Healing Beyond Health Anxiety
A calming space to explore recovery, resilience, and life beyond health anxiety. Guiding you from fear to freedom, stories, insights, and support for healing health anxiety.
Episodes
11 episodes
A Calmer Christmas: Managing Health Anxiety During the Holidays
In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, I’m diving into something that feels especially loud this time of year ... the pressure of Christmas when you live with health anxiety.I open up about the years I genuinely lost ...
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23:55
Bryan Smith The Walking Man - The Journey With Mental Health
In this podcast, I interview Bryan Smith, a long-term mental health sufferer and author of 'The Hardest Walk.' Bryan recounts his decades-long struggle with mental health and how he eventually became known as 'The Walking Man from Bristol.' He ...
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Unlocking Gut Health: An In-Depth Conversation with Rachel Montero
In this episode, I chat with Rachel Montero, a nurse practitioner and holistic gut health specialist, about the powerful connection between gut health, anxiety, and overall well-being. Rachel opens up about her own experience with...
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40:22
Embracing Uncertainty in Health Anxiety Recovery
In this episode of 'Healing Beyond Health Anxiety', I delve into the core concept of uncertainty and its profound impact on those suffering from health anxiety. I discuss the brain's natural aversion to unpredictability and how it fuels the anx...
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22:40
Helping Others Understand Health Anxiety
In this episode, we address the challenging and often isolating experience of living with health anxiety. Amy provides strategies to help in effectively communicate your feelings and experiences to partners, family, and friends. Emphasising the...
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16:35
Understanding and Managing Catastrophic Thinking in Health Anxiety
In this episode, we delve into catastrophic thinking, a common issue for those dealing with health anxiety. We explore what catastrophic thinking is, why it happens, and how it affects the body and mind. The episode features real-life examples ...
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19:33
Exploring Energy Healing & Holistic Practices With Joff Talbot
In this episode of 'Healing Beyond Health Anxiety,' I am joined by holistic mindset coach Joff Talbot. Together, we discuss practical tools and techniques to overcome health anxiety and improve overall well-being. Joff shares his journey into e...
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Safety Behaviours - What Are They? And How Are They Holding Us Back?
In this episode, we will delve into safety behaviours. These are the very things that keep you stuck - but how do you even spot the,m let alone try and stop performing them?I'll explain how - giving real life examples and using my person...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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Overcoming Health Anxiety and Managing Menopause with Nutrition Expert Lauren Benser
Overcoming Health Anxiety and Managing Menopause with Nutrition Expert Lauren BenserIn this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, host Amy Caldwell welcomes registered dietician and nutritionist Lauren Benor to discuss the...
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The Fear Loop – How Thoughts, Symptoms & Reassurance Keep You Stuck
In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, we're diving deep into the fear loop...the cycle that keeps so many people trapped in anxiety about their health. Amy will walk you through how a simple sensation in the body can spiral...
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Episode 2
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Episode 1 - Understanding Health Anxiety - Your Pathway Forwards
This first episode addresses the root of why we can suffer from health anxiety. Amy explains that symptoms and fears are normal and not indicative of mental weakness. She explains that health anxiety, previously called hypochondria, is a deeply...
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