EP 272 - Anxiety Recovery And Learning To Do .... Nothing?!

The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

Drew Linsalata

Anxiety Attacks, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Health Anxiety, Agoraphobia, Anxiety Help, Panic Attacks, Health & Fitness, Panic Attack, Ocd, Mental Health

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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This week my guest is anxiety and OCD specialist Joanna Hardis who stopped by the podcast to talk about the art of doing ... nothing. Wait ... what? Nothing? Yes. Nothing. Humans are conditioned to automatically spring into action to solve problems, and often we declare that our emotional and mental states are automatically problems that must be solved. When we experience discomfort, distress, anxiety, or any "negative" feeling we can get trapped into automatically trying to do somethin...

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0:00.0	This week on The Anxious Truth, we're talking about how to learn to just do nothing, which
0:08.5	seems ridiculous, but it's really helpful, so let's get into it.
0:12.5	Hello everybody, welcome back to The Anxious Truth.
0:22.5	This is episode number 272 of the podcast we are recording in August of 2023 in case you
0:27.8	are listening from the future.
0:29.5	I am Drew Linselata, creator of The Anxious Truth and host of this podcast.
0:34.0	This is the podcast that covers all things anxiety, anxiety disorders, and anxiety recovery.
0:38.4	So if you have just stumbled upon this YouTube channel or this podcast, and you're struggling
0:42.9	with things like recurring panic attacks or OCD or agoraphobia, this is the place for
0:47.1	you.
0:48.1	I do hope that you find what we do here helpful in some way.
0:51.3	And of course, if you are a returning viewer or listener, welcome back and glad that
0:54.1	you're here.
0:55.1	This week we are talking to my friend, OCD and anxiety specialist from Cleveland, Ohio,
1:00.8	Joanna Hardis.
1:01.8	Joanna has written a new book called Just Do Nothing, a paradoxical guide to getting
1:06.4	out of your way.
1:07.7	And the themes in the book that Joanna has written will be very familiar to those of you
1:12.5	who have followed this podcast or read my books or follow along with me on social media.
1:18.0	And Joanna has taken the concept of doing nothing and learning how to do nothing in
1:22.6	response to scary thoughts or physical sensations.
1:25.8	And she's expanded it beyond just anxiety recovery, which is our context to really apply it
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