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September 4, 2024 18 mins

Battling perfectionism and anxiety, a leader asks her coach for help and learns a tool that helps her tame her terrors. 


This episode dovetails with many ideas in last month’s episode about Coaching versus Therapy.


Tom talks about his own bout with anxiety and a near career-ending attack of nervousness in this episode from April. 

https://essentialcomm.com/podcast/mastering-nerves/


Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has a powerful depiction of a 13-year-old girl suffering a full-blown anxiety attack. The experience and its aftermath is moving.


MindShift CBT is a free app designed to help you take charge of your anxiety and develop more effective ways of thinking.

 Watch the introductory video


Dr. Steven Melemis, a mood disorder expert, wrote I Want to Change My Life, filled with practical exercises and a one-month step-by-step plan to start you on a road to transformation.


In under two minutes, Tom shared a “golden nugget” on the “How to Survive and Thrive Podcast.” You can hear it here.


This episode is tagged in three categories in our podcast archive:

For Women

Personal Growth & Self-Development

Self-Talk


Five episodes with more tools to help you master anxiety are:

#52 Coaching v Therapy 

#152 Combating Emotional Hijacks

#147 Conquering Fear

#96 The Many Parts of you

#78 Unmasking a Stand-In


Curious about coaching? Reach out to Tom here.

 

Want a free transcript of this episode? You can download it here. 


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To all of you, from all of us here at The Look & Sound of Leadership, thanks! 

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