Manage Anxiety with Confidence: Love This B!tch Lisa Oglesbee

Many of us have a harsh inner critic. We tend to judge our thoughts, feelings, and actions in a negative way that beats us down and does not motivate us to grow or learn. This can lead to chronic anxiety, imposter syndrome, and depression.

In this episode, I discuss how to shift from judgment to evaluation. It is important to shift the focus from a negative attack on ourselves to a supportive assessment that allows us to learn and grow.

Do you struggle with saying no?  People pleasing and outside validation seeking can lead to this struggle.  But also not knowing when to even say no! 

In this episode, I revisit the pitfalls of people pleasing and outside validation seeking.  But I also explain how your identity, vision, and core values guide you on when to say no and give you confidence in that decision.

Everyone struggles.  This is a fact of life.  And yet so often when we struggle, we self-isolate, judge and criticize ourselves, dismiss our experience, and refuse to ask for help.  This only serves to increase our suffering.

In this episode, I discuss how connecting to our common humanity, that second element of self-compassion, can provide support and comfort in those times of struggle.  You are not alone.

You hear about “core values” a lot in the self-development and wellness industries.  But what are core values and how can we use them to benefit our lives?

This week, I discuss the basics of core values as well as how to use them as guideposts for your daily life. A good foundation of core values can be used to enhance your life, provide clarity in decision making, and decrease stress.  Listen now to learn more.

These beliefs can be used to support and guide you, to move you closer to your goals, and even to enhance your enjoyment of life. But many times, we use our thoughts about who we are as just another method of self-judgment and constant inner criticism. 
In this episode, I discuss how we often use our identity as a tool for self-judgment as well as a different way to think about and use our identity.  Check out this episode to learn more about how to use your identity as a tool that serves you and not another tool for self-judgment.

The mindset or belief that we can do hard things is very beneficial for us when facing challenges and setting and achieving goals. 

In this episode, we notice how dismissing the times we have done hard things and our achievements is a disservice to ourselves and undermines our belief in our abilities. Imposter syndrome, anyone?  I also discuss how celebration and self-compassion help us to support ourselves and build a mindset that we can do anything, including hard things!