Hey there, I'm Drew, and you're listening to or watching The Anxious Truth,

the podcast that covers all things anxiety, anxiety disorders, and anxiety recovery.

On this podcast, our approach to the subject means we talk about facing fears,

going toward triggers and learning to accept, float through, surrender to, and willfully tolerate

anxiety in order to get better. But sometimes, people will say that accepting, floating,

surrendering, tolerating, and exposure doesn't work for them.

Let's get into that right now on Episode 248.

Hello everybody, welcome back. I am Drew Linselata, creator and host of The Anxious Truth,

and if this is your first time listening or watching, welcome. I'm glad you found us,

and I hope you find it helpful. If you're a returning listener or viewer,

well then, welcome back. Pull up a chair, grab a beverage, and let's chat.

This week, we're going to talk all about the connection between difficult and effective.

In life, something can be effective for us in solving a problem or creating a needed change,

or supporting some desired outcome in some way. But in life, things can be difficult for us.

They can even be scary at times because, well, life is sort of like that.

And here's the core message for today. Effective is not negated by difficult or scary.

Now, before we get into that, just a quick reminder that The Anxious Truth is more than

just this podcast episode. There are 247 free podcasts episode that came before this one.

There's a ton of free social media content, three books that I've written on anxiety and anxiety

recovery, workshops, classes, and other resources on my website at TheAnxiousTruth.com.

Take a moment and surf on over there to check it all out and take advantage of what's there.

And if you are enjoying my work and find that it is helping you in some way,

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