My FULL Anxiety Story + The Tools That Help Me The Most

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

In this special solo episode for Mental Health Awareness Month, I take you all through my personal anxiety and mental health journey, the tools I still use that have gotten me to where I am today, and answer your questions about anxiety. I’ve shared bits and pieces of my journey on other podcasts and in my book, 100 Ways to Change Your Life, but this is the first time I’m sharing it in its entirety. If I can make even just one person feel less alone on their own anxiety journey with this episode, that’s my ultimate goal. Not only do we need to break the stigma around mental health, we need to build up supportive communities. As you’ll hear, community is so incredibly important. Please be aware that this episode discusses anxiety, PTSD, OCD, anorexia, and seizures. If any of those topics are triggering for you, it may be best to sit this episode out. I love you and I’ll see you next week! To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order my new book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! This episode is sponsored by: Great Lakes Wellness: use code LIZMOODY for 25% off your first purchase at greatlakeswellness.com. AG1: visit drinkag1.com/lizmoody and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. Puori: go to puori.com/LIZMOODY and use promo code LIZMOODY for 20% sitewide. Molly’s Suds: go to mollyssuds.com/LIZMOODY and use code LIZMOODY for 20% off. Previous episodes referred to in this episode: The REAL Science of Eating Well: Cutting Through Social Media Confusion To Find YOUR Best Diet Fighting Can Make Your Relationship Better—If You Do It THIS Way with Drs Julie & John Gottman Secrets To Optimal Health: An MD’s Exact Plan For Inflammation, Supplements, Exercise, & Knowing What ACTUALLY Works Ask The Doctor: Anxiety Edition: Everything You Need To Know About Treating Anxiety Naturally with Ellen Vora, Md Relieve Stress Now: Science To Feel Calmer & Happier with Dr. Elissa Epel 10 Learnings From My Week At The Life-Changing Hoffman Process Personal Growth Retreat How To Become More Confident: Quiet Your Inner Critic, Stop People Pleasing, and Unlock A Bigger Life With Dr. Aziz Gazipura The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends and welcome back to the Liz Moody podcast. I'm your host Liz Moody and I'm a
0:06.2	best-selling author and longtime journalist. This podcast is all about helping you live
0:10.6	your healthiest, happiest life. Whether we're learning what's myth and what's fact
0:14.3	in the world of eating well. Hearing why fighting can actually make your relationship better,
0:19.2	or discovering the secrets to optimizing brain health to maximize intelligence, focus, and memory.
0:25.3	And yes, those are all real episodes and they are linked in the show notes if you would like
0:29.1	to listen.
0:30.1	Today we're going to get into my anxiety journey, which I've shared little bits and pieces of on other
0:35.1	podcast I've shared a little bit of it in my book a hundred ways to change your life but I've never
0:39.3	shared the entire story so we're going to dive deep into that today, which I'm a little bit nervous about.
0:44.6	It feels a little bit vulnerable, but I'm also really excited to share what I've been through to have you guys
0:51.2	have that richer understanding of me and my journey and also to hopefully help anybody else who's out there I remember when I was agoraphobic when I was living in England and I would literally have panic attacks whenever I left the house and one of the things that I did to cope during that period of my life was that I would Google celebrities with anxiety and I would watch like Amanda Cyfred, the actress from Mamma Mia and Mean Girls, all these other movies.
1:17.0	She's talked really openly about having anxiety and how she'd have panic attacks before certain episodes of going on late night shows.
1:23.2	I remember watching those videos and feeling so inspired that somebody could have anxiety and
1:28.6	still go on the late night show and make these movies and live this big bold exciting life and there was a British
1:36.4	youtuber at the time her name was Zoe Sugg
1:39.2	Zowela and she was really popular as well and she had anxiety and she talked openly about it and these people were my lifeline.
1:49.4	They gave me a sense of hope and possibility for my future. They made me feel like
1:56.1	there was even the teeniest, tiniest chance that where I was at that moment did not
2:01.0	have to be where I would be for the rest of my life.
2:03.7	They gave me a sense of, oh you can have anxiety and you can have a big, bold, beautiful, satisfying
2:10.2	life.
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