |
| 0:19.1 | teachings and apply them to your real life. |
| 0:24.0 | Each week, host Monica Johnson explains the why behind emotions like joy, anger, fear, |
| 0:32.6 | trust, and anxiety, and helps you better understand the relationships you form with your |
| 0:39.5 | friends, family, co-workers, and yourself. |
| 0:44.6 | Dr. Johnson is a licensed therapist who makes the science of psychology entertaining and |
| 0:51.6 | relatable in just 20 minutes a week. |
| 0:55.3 | She tackles topics like what factors affect your love life, how to know if you're having |
| 1:02.4 | a panic attack, and how to cope with dissociation and more. |
| 1:08.2 | Seeking a healthier emotional life, it's time to bring a trained psychologist and mental |
| 1:14.7 | health expert along for the ride. |
| 1:18.0 | Listen to Savvy Psychologist wherever you're listening now. |
| 1:30.6 | Welcome to the Anxiety Coaches Podcast, a relaxing and informative show where we explore |
| 1:36.0 | anxiety, panic, and PTSD, sharing how you can overcome them for life. |
| 1:43.4 | Aloha, welcome back to the Anxiety Coaches Podcast. |
| 1:51.6 | In today's episode, I wanted to talk about how attachment actually fuels your anxiety. |
| 1:59.0 | We're always looking for the ways that we can tame our anxiety down or how we can feel |
| 2:04.3 | less stressed or how we can keep ourselves out of stressful situations. |
| 2:11.3 | So I thought it was a good time to talk about attachment, and when I'm talking about |
| 2:16.7 | attachment here today, I am talking about attachment to the thoughts that the mind produces. |
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