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The Happier Approach: Quieting your High Functioning Anxiety Nancy Jane Smith
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A podcast about living with High Functioning Anxiety and building self-loyalty. Join me, Nancy Jane Smith, as I talk about my journey with High Functioning Anxiety. Through my own experience and 20+ years of training as a licensed professional counselor and coach, I have discovered the #1 way to quiet anxiety is self-loyalty. We are so loyal to other people. It is time to learn how to be as loyal to yourself as you are to others. Listen to learn more about quieting your High Functioning Anxiety with self-loyalty.
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Wintering: Extended Conversation with Katherine May
We hope you enjoy this super special bonus episode, here to tide you over until our next season begins in a few months. This is my extended conversation with Katherine May, author of the book Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times. We talk about how to get through our winters, what we love about winter, and why different people need to rest in different ways.
Listen to the full episode to hear:
Nancy's extended conversation with Katherine May, author of Wintering and the forthcoming book Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age, available in March 2023.Extra insight from Katherine May, who we interviewed for Episode 6 of this season.Tips for folks with HFA who want to learn to be kind to themselves as they go through the winters of their lives.Learn more about Katherine May:
Go to katherine-may.co.ukhttps://katherine-may.co.uk/Buy Katherine's book, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times on her website, or pre-order her forthcoming book, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age, out in March 2023. Listen to Katherine's podcast, The Wintering Sessions, wherever you get your podcasts.Follow Katherine on Twitter @_katherine_may_Visit: https://NancyJaneSmith.com
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Rest For All Seasons
Here it is, our final episode in our season all about rest! Remember in the first episode when Nancy talked to her friend Stephanie Pollock about the seven different types of rest? Well, for our last episode, we're coming full circle and talking to Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith-- the physician, author, and researcher, who literally came up with that concept! We'll learn all about the seven different types of rest and how we can treat ourselves kindly when we feel exhausted.
Listen to the full episode to hear:
- Nancy's personal relationship with the seven types of rest.
- Nancy's journey to accepting that rest isn't just about sleep.
- Insight and information from Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, author of the book Sacred Rest.
- Tips for folks with HFA who want to better understand their rest deficits.
Learn more about Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith:
- Go to drdaltonsmith.com to learn more about Saundra's work, how you can work with her, and buy her book.
- Take the rest quiz to find out what your personal rest deficits are at restquiz.com.
Visit: https://NancyJaneSmith.com
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High Functioning Anxiety and our Rules for Rest
One thing you should know about people with High Functioning Anxiety-- we love our rules! Even when they don't help us live happy and healthy lives. In particular, I have A LOT of rules around rest. When I can rest, how I can rest, if I've earned the rest I'm taking. You get the idea. In this episode, I talk with one of my clients, Michelle, whose rules for rest are similar to my own. We talk about how we're learning to loosen up our rules, one step at a time.
Listen to the full episode to hear:
- Nancy's personal relationship with her rules for rest.
- Nancy's journey to accepting that she is worthy of rest and to loosen up her rest rules.
- Insight from one of Nancy's clients, Michelle, who is also learning to loosen up her rules around rest.
- Tips for folks with HFA who want to try to loosen up their own rest rules.
Visit: https://NancyJaneSmith.com
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Rest In Practice
Hey guys!
So we're supposed to have a new episode for you today, but as it often does, life happens. And my producer Nicki, well, she's quite sick. So in the spirit of this season on rest, we are practicing what we preach and waiting until the new year to publish our last two episodes of the season.
Our next episode will be out on January 6th. Have a happy holiday, and make sure you take some time for rest. Until next time!
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Rest: Wintering
Have you ever been through a period of your life where you felt like nothing was going right? And during that period, did you think: "Oh my god, what is WRONG with me?? I have to get out of this as fast as I can!!" Well, Nancy's been there. But after talking with Katherine May, author of the book Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, she learned that these difficult, dark periods are just a part of life. And it's the grace that we show ourselves as we get through them that really matters.
Listen to the full episode to hear:
- Nancy's personal relationship with wintering.
- Nancy's journey to accept wintering as an important stage of life.
- Nancy's conversation with author Katherine May about the importance of rest in difficult times.
- Tips for folks with HFA who may be going through a winter themselves.
Learn more about Katherine May:
- Go to https://katherine-may.co.uk/
- Buy Katherine's book, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times on her website, or pre-order her forthcoming book, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age, out in March 2023.
- Listen to Katherine's podcast, The Wintering Sessions, wherever you get your podcasts.
- Follow Katherine on Twitter @_katherine_may_
Visit: https://NancyJaneSmith.com
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Rest: The Dreaded Napping Experiment
Most people think that napping is great! A little break during the middle of the day. But Nancy HATES naps, with a fiery passion. They don't help her feel refreshed, and she just wakes up feeling yucky. But! She has a sinking suspicion that if she gave the whole napping thing a try her way, then maybe she could make napping work for her. So Nancy embarks on the dreaded NAPPING EXPERIMENT... DUN DUN DUN. And chats again with Dr. Sara Mednick to learn: what's so great about napping?
Listen to the full episode to hear:
- Nancy's personal relationship with napping.
- Nancy's journey to accomplish the NAPPING EXPERIMENT... DUN DUN DUN.
- Insight into why napping could work for you with sleep expert Dr. Sara Mednick.
- Tips for folks with HFA who want to try napping for themselves.
Learn more about Dr. Sara Mednick:
- Go to https://www.saramednick.com/
- Buy Sara's book Take a Nap, Change Your Life on her website, or wherever books are sold.
- Follow Sara on Twitter @Sara_Mednick
Visit: https://NancyJaneSmith.com
Learn More About Self Loyalty School: https://selfloyaltyschool.com