Thriving together: Navigating anxiety in relationships

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

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Anxiety Slayer. This week we're sharing how you can thrive in your
0:16.2	relationships even when you often struggle to manage anxiety. Before we
0:21.9	begin I'd like to say a big thank you to Charlotte,
0:26.1	Liz, Sylvia, and Deborah for supporting our show.
0:30.7	They've all become patrons, and we invite you to join them.
0:34.0	If you're interested in becoming a patron,
0:36.0	visit Patreon.com slash Anxiety Slayer for over 200 anxiety relief downloads. We also have a free membership option where you can get
0:46.0	some of our guided relaxations. Hey and Aga it's good to be with you again for another week of Anxiety Slayer.
0:54.4	Hey, Shen.
0:56.0	I'm glad that we're talking about how we can thrive
1:00.0	even when suffering with anxiety and how to navigate anxiety in relationships.
1:06.0	As we both know, anxiety is a constant companion for many people and can become really challenging within our
1:15.2	relationships, whether it be the fear of rejection, the dread of abandonment, or
1:21.7	the gnawing insecurity that can cast a shadow over love and the connection that we crave.
1:28.7	It's there.
1:29.7	It feels so very real, But amidst this turmoil and concern, there are definitely opportunities
1:39.2	for growth, for understanding, and for an even deeper connection with our loved ones.
1:46.0	Yeah, I think this is a really important conversation
1:51.0	as we go through looking at the ways anxiety can affect our relationships, but also the gifts that can come with anxiety that sometimes when we're caught in the experience and the coping of anxiety, we can overlook those. I think it's really important to unearth the gold
2:07.2	that's there in connection. I have an example of the gold. I'll keep it brief. I had to have some dental surgery and I was pretty anxious about it.
2:20.0	If you were to give me a scale of 1 to 10 on what does Shan get anxious about it would be anything medically related and my husband knows this and he was just so incredibly supportive and it was easy for me to say,
2:42.0	hey this is what's going on and ask for what I needed and for him to just show up in the most loving way he could and to realize that I might be a little bit jangly or a little unlike myself before and after and he was just there and supported me so beautifully and it's because he knows and
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