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The Dark Side of High-Functioning Anxiety: How It Can Lead to Burnout and Strategies for Prevention - Video Transcript

Hey everyone, I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist. Today, I want to discuss the dark side of high-functioning anxiety and how it can lead to burnout. I'll also share a few strategies to help prevent it. If you struggle with high-functioning anxiety, there's a good chance you are a high-achieving professional with a successful career. You might seem to have it all together, but beneath the surface, you're struggling with high-functioning anxiety.

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Transforming Thoughts with the ABC Model in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Video Transcript

Hey, everyone, I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist. And today, I want to share a technique from cognitive behavioral therapy. It's called the ABC model and it helps us to reframe a situation that we have certain feelings or interpretations of that might not be helpful and might make us experience some distress. So the ABC model, I want you to start by thinking about a recent event or situation that caused you an emotional reaction and then progress through the following steps.

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Mindfulness in Uncertain Times: A Panel Conversation - Video Transcript

Hi, my name is Dr. Morgan Levy and I am the host of the Mindful Professional Bundle, and it is a carefully curated collection of resources to help you live a more meaningful and intentional life at work and home.

I know that right now the world is very chaotic and it feels very uncertain and hard for us, and that's why mindfulness is so important. When we can still practice mindfulness and be in the present moment, we can stay more grounded, calm, and focused in these chaotic times around us.

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Stress, Anxiety, and Burnout: Understanding the Differences - Video Transcript

Hey, everyone. I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist. And today, I'm going to be talking about the differences between stress, anxiety and burnout. So I think a lot of us have felt like we're constantly under pressure and can't seem to catch a break. And we're definitely not alone in this feeling, right? In today's fast paced world, most of us experience stress, anxiety or burnout. But these are actually very different conditions that require different approaches to manage them effectively.

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Why has trauma become such a buzzword? - Video Transcript

Hey, everyone, I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist, and today I want to talk about Trauma, which is something that falls under the umbrella of anxiety disorders. It's sort of been a buzzword lately you'll see plastered all over social media and there's a lot of talk about childhood trauma and things like that. But I think there's also a lot of misinformation out there and some misconceptions about trauma and sort of how it can affect us. 

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The Importance of Sleep - Video Transcript

Hey, everyone, I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist. And today I wanted to talk about the importance of sleep. I thought this was a good topic because we just had daylight savings. And I was also reading the news this morning and came across a study called the apple heart and movement study. And basically, they logged the amount of sleep people were getting using their Apple watches. And so they monitored 42,000 people and found that only 31% were getting the recommended seven hours of sleep per night and seven is minimum, really, we should be getting between seven and nine hours. 

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The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique

Hey, everyone. I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist. And today I want to share a grounding technique with you called the 5-4-3-2-1 Technique. And basically, what grounding is, is bringing ourselves back to the present moment. So, when we feel anxious, we spend a lot of time in our heads, right?

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Parenting Anxiety - Video Transcript

Hey, everyone. I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist, and today's vlog is going to be about anxiety and parenting. I actually had another topic in mind, but I feel like I've had so many conversations recently, both with clients and personal conversations in which parenting and anxiety came up as a point of discussion.

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What's Your Attachment Style? Part 3 - Video Transcript

Hey, everyone. I'm Kristen, the anxiety therapist. Today is part three of the three part series I'm doing on attachment. The first two videos talked about attachment in adulthood and in our adult relationships and then today I'm going to be focusing more on how we develop attachment as kids and then attachment as it relates to parenting.

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What's Your Attachment Style? PART 2 -Video Transcript

Hi everyone, I'm Kristen, the Anxiety Therapist. Today is part two in the three part video series I'm doing on attachment. Today, I'm going to focus on attachment in relationships and how the four styles can show up in a romantic relationship. We're really just scratching the surface here. I'm going to give you an overview, but attachment theory is so complex and really interesting. I would encourage you to explore more if any of this resonates with you.

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What's your Attachment Style? PART 1 - Video Transcript

Hi everyone! I'm Kristen, the Anxiety Therapist. In this video, I'm going to be talking about how our attachment style impacts our adult relationships and this can differ depending on whether we're single or in a relationship or even if we're parents. This is going to be a three part series.

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Mindfulness of Emotions - Video Transcript

Hi everyone! I'm Kristen, The Anxiety Therapist. Today I'm going to be talking about mindfulness of emotions. We all know that emotions can be extremely powerful and challenging to navigate at times. But ultimately emotions sort of flow through us like waves, but they tend to carry that same force or sense of power as a storm.

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