Welcome to the Anxiety Slayer series. Our mission is to assist you with creating more peace and tranquility in your life

through anxiety release exercises and supportive tools created to slay your

anxiety.

Welcome to Anxiety Slayer. I'm Shan Vanderleak here with my friend and partner,

Ananga Civier.

We come together weekly on Skype to share. with my friend and partner Ananga Severe.

We come together weekly on Skype to share anxiety slayer sessions with you and answer

listener questions from our inbox and Facebook page.

Together Ananga and I are armed with a powerful collection of techniques to reduce anxiety.

And today we're addressing a question from our listener inbox.

I have a

a four year,

a four year old daughter, and my husband works an odd shift

so he gets home at 3.30 in the morning. It's really important for me to get a well-rested sleep, but I think my anxiety is getting in the way. I use the rescue remedy for sleep spray, but I'm still awake for about two hours before I'm able to fall back asleep.

I've tried to name my fears like you have suggested in previous podcasts, but I still find myself frustrated. My anxiety may be caused by a number of factors such as the motherly need for checking in on my daughter, missing my husband, and the fact that we sleep separately due to his work schedule.

I think my body is just habituated to waking up every day at 1 a.m.

I try to listen to a 15 minute guided meditation which usually helps me

get back to sleep but lately my anxiety has taken over and I find myself crying out of

frustration when the 15 minutes has ended and I'm still awake.

Do you have any additional tips for me? I've not tried any EFT tapping because I'm not sure if I should do that

while lying in bed.

Thank you so much, Sarah.

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