The last few months, I’ve been working with Naomi Goodlet going through her Anxiety Hacker coaching. It’s been amazing and I plan to start writing more about my experiences and where I’m at now, how my anxiety levels are and all kinds of things.
Today, I wanted to share a bit about my story and let you see the interview I did with Naomi.
If you can’t (or don’t want to) watch the video here are a few of my favorite parts:
Naomi: Can you give us a little snapshot of what your anxiety looked like?
Kendra: My anxiety felt like there was a rock sitting on my chest, it was hard to breath. I felt very high strung and very overwhelmed with everything…A lot of the times it was hard to sit down and focus [on playing with my 2 year old son].
Naomi: After working with me, how has your anxiety changed?
Kendra: It’s been a crazy transformation! I’ve been progressing a lot over the last year but nothing as fast or as significant as the short time I’ve worked with you. I’ve gotten to a point where my anxiety is really manageable, I very rarely have anxiety days and when I do I love to use the techniques you taught…
I’ve felt really well and am managing well, so this panic panic attack showed me that this is a sign that I’m not ready for this step yet. In the past, I would have had the thought “this ruins everything, I feel guilty, this ruins everything.” But I accepted it and honored my body and moved on and had a great weekend.
Naomi: how have you benefited from using mindfulness and ACT techniques?
Kendra: I use the ACT techniques whenever there is any negative or uncomfortable feeling coming up. If I’m having a down day, or feeling sick or lazy, in the past I would have felt sucky about it. Now all feelings are okay to have and its just how you react and accept it. Sometimes you need to have a crappy day and that’s okay. I don’t have to feel bad about it anymore.
This experience has completely changed everything. I was in such a place where I was stuck for so long and it’s pushed me over and changed every aspect of my life.
I hope you enjoyed the video and the short peak into my experience with mindfulness and ACT. Like I said, I will be talking a lot about it in the coming months and implementing some of the ideas into my own mentoring. If you have any specific questions you want answered, let me know.
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