There are two mistakes that anxious people do that makes everything worse, and I'm willing to bet that you are doing both of them.

The reason I wanted to record this is recently I was working at a bake sale.

Yes, you heard that correct.

I was at a bake sale, and I found myself engaging in these two mistakes mistakes and I knew it was a sign that I needed

to talk to you about these two things.

Hello, my name is Kimberly Quinlan. I'm an OCD and anxiety specialist and I am on a mission

to help 10 million people suffer less from anxiety. I know that's a hefty goal, but I think that

it's a very important one because we are suffering enough, am I right? And there are all kinds of

horrible advice out there on what you can do to manage anxiety. So I made it my goal to help 10 million

of you so that we do suffer less.

Anxiety is running rampant and I want us to cut back on these two mistakes that we are making myself included.

Okay, I'm at the bake sale.

All of a sudden, I'm noticing that my anxiety is rising and it is rising fast.

And wait a second, I'm at a bake sale.

I'm volunteering at a high school bake sale.

Why would I start to notice that I'm anxious?

Well, what I realized is I'm making two mistakes that you're probably making.

The first one was I'm acting urgently.

And the second was I was acting as if everything was

oh so important. Does that resonate with you? Because if so, you're definitely not alone.

These are the two mistakes that I see my clients make all the time, my students make all the time,

and I fell into the trap too. And so what I wanted to do in this

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