3 | Don’t Let Overwhelm Steal Your Joy. 6 Strategies to Increase Distress Tolerance and Reduce Anxiety

13/03/2025 13 min
3 | Don’t Let Overwhelm Steal Your Joy. 6 Strategies to Increase Distress Tolerance and Reduce Anxiety

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Episode Synopsis

Have you ever been so overwhelmed that you couldn’t enjoy an experience with your family or friends? Did you have to leave early or find yourself choosing not to go at all?
 
For many years, I struggled with overwhelming anxiety in social settings and everyday activities. And then it became a cycle of being overwhelmed at the event, so I became less inclined to go to another one, which led to more anticipatory anxiety, so I went into the event heightened, then I would get overwhelmed at the event, and so on.
 
In this episode, I’m offering 6 strategies to increase your distress tolerance and reduce anxiety so that feeling overwhelmed doesn’t steal your joy.

If you’d like some help reducing anxiety to enjoy more experiences, message me at [email protected] to schedule a conversation to chat about working together.

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