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Ditch Mom Anxiety | Mental Health, Anxiety Disorder, Nervous System, Overstimulated, Emotional Dysregulation

Rachel Fernandez | Anxiety Coach, Work from Home Mom, Believer, Crunchy Mom

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The Go-To Podcast for Christian moms battling anxiety! **Top 5% Globally-Ranked Podcast** Are you constantly triggered by the chaos of motherhood? Do you wonder if the constant overstimulation will ever stop? Are you ready to stop feeling like a “bad mom” and believe you’re actually a great one? I am so excited you're here! This podcast will help you learn to heal your nervous system so you can stop the angry outbursts, find calm amidst the chaos, and finally feel like the amazing mama you a ...
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Disordered: Anxiety Help

Josh Fletcher and Drew Linsalata

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Disordered is the podcast that delivers real, evidence-based, actionable talk about anxiety and anxiety and anxiety recovery in a kind, compassionate, community-oriented environment. Josh Fletcher is a qualified psychotherapist in the UK. Drew Linsalata is a therapist-in-training in the US. They're both bestselling authors in the anxiety and mental health space. Josh and Drew are funny, friendly, and they have a knack for combining lived experience, formal training, and professional experien ...
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Today I have special guest, Bekah Yawn of the For the Love of Hormones podcast here to talk about her journey with anxiety, the connection between anxiety and hormone imbalance, her discovery of holistic tools to balance her hormones and increase fertility, and practical tips for balancing your own hormones to help combat anxiety disorder. The beau…
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How does one approach recovery from chronic or disordered anxiety when grief is part of the picture? Do the same principles apply? Do we use concepts like acceptance, surrender, or willful tolerance when handling grief? Grief is a powerful thing that will almost certainly impact not just anxiety recovery but all aspects of life and even daily funct…
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This week on Disordered we're looking at anxiety focused on relationships, specifically a form of OCD known as Relationship OCD (ROCD). ROCD - like all forms of OCD - will glue itself to things that really matter to us. In this case, being in loving, secure, successful relationships with people we love and who love us. Someone with ROCD even when i…
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Sometimes the feeling of control gives us a false sense of peace. Or maybe the lack thereof is convincing you that if you could JUST get your kids to listen, your husband to help you more around the house, and your boss to stop demanding so much that things would be so much easier. When the anxiety disorder is in full force, it's easy to fall into …
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WHAT ABOUT NOCTURNAL PANIC ATTACKS? HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THOSE? Nocturnal panic attacks are scary, disturbing, disruptive, and often feel like they are different from any other kind of panic attack. Anxious people will often insist that they are special, they can't possibly be approached with an attitude of tolerance or surrender, and that there mus…
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Are you... feeling overwhelmed by the chaos of motherhood? overstimulated by noise and mess? forgetful? emotionally dysregulated? Maybe you've assumed your issues stem from an anxiety disorder--but what if it's ADHD? There are LOT of commonalities and similarites between anxiety and ADHD. Understanding the differences between anxiety symptoms and A…
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WHAT DOES "VALUES DRIVEN RECOVERY" MEAN? Anxiety recovery can be seen as one long journey away from fear driven behavior and toward behaviors that support the things we really value in life. This week Josh and Drew are talking about what values driven recovery mean and how your values - the things that matter to you and make you who you are and wan…
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BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE TENSE AND SORE? HOW CAN YOU HANDLE THAT? This is one of those questions we get asked all the time. In this episode of Disordered, we're taking a look at how tension, soreness, twitches, and feelings of muscle weakness fit into the anxiety and recover picture. Anxious, scared bodies are going to anxious, scared body things…
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Ever wonder why the sound of your child crying or that toddler tantrum triggers your mom anxiety so badly? Did you know that the biology and neurology of your brain can explain why? Today I'm helping you understand what is actually happening in your brain when you hear your child crying. Because when you understand what is happening, you are able t…
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"I know I'm not supposed to focus inward or engage with my anxious or intrusive thoughts, but what am I supposed to think about?!" This week Josh and Drew answer an excellent question from a listener that hasn't really been asked before. What do you do when your anxious thoughts keep coming even when you don't want them to come, and when you insist…
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You’re feeling guilty again because you just yelled AGAIN. You don’t know why the overstimulation of motherhood affects you so much but yet again the noise and mess from raising your babies got to you. Maybe regulating your emotions seems impossible dealing with your anxiety. You want to stop feeling so dysregulated but you don’t even know where to…
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Does motherhood feel like one big overwhelming rushed day over and over again? There is never enough time, never enough hands, and always too many needs to serve around you. The truth is, we are not called to rush. Our society tells us busy is a badge of honor but it’s slowly destroying our well-being. So how do you stop that feeling of being rushe…
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WHAT RECOVERY LENS ARE YOU LOOKING THROUGH? This week Drew and Josh take a bit of an unexpected turn to explore ways that CBT and exposure-based approaches to recovery can fall short. Recovery can't always be about facing, accepting, exposures, and Claire Weekes. While we might not look to other models to unearth deeply hidden root causes for an an…
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MY NERVOUS SYSTEM IS DYSREGULATED! This week Drew and Josh get up close and personal with "nervous system dysregulation". This is a term that might have some benefit when dealing with issues like stress management or general wellness, but goes straight off the rails into the unhelpful zone when it comes to anxiety disorders. Declaring an anxious st…
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Do you feel like your mom anxiety is just a problem with your mind? Like it’s just something that’s “wrong” with you or your motherhood? That you just need to fix how you respond, react, or think about the world around you to finally beat it. Or maybe you just need to pray more, to trust God more, and spend more time in your Bible. Mama, look, anxi…
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This week on Disordered we're taking a grand tour around the OCD loop! Josh and Drew talk about pure-O, somatic, and "traditional" obsessive compulsive disorder subtypes. While not every possible theme and subtype can be covered in a short podcast episode, the guys touched on some of the more common themes found in the community, taking care to add…
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Do you have near panic attacks when you realize your kid is getting sick again? Does it trigger your anxiety more than anything else? Taking care of sick kids especially if you’re a working mom can be SUCH a stressful time. But there is a way to reframe your thinking to start looking at these times of chaos and mom overwhelm into an opportunity to …
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What Is Your Therapist Thinking While You're Talking? Therapists are people too. They have feelings, opinions, insecurities, fears, and personality quirks. And they - like you - sometimes have an inner dialogue. If you ever wanted to know what goes on inside the mind of an anxiety therapist, this week Josh and Drew dig into this a bit, including a …
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Okay anxious mama, did you know that with only 3 minutes a day you can naturally reduce anxiety and stop panic attacks? Yep there's this one resource that every mama has access to that you can start using daily to feel less anxious and be more present as a mom. And yes, you CAN do this even as a busy, overwhelmed Christian working mom! So let's div…
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Find yourself getting irritated often as a Christian working mom? Kids feel like they're ALWAYS on your last nerve or things are just making you react all the time? Well these two types of overstimulation could be contributing to your emotional oubursts or irritability as an anxious mom. So I'm going to break down these two different types of overs…
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This is the one-year anniversary episode of Disordered! We've been at this now for a full year, and we cannot be more grateful for all the support you guys have provided along the way. What better way to mark a year of Disordered than with an episode dedicated entirely to celebrating the community surrounding this podcast? If you need some encourag…
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Ready to reduce your anxiety and find the joy in motherhood? Are you tired of being irritable and angry with your family and constantly wishing for a break? Do you wish you were able to be PRESENT with your kids without worrying about everything you haven’t done yet? There’s a way to simplify meeting your basic needs so you can create more time in …
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What about all this "neuropathways" talk? What does it mean in anxiety recovery? Funny that you asked! This week on Disordered Josh and Drew are talking about neuropathways, anxious habits, and how the concept of "building new neuropathways" applies in the context of anxiety disorders and anxiety recovery. Let's start by acknowledging that even cou…
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Okay mama, be real with me. Are you struggling to find the joy in motherhood? Is the monotony of all the things you’re balancing stealing your presence and engagement? Are you disappointed in what your motherhood looks like? I think every one of us has been there at some point. Especially when you're a Christian working mom! I’m walking through 6 d…
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OH NO! IT'S COME BACK! The habits we develop and the neuropathways that get created by a disordered state of anxiety mean that even long into recovery, an anxious person might be re-triggered by life events, stress, memories, or any number of expected issues. This is normal. If this happens, we can feel things again ... anxiety, anxiety symptoms, a…
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You’re making dinner, feeling alright, when all of the sudden your kid does something and mom rage just bubbles up seemingly out of nowhere. Or maybe your husband says something and your mom anxiety all the sudden hits full force. Or your at work and you see an email come through that sends you directly into an overwhelmed spiral as you try to bala…
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BURNOUT! Running out of gas and being emotionally, physically, and/or mentally drained can happen to any human. This week on Disordered Drew and Josh explore how an anxious mind can twist and distort the concept of burnout. In many ways, the fear of burning out, and the catastrophic interpretation of what that might mean, can be worse than burnout …
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Are you using wellness concepts, techniques, programs, and principles as a way to resist feelings of anxiety? There's absolutely nothing wrong with taking care of oneself and wanting to be healthy physically, mentally, emotionally, and even spiritually. But in a large community of people struggling with disordered and chronic states of anxiety, com…
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The default state for most humans - to varying degrees - is for the brain to launch into inward thinking and inner dialogue when there's nothing else to pay attention to. If you're struggling with chronic or disordered anxiety, this can become a real issue and a major struggle. This week we're looking at the inward compulsion. That fear-driven habi…
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"Is it normal for my symptoms, or thoughts, or my anxiety to get worse when I start engaging in recovery?" Even Dr. Claire Weekes acknowledged this experience when writing about recovery many years ago. This week on Disordered we're talking about feeling MORE when you stop hiding from anxiety. This is often misinterpreted as "getting worse" but fee…
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"What does anxiety therapy look like?" "What goes on in a session with an anxiety specialist?" "How can I find the right therapist for me?" This week Drew and Josh address these questions, including a really interesting 12-minute mock therapy session to start the episode. Josh plays the therapist while Drew is the client struggling with panic and e…
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But what about hormonal issues, perimenopause, and menopause???!!! This is a question that we are asked all the time, and rightfully so. This week we're joined by Helen Bennett, a qualified UK psychotherapist specializing in supporting people who are dealing with fertility challenges and struggling with the menopause transition. This episode is cho…
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Do you ever get anxious ... because you're not feeling anxious? This is a real thing in our community! Anxious people who begin to experience moments where anxiety and agitation fade into the background will often find themselves becoming anxious because they're not feeling anxious! This week Drew and Josh explore this confusing but all too common …
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If you’re a high-achieving mom like me, then the new year may be fraught with just a touch of overwhelm with all the things you want to accomplish. You want to balance those big goals as a working mom with your want to be present with your babies. You want to set goals but you also don't want to cause more motherhood overwhelm or overload yourself …
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"Healing" is a VERY popular word in self-help, mental health, and wellness circles. For many, this word resonates. For our friends struggling to overcome chronic and disordered anxiety, it can sure feel like there's healing to do. But what if recovery wasn't all about healing? What if there was as much learning as there is healing in the process? O…
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Anxiety triggered by exercise, exertion, or being in the gym is a common struggle for anyone dealing with issues like panic attacks, agoraphobia, or any anxiety disorder that places a focus on physical anxiety symptoms or feelings of shame, inadequacy, or embarrassment. This week Drew and Josh share not only a professional take on this aspect of an…
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You sucked into the holiday crazy? Find that whole supposed peace and joy of the season feeling like a pipe dream? Holidays come with so much PRESSURE for us working moms. We've got goals we want to hit by the end of the year, kids to prepare for traveling (or visiting family), gifts for everyone to finish up buying, and wrapping and shipping...and…
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Productivity anxiety is an often overlooked subject in our community, so this week Drew and Josh are taking a look at anxiety triggered by an obsession with productivity and the fear of "failure" as defined by not meeting extreme productivity or output goals. This can show itself almost anywhere in life. Work and career. School and academics. Paren…
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This week Josh and Drew are talking about anxiety related to the holiday season. This time of year presents extra challenges for people in our community, regardless of which holidays you celebrate, and even if you don't celebrate any holidays! Let's take a look at the added pressures of the holiday season, how that's likely to show up for an anxiou…
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This week we're discussing GAD - Generalized Anxiety Disorder. GAD generates the most confusion in the community around Disordered, so we took some time to address a few important issues: What is GAD and what isn't it? Does being anxious all day mean you have GAD? What are some of the underlying processes that drive GAD? What about worry and rumina…
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ANXIETY QUESTIONS FROM OUR LISTENERS This week Josh and Drew are answering questions sent in by the listeners. The community around this podcast is amazing! Your feedback, questions, and “did it anyway” stories are a bit part of making Disordered what it is. On this episode, the guys answer these questions: What do you do when a busy job triggers a…
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BRAIN FOG!?!?! One of the most common symptoms of anxiety reported in the community surrounding this podcast is "brain fog". That thing where your brain just isn't working the way you'd expect it to work. Maybe you're slow, have memory issues, or struggle to find proper words or names. Maybe you just feel "out of it" or like you're in a dissociated…
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Often as a Christian working mom it can seem like the motherhood anxiety is constant. Then throw in hormonal issues like crappy periods, crazy mood swings, skin issues, or fertility struggles and you can start questioning your ability to mother your children well. It’s no wonder you’re struggling to show up as a present mama! But I’ve got good news…
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Often as a Christian working mom it can seem like the motherhood anxiety is constant. Then throw in hormonal issues like crappy periods, crazy mood swings, skin issues, or fertility struggles and you can start questioning your ability to mother your children well. It’s no wonder you’re struggling to show up as a present mama! But I’ve got good news…
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Fear of losing control - and suffering some horrible consequence - is one of the top five core fears found in anxiety disorders. This week Drew and Josh delve into the fear that you may lose control and why this fear seems important and very real but isn't any different than any other expression of a misguided and misfiring threat response. We look…
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When anxious, stressed, or afraid, the gut and GI tract are almost instantly impacted. This is true for a huge number of people, anxious or not. This week Josh and Drew are joined by health psychologist Dr. Sula Windgassen to talk about anxiety and IBS. Dr. Sula specializes in a cognitive behavioral approach to supporting people struggling with IBS…
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Extreme sensitivity to sound and misophonia (yes, it has a name) is a topic that doesn't get nearly enough attention in the mental health community so this week on Disordered we were lucky enough to have Dr. Jane Gregory stop by to talk about this often under-represented challenge. Dr. Jane has struggled with misophonia since childhood so not only …
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If you're running around like a crazy mom, stuck in a cycle of control, mom rage, and reacting to everything--then your body is stuck in a cycle of feeling unsafe. As a WFHM, you're constantly juggling a million things, from that next big goal to how to get your toddler to eat her dinner. And when your body is missing out on the key things it needs…
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"How can I maintain momentum in recovery when I have a setback or I don't feel motivated?" This is a very common question asked in our community so this week on Disordered we're addressing the topic of momentum in the anxiety recovery process. We relay some of our own experiences with recovery momentum and what it looked like for us, and we touch o…
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I'm baaaaaaack, mama! And I can't wait to share ALL the things on my massive life upheaval and changes, how it's impacted my motherhood anxiety, and the KEY I'm falling back on to rebuild my foundational systems to defeat overwhelm and mom anxiety. So grab those earbuds, mama! It's time to heal! blessings, Rach IS ANXIETY MANAGEMENT COACHING RIGHT …
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