Beyond Talk Therapy: Powerful Alternatives To Overcome Anxiety

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Grab your favourite coffee or tea because we’re about to dive into something crucial—overcoming anxiety. Specifically, why talk therapy alone might not be enough to kick anxiety to the curb and what powerful alternatives you can turn to instead.

The Talk Therapy Plateau: Been There, Done That

First, talk therapy is fantastic, it saved me in more ways than I can count. There’s something magical about venting to someone who listens without judgment.

While talk therapy is amazing for understanding your anxiety, it mainly works with your conscious mind. Your conscious mind is the part of you that makes grocery lists and debates whether pineapple belongs on pizza (for the record, I’m not team pineapple). It’s where all your logical, rational thinking happens.

Understanding anxiety is a huge step forward. But once you've got a handle on understanding your anxiety, you may start to feel like you’re running on a treadmill. You're doing all this work, but you’re still stuck in the same spot. Your conscious mind is like, “But why am I still freaking out every time my boss calls me into a meeting?” That’s where things can get a little frustrating.

YOU CAN’T TALK YOUR WAY OUT OF ANXIETY BABE

The Subconscious: Where the Real Magic Happens

Let me introduce you to your subconscious mind, where the real magic happens. Your subconscious mind is where all your deeply rooted beliefs, habits, and emotions live. It accounts for 95% of your brain.

Example: Your boss calls you into a meeting! Imagine you have a subconscious belief that you’re not good enough or always messing things up, possibly stemming from an experience that you might not even remember. When your boss calls you into a meeting unexpectedly, your subconscious mind might immediately trigger anxiety, thinking, “What did I do wrong?” or “I must be in trouble.”

This limiting belief fuels a narrative that something bad is about to happen, even if the meeting has nothing to do with a negative performance review. The anxiety kicks in, making you feel nervous, stressed, or panicked as your mind races through worst-case scenarios.

Fear not… GOOD NEWS… the subconscious mind can be re-wired. Through various modalities, you can change the beliefs stored in your subconscious.

Enter my Coaching Programs, which combine

Subconscious Programming and Breathwork

Subconscious Programming

Subconscious programming is all about rewiring those limiting beliefs that have been holding you back. Imagine your subconscious mind is a computer, and you’ve been running on outdated software that says, “I’m not safe”. With subconscious programming, you can update that software to something much more empowering.

With modalities like Timeline Therapy and NLP, you can get to the root cause of your anxiety (the limiting belief). You can then work with a coach, to remove that limiting belief, and replace it with a way more empowering one.

Breathwork

Let’s talk Breathwork. Bigggg fan of Breathwork as you may know. Breathwork is crucial because anxiety isn’t just in your head; it’s a full-body experience. Whether it’s tension headaches, tightness in your chest, or that knot in your stomach, anxiety manifests physically in your body.

Breathwork is a deep exhale, for your body. With a specific breathing pattern (conscious connected breathing) you can release all the stress and anxiety stored in your body, often without even realizing it was there. It’s like hitting the reset button on your nervous system, allowing your body to return to a state of rest. I run in-person and virtual breathwork classes, to view this month's schedule click here! 

Why They Work So Well Together

Here’s why subconscious programming and Breathwork are the dynamic duo we all need: they tackle anxiety from both sides. You’re not just understanding your anxiety; you’re actively transforming it.

I’ve got some GOODIES for you!

The Anxiety Antidote: If you want to dip your toes in the water, and see how quickly Subconscious Reprogramming and Breathwork can work to stop your anxiety in its track, you’re going to want to sign up for the FREE video below, which walks you through the steps you’ll need to stop the anxiety spiral.

If you want to eliminate anxiety all together, you’re going to want to check out the Anxiety Fix 4 week Coaching Program. That’s my powerful one to one coaching program, that not only helps you stop the anxiety spiral, it takes it one step further and eliminates the limiting belief that’s causing the anxiety in the first place.