What to Do When Anxiety Prevents You from Being Yourself

Join me, Shawna Krueger, for a solo episode on what to do when anxiety holds you back. I share my only story with anxiety, and tangible tips that feel actionable. I’m not here to treat or cure anxiety but rather to talk about the effect of when it holds you back and hijacks what you want and even your personality.

This episode is not just about our ability to go outwards or put yourself out there. It’s also about your ability to go inward. It’s beyond stage fright or imposter syndrome. 

On the agenda for today is addressing anxiety about self (also your message and your creations, sharing), anxiety about progress (starting and also feeling stuck), and anxiety about distractions (other people and things holding you back, other directions you could be going and feeling like you wish you were in another life or reality.) 

It’s my hope that you leave today with a sense of renewed hope about what is possible for you, and a deeper desire to love yourself. 

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

04:00 When our anxious nature blocks our ability to show up.

07:00 Agenda and NEW RETREAT: Evolve with Inversions.

11:00 Anxiety about self.

14:00 It’s become commonplace to say “this is anxiety-inducing” 

17:00 Getting sucked into competition and fear of “mediocrity.” 

18:30 Even as a state champion, anxiety wears us down.

20:00 Only thinking about meeting the mark, not who I wanted to be.

22:10 Feeling is healing.  

23:15 Imitation when authenticity is cut off. 

24:30 Social anxiety. Being a rebel is still a reaction. 

26:00 Our anxious nature shapes our personality without us realizing it. 

27:20 What I’ve learned about moving beyond our anxious nature so that our true nature can show. 

28:30 Buffalo walk towards the storm. 

30:50 The diamond sutra.

32:00 Shake like a gazelle and feel lighter. 

33:00 You are the seer of your thoughts, you are not your thoughts. 

35:00 Baby photo

37:30 Do one thing that works.

38:00 The tangible: breath retentions, apnea training: correlation between anxiety and asthma. 

41:30 What to do with your body when you have stage fright. 

44:00 Anxiety about progress.

47:30 The whole weight of inertia.

52:15 Anxiety about distractions.

55:00 Take more accountability than anyone else. 

57:00 Broken promises, especially to yourself, cause anxiety.

59:00 Give yourself grace. 

1:00:00 Discussion of a relevant reel from Victoria Hutchins - The Daily Victorian on instagram. 

1:01:00 If the perception doesn’t change, changing things you can control will ultimately change nothing. 

1:03:00 Offering of final advice I wish I had 10 years ago.