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The One You Feed

How to Find Peace and Balance in Managing Anxiety with Sarah Wilson

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sarah Wilson expounds on how we can learn to create space, go slow, and appreciate the beauty of one’s struggles, rather than aiming for a quick fix. Coupled with the proper use of medication and therapy, these strategies can offer a comprehensive approach to learning how to find peace and balance in managing anxiety.

In this episode, you will be able to:

  • Understand the impact of anxiety on mental health and well-being
  • Learn about the benefits and limitations of medication and therapy in managing mental health challenges
  • Engage in a nuanced conversation about mental health, exploring its complexities and varied experiences
  • Take responsibility for anxiety by exploring practical strategies such as slowing down
  • Create space in anxiety management by discovering techniques for finding peace and balance in everyday life

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Transcript

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0:00.0

All throughout our history we have always had a deep appreciation of the one you feed. Throughout time great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have.

0:20.0

Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.

0:26.2

And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

0:30.4

We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do.

0:37.5

We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter. It's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. It takes

0:45.2

conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. This

0:49.9

podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf. We hope you'll enjoy this episode from the archive.

1:13.4

Thanks for joining us.

1:14.8

Our guest on this episode is Sarah Wilson,

1:17.6

a New York Times best-selling author, journalist and founder of I quit sugar.com.

1:23.8

She has published 15 I quit sugar books in 46 countries

1:28.6

and was ranked as one of the top 200 most influential authors in the world in 2017 and 2018.

1:35.8

Sarah was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine Australia at 29.

1:41.2

She was also the host of Master Chef Australia and holds a record in the Guinness Book of

1:46.4

World Records. I'll let you Google Why. Her new book is First We Make the Beast Beautiful, a new journey through anxiety.

1:55.0

Hi, Sarah, welcome to the show.

1:57.0

Thank you so much for having me, Eric.

1:59.0

It is a real pleasure to have you on.

2:01.0

We are going to talk about your book called First. We

2:04.7

make the beast beautiful, a new journey through anxiety. But before we do that

2:09.8

we'll start in the way that we always do with the parable.

2:13.0

There's a grandfather who's talking with his granddaughter

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