How to support yourself when everything feels too much

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

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Feeling overwhelmed? You're not alone. This week on the Anxiety Slayer podcast, we share our insights on managing anxiety when even the smallest tasks feel like too much. We're talking about the importance of self-compassion, mindfulness, and setting healthy boundaries for your peace of mind. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp Therapy is one of the most valuable forms of support available. It's not about having all the answers. It's about having a safe space to process, reflect, and grow. You're not meant to navigate your life alone. At BetterHelp, you can access a diverse network of more than 30,000 credentialed therapists with a wide range of specialties and easily switch therapists anytime at no extra cost. Build your support system with better help. Visit www.betterhelp.com/slayer Today to get 10% off your first month.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Anxiety Slayer.
0:13.4	I'm Shan Vanderleek here with my wonderful friend and co-host Ananga Sivier.
0:18.3	Welcome back, Ananga.
0:19.9	Hey, Shen.
0:20.8	Today's conversation is all about anxiety and
0:24.9	overwhelm and what to do when even the little things feel like too much. I know I have those
0:32.0	days when brushing my teeth feels like a chore or making a meal or getting out of bed, all things that
0:41.7	you just normally would take for granted sometimes are, they just feel like too much.
0:47.5	Yeah. I think for me when this happens, and it's happened a bit of the recent years after going
0:53.3	through quite a prolonged, stressful
0:55.3	period.
0:56.6	It started to become very apparent to me as information that I was overburdened, overwhelmed,
1:04.8	and out of balance, and that my resilience wasn't as strong.
1:09.4	That's where I go and that's been very helpful to me,
1:11.9	is to look at that with compassion.
1:14.7	And a mentor of mine who does a lot said to me years ago
1:19.9	when I went to him with something I was struggling with
1:23.1	and I felt a little embarrassed because I said,
1:25.4	you do so much and he just looked at me and said,
1:28.5	everyone has their threshold. And at that time, I'd reached mine, which wasn't as great as
1:35.1	his, but it was mine. And he honoured it. And then from that, I learned to honor my threshold,
1:40.7	too. So I think it can be really helpful to make sure that we're being compassionate. You know,
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