Ep 36. What is Acceptance Anyway? with Dr. Amy Johnson
Not Another Anxiety Show
Kelli Walker
4.8 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2017
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Join Kelli and Dr. Amy Johnson as they discuss what acceptance really is, all the while clearing up some common misconceptions about acceptance. Spoiler alert: You don't have to accept anxiety to be "ok". Tune in to find out more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to not another anxiety show. I'm your host, Kelly Walker, and today I have Dr. |
| 0:17.2 | Amy Johnson joining me again. This time to talk about the idea of acceptance and hopefully |
| 0:22.7 | clear up some common misconceptions associated with it. Hi, Amy. Hi, Kelly. Thanks for having me back. |
| 0:30.8 | Yeah, it's good to have you. So you were on the show back in episode 10, I believe, and you shared a bit |
| 0:36.9 | about your personal experience with anxiety then. |
| 0:39.4 | So people can kind of go back and listen to that episode. |
| 0:42.3 | It's really valuable and hear a little bit more about you and your personal experience |
| 0:46.2 | with anxiety. |
| 0:47.3 | But do you mind if I reshare your bio with our listeners? |
| 0:50.0 | Great. |
| 0:51.0 | Cool. |
| 0:52.4 | Here we go. |
| 0:54.0 | Dr. Amy Johnson is a psychologist, coach, an author of Being Human and a Little Book of Big Change, |
| 0:59.5 | the no-willpower approach to breaking any habit. |
| 1:02.6 | Amy has been a regularly featured expert on the Steve Harvey Show and Oprah.com, |
| 1:06.8 | as well as in The Wall Street Journal and Self Magazine. |
| 1:10.1 | She works with clients worldwide to help them find freedom from anxiety, worry, and unwanted habits. |
| 1:15.7 | You can learn more at www.org.com. |
| 1:22.4 | So many of us come to understand, you know, pretty quickly that resistance, over thinking, and |
| 1:31.8 | avoidance all contribute to this perpetuation of anxiety. Basically all the stuff we quote |
| 1:37.7 | unquote do during the anxious experience. And what's the logical answer then, right? So instead of doing, simply, quote unquote, |
| 1:47.9 | being with the anxiety experience. And this is otherwise known as acceptance, what we're talking |
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