In this episode of Anxiety’s A Bitch, Dr. John Mayer dives deep into the connection between anger and anxiety, exploring how anger, both internal and external, can fuel stress and emotional distress. You'll learn practical, evidence-based strategies to manage personal anger and deal with angry individuals in your life. Whether you're trying to change your own reactive patterns or cope with someone else's explosive behavior, you'll walk away with 10 powerful techniques to improve communication, set boundaries, and develop healthier emotional responses. This episode empowers listeners to trade anger for true, lasting inner strength.

Spoiler Alert: This episode starts out with a Bonus Tip to calm your anxiety.
The five truths of facing anxiety: You have enough life experience (History), you are smart enough, have experienced this before in some way, have resources to tap into (including these podcasts) and you can undo anything.

One of the most frequent ways we experience anxiety is when we have upcoming Speeches/Presentations/Meetings/ New Situations/Job Interviews/Yearly work evaluations/Big Meetings/Test Anxiety/Meeting New People/Weddings/etc.

Fascinating itinerary of all the ways that anxiety can damage your body. I’m throwing in a Bonus Tip here also.

Finally let’s take a few minutes to understand what anxiety is and isn’t. The differences between anxiety and worry will be explained. Why now? Don’t you hate books and videos that spend countless pages and hours first before they get to the 2-3 practical tips you can use?

During this episode Mayer provides practical ways you can prevent anxiety with internal techniques. He discusses his most successful interventions such as Compartmentalization, Lowering your expectations, Moving your body (Exercise), Avoiding Triggers to Anxiety, Goal Setting, Don’t Do Stupid Stuff, and more.

Here Mayer shows how the environment that surrounds us can be a huge help toward calming anxiety. Many tips and techniques as usual. This is anxiety PREVENTION.

In this episode, Mayer gets right into helping with anxiety NOW! Specific ways to quiet your anxiety are detailed here.