{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/698635ce5ad8bc4f7ca22ea7/69d80dfd97d78f9e2b063a4d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Things We Would Tell Our Younger Anxious Selves","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/698635ce5ad8bc4f7ca22ea7/1775767015088-da466d4c-85e1-486f-9f1d-e3681d9d83f9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In&nbsp;this&nbsp;episode,&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;getting&nbsp;reflective&nbsp;and&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;emotional&nbsp;as&nbsp;we&nbsp;talk&nbsp;about&nbsp;what&nbsp;we&nbsp;would&nbsp;say&nbsp;to&nbsp;our&nbsp;younger&nbsp;anxious&nbsp;selves.</p><p>You&nbsp;know&nbsp;those&nbsp;moments…&nbsp;lying&nbsp;awake&nbsp;at&nbsp;night,&nbsp;overthinking&nbsp;everything&nbsp;you’ve&nbsp;ever&nbsp;said?&nbsp;Or&nbsp;those&nbsp;shower&nbsp;realizations&nbsp;that&nbsp;hit&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;too&nbsp;hard?</p><p>We&nbsp;explore&nbsp;what&nbsp;it&nbsp;felt&nbsp;like&nbsp;growing&nbsp;up&nbsp;with&nbsp;anxiety&nbsp;before&nbsp;we&nbsp;had&nbsp;the&nbsp;language&nbsp;for&nbsp;it,&nbsp;when&nbsp;everything&nbsp;felt&nbsp;like&nbsp;a&nbsp;catastrophe,&nbsp;and&nbsp;we&nbsp;quietly&nbsp;wondered&nbsp;if&nbsp;something&nbsp;was&nbsp;wrong&nbsp;with&nbsp;us.</p><p><br></p><h3>In&nbsp;this&nbsp;episode,&nbsp;we&nbsp;discuss:</h3><ul><li>The&nbsp;anxious&nbsp;thought&nbsp;spirals&nbsp;we&nbsp;had&nbsp;growing&nbsp;up&nbsp;(and…&nbsp;still&nbsp;have&nbsp;sometimes)</li><li>The&nbsp;belief&nbsp;that&nbsp;everyone&nbsp;else&nbsp;had&nbsp;life&nbsp;figured&nbsp;out&nbsp;except&nbsp;us</li><li>How&nbsp;anxiety&nbsp;can&nbsp;make&nbsp;everything&nbsp;feel&nbsp;urgent,&nbsp;overwhelming,&nbsp;and&nbsp;permanent</li><li>Learning&nbsp;to&nbsp;replace&nbsp;self-criticism&nbsp;with&nbsp;self-compassion</li><li>Understanding&nbsp;anxiety&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;protective&nbsp;(but&nbsp;overactive)&nbsp;system</li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3>Twoanxiousgirlspodcast@gmail.com</h3><h3>@twoanxiousgirlspodcast</h3><p><br></p>","author_name":"Dabeyri Torres-Estevez & Kristina Paolini"}