S3, Ep 5 Best Friend Therapy: Anxiety - Why do we feel anxious? Is it always a bad thing? What can we do about it?
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Emma Reed Turrell
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Anxiety can take many forms, be it seasonal, situational, or a post-pandemic hangover. As a diffuse term, it's not always helpful, so we’re here to break it down and challenge some of the assumptions attached to those sensations we get when we’re living with ambiguity, coping with life outside of our control or, dare we say it, even a bit excited?
Emma shares her blissful morning moments and liberates us to journal in whichever way we want.
Elizabeth calls out the anxiety attached to our anti-anxiety efforts and tells us why reality TV is her wind-down go-to.
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Alain de Botton on pessimism: https://youtu.be/Aw1oLtuJOXQ
And in case you didn’t recognise Emma’s rendition, here’s the real Minnie Riperton, singing Lovin’ You: https://youtu.be/9I3UTG1dSTc
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Best Friend Therapy is hosted by Elizabeth Day and Emma Reed Turrell, produced by Chris Sharp. To contact us, email contact@bestfriendtherapy.co.uk
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| 0:24.0 | Oh, a hole in one. |
| 0:26.0 | Yes. |
| 0:27.0 | Honda, the power of dreams, range-based and test conditions, and they vary. |
| 0:31.0 | Hello, and welcome to Best Friend Therapy. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Elizabeth Day, author and podcaster, and for over 20 years, |
| 0:38.0 | I've been Best Friends with a therapist. |
| 0:41.0 | That's me. |
| 0:42.0 | Hello, I'm Emery Terrell, and I'm a psychotherapist. |
| 0:45.0 | In my private practice, I talk to clients about the challenges they face in daily life, |
| 0:49.0 | and we work together in a non-judgmental, supportive space to increase their sense of well-being. |
| 0:53.0 | And as her BFF, I get all the benefit of her expertise and wisdom for free. |
| 0:58.0 | Emma makes me feel better about life, but also helps me to understand why I act the way I do. |
| 1:04.0 | Oh, thanks, Liz. |
| 1:06.0 | She's also one of the only people allowed to call me Liz. |
| 1:09.0 | We wanted to open the doors to our friendship and throw a light on the therapy |
| 1:13.0 | we all need in our everyday lives. |
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