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Hey everyone.

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Today I'm going to talk with you [br]about five tips to beat anxiety.

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So stay tuned.

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So like I said.

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Today I want to talk with you about five [br]helpful tips to beat anxiety.

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I've heard from so many of you,[br]that you struggle with this.

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And there are so many ways that we can help ourselves.

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And this is only five.

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There are tons of ways.

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But these are just some helpful tips to get you started.

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Number one.

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Keeping busy all day.

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I know that sounds really silly and simple.

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But often times our anxiety loves and lives in the quiet.

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When we have nothing to do.

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And we are sitting at home.

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And we are moping about.

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It kind of takes a mole hill and turns it into a mountain.

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When we have time to ruminate and think about things.

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It can make it so much worse.

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But if we are just going about our day.

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We're doing things.

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We're making deals.

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We're breaking hearts.

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We don't have time to think about it.

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So I would encourage you, if you are able, [br]plan your days out.

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Make sure you have things happening.

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Back to back to back.

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You're scooting on through.

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The second helpful tip is what we call 'feeling focusing'.

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And this is something that we can [br]do no matter where we are.

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Which I love about tips.

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Because we never know when the anxiety may strike.

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And feeling focusing is when we focus on the area in our body where we feel the anxiety.

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For some of us it might be our throat.

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Our chest.

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Our stomach.

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It could be in our shoulders.

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Wherever you feel it physically.

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I want you to focus on that spot.

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And I want you to slowly breath into it.

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And if you find your mind wandering.

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Bring it back to that spot.

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Keep breathing.

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Slowly.

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And I know this is just one of those things where you are like, 'Kati that sounds really weird.'

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But I promise you by drawing your focus [br]back to the area in your body.

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Back to that area.

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Over and over.

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Your anxiety will diminish.

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It's because our mind can't go out searching [br]for more things to worry us with.

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It slowly dissipates.

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The third helpful tip is exercise.

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Now obviously I don't want you to [br]do anything to an extreme.

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But taking a thirty minute walk.

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If you like to run and it's not unhealthy.

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You go for a run.

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Maybe you jump some rope.

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Maybe you take your dog out.

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Maybe you walk with a friend.

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Maybe you do yoga.

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Whatever it is.

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If you play tennis.

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Play basketball.

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There's so many things to do.

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Just last week I went to Target and got Sean and I some tennis rackets and basketballs.

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So we can play.

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Anything you can do to exert some physical energy.

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Can help with anxiety.

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Often times when we have a lot of pent up energy.

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Anxiety thrives.

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So having an outlet for that.

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Even if it's just nervous energy.

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Having an outlet like exercise.

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Can really help bring it down.

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The fourth helpful tip is phoning a friend.

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I feel like we are on [br]Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?

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But it's really important to contact people and to have people on what I always talk to my clients about, [br]

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on your 'emergency call list'.

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And this isn't a real, this isn't like an emergency [br]'I'm going to the ER I'm bleeding, I broke a bone.'

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This is 'I'm feeling stressed, I'm feeling overwhelmed, [br]I don't know what to do right now.'

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We need to have at least five people on this list if you can.

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Because we never know who can pick up, right.

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Some people might be in class.

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Some people might be asleep.

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Some people might be at work.

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We don't know.

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But we want to make sure we have [br]people that we can contact.

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Even if it's a text.

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I know now we text more than we actually call.

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But I want you to reach out to people.

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Because having someone on the line.

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Having someone talking to us.

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I think calling is the best.

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Because hearing someone's voice can be so soothing.

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And sometimes when we feel like we are [br]a ten on our anxiety scale.

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It can help bring us back down to maybe a six.

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Or a five.

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And the more we talk with them.

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And the more we kind of vent to them [br]about what's going on with us.

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The better we will start to feel.

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The fifth and final tip.

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Is something that I don't really [br]talk that much about on my channel.

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And that is going to see a psychiatrist.

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And the reason that I wanted to put this in here.

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Is because there are those of us who doing these things.

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This feeling focusing, we're exercising,

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We're trying everything to help ourselves.

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We're seeing our own therapist.

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And nothing gives.

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It's not getting better.

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And sometimes it's getting worse.

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And seeing a psychiatrist, [br]they can offer medications that can help with it.

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Now obviously I'm a [br]Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

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I'm not a physician.

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I don't prescribe medication.

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But it can be so helpful and so pivotal in your recovery.

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And don't be ashamed of it.

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Many people seek help from psychiatrists.

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How else would they even exist?

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They wouldn't have a job or career.

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People see them.

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When we can't do enough ourselves.

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The medication can help us get there.

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I often tell my clients, and this still rings true.

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All research shows that therapy and medication gives us the best possible outcome.

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Because sometimes our mind is running so quickly.

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Things are happening so fast.

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That we can't even think about doing [br]anything to help ourselves.

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We're just trying to stay afloat.

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It's so overwhelming.

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And medication can help with that.

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Bring that anxiety level down enough.

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That we can actually take action.

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We can start making steps towards our recovery.

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Putting things in place.

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Creating plans.

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It can give us that little bit of squish we need to get started.

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So I would encourage you.

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If you have tried a lot of things.

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And that's not helping.

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Reach out to your psychiatrist.

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Or your general practitioner doctor.

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And let's start working on recovery.

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And if you have any tips and tricks of your own.

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That have helped with your anxiety.

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Sharing in our experience.

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And together we're getting better.

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And we are towards a healthy mind and a healthy body.

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Towards a healthy mind and a healthy body.

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Okay.

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