How self-compassion can help you calm your anxiety

Anxiety Slayer™ with Shann and Ananga

Shann Vander Leek & Ananga Sivyer

Alternative Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Anxiety Slayer Podcast. We come together weekly from Kent and
0:17.0	Leelenaw to share anxiety relief tips with you and answer listener questions.
0:21.6	Together we share a powerful collection of techniques to reduce anxiety
0:27.0	and we are celebrating 15 years in partnership and 15 years producing the anxiety Slayer podcast.
0:36.1	For those of you who've been with us since the beginning,
0:38.9	thank you for new listeners.
0:41.3	We're gonna continue sharing the best tips we can to help you reduce anxiety and feel
0:48.4	much more calm and relaxed in your life. Welcome back, Ananga.
0:54.0	Hey, Shen.
0:55.0	Hey, I wanted to give a shout out to some of our new patrons
0:59.0	before we start talking about self-compassion today. Big love and thanks to Becca, Kelly, and Helen for
1:07.7	supporting our work together. And if you want to become an anxiety Slayer patron and get access to over 200 anxiety relief offerings,
1:16.7	visit Patreon.com slash Anxiety Slayer.
1:22.0	This week on the podcast, we're exploring the power of self-compassion when navigating through stress and anxiety.
1:30.0	Last week we talked about this a bit and how being sweet with yourself and choosing the gentle path is incredibly important.
1:38.0	Today we're going to dig in a little bit deeper and start with how a lack of self-compassion can strain our nervous system and increase anxiety.
1:49.0	So another good reason to be looking after ourselves. Yeah, I think it's a primary cause of strain and something we're going to be exploring looking at
1:58.8	Aireveda today and our internal dialogue.
2:02.4	If we're not getting on with ourselves, then we're putting ourselves under
2:06.2	extra duress that lack of compassion can make.
2:10.6	It can make us chew ourselves over if we're feeling stressed or anxious, particularly if we have a more fiery nature.
2:16.5	We can feel that we're not being efficient, that we're just not able to do the things we should be able to do we start shooting all over ourselves.
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