Anxiety Slayer™ with Shann and Ananga

How to support a loved one who's living with anxiety

#418: For the people who love someone living with anxiety. We'll be talking about what anxiety sufferers go through and how you can help.
Points discussed in this episode include:
What anxiety feels like and how it affects thinking and decision making
The importance of hearing without judgment and trying not to fix things
What you can do to help someone going through an anxiety episode
And how to use breathing techniques, the calm point and EFT Tapping to help someone you care about calm their anxiety
You can find out more about the resources mentioned in this podcast at the links below:
EFT Tapping - anxietyslayer.com/eft
Courses for anxiety relief - anxietyslayer.teachable.com
Coaching for anxiety support - anxietyslayer.com/coaching

How to Support Yourself when Anxiety Wakes You at Night

#417:  How to Support Yourself when Anxiety Wakes You at Night as this is something that’s coming up a lot for members of our Private Facebook Group.
For the resources mentioned in this episode:
You can find out more about EFT Tapping at anxietyslayer.com/eft
Our guided meditations and sleep album are at anxietyslayer.com/meditations
And you can find out more about Ananga's one-to-one Tapping sessions for our podcast listeners and Facebook Group Members looking for extra support with anxiety at anxietyslayer.com/coaching

Why Autumn can be Tricky for Anxiety Sufferers and How to Support Yourself

#416: Why autumn is the most challenging season for anxiety sufferers and how you can protect yourself and stay calm and grounded.
According to Ayurveda Autumn is Vata season
Autumn is the most challenging season for anxiety sufferers because it’s Vata season vata is one of the three body types of Ayurveda. Vata governs all movement in the mind and body. From the blinking of our eyes to the inhalation and exhalation of our breath, the movement of blood through our veins and the flow of our thoughts through our mind - vata is the governing principle for all movement.
Read on for our tips on a Calm and Healy Autumn
Get in step with the season
When we live closer to nature we naturally adjust with the seasons. Harvesting apples, nuts, pumpkins and firewood are all part of the natural transition to Autumn. But we, in our heated homes and cars, tend to move through life in an artificial climate controlled mono-season. We do the same things and eat the same things all year round.
According to Ayurveda, each season brings it's benefits and challenges and knowing them helps us keep in step with nature and take better care of our bodies and minds.
Get outside and walk, stretch and breathe. Make as much of the daylight as you can as the nights draw in.
When outside, be sure that you’re warm and keep your ears covered if the weather is windy.
Things to Avoid in Autumn Season:
Phase out cold foods:
breakfast smoothies
cold drinks (no ice)
salads
Avoid skipping meals or fasting
Eat seasonal foods:
The nuts, pumpkins, and squashes coming into season are rich with the properties that help us create a healthy Autumn. Baked apples with cloves and cinnamon are rich with vitamin C. Hot apple juice with ginger protects us from colds.
Avoid late nights
Make your evenings as relaxing as possible, stay away from screens and try and be in bed by 10pm.
Eat regular nourishing meals
Warm wet breakfasts are perfect for Autumn. Oatmeal with almond milk and cinnamon, or a date and almond shake made from soaked dates and hot almond milk blended together with warming spices like cinnamon and nutmeg.
(Nutmeg is a natural sedative that calms the heart - so is a perfect addition for anxiety sufferers.)
Other meals perfect for calming vata include baked potatoes or sweet potato with vegetable soup. Rice with steamed vegetables with warming spices like cumin and a splash of olive oil. Mung dal with rice. Vegetable stews.
Warm, wet and slightly oily are the key words to remember for a vata-pacifying diet.
 
 

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