{"id":2248,"date":"2020-06-22T18:18:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T17:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.activeinredbourn.co.uk\/?page_id=2248"},"modified":"2020-11-12T10:16:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T10:16:15","slug":"anxiety-fear","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.activeinredbourn.co.uk\/home\/anxiety-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Anxiety &#038; Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2248\" class=\"elementor elementor-2248\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01da27d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01da27d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e906173\" data-id=\"e906173\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-500e6d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"500e6d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3555e3\" data-id=\"a3555e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96a84a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96a84a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The journey<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a3e03f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a3e03f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>High levels of anxiety and stress have many causes and even more solutions.\u00a0<\/p><p>Those who are stressed go into a state of high alert \u2013 \u2018fight, flight, freeze or even flop\u2019, as their nervous system dissociates from what their subconscious believes is an unsafe situation.<\/p><p>When very anxious, people become very ungrounded and \u201czoned out\u201d.\u00a0 This means that a person who is stressed is less able to focus on their work and more likely to be triggered by what is going on around them.<\/p><p>Anxiety and trauma can come from many places, for example:<\/p><ul><li>They are being overwhelmed by the external or even internal experiences.<\/li><li>When your challenge is greater than your skill level.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>Birth and pre-birth experiences.\u00a0<\/li><li>Post-birth experiences. We all have these, and some are more meaningful than others.<\/li><li>We can even catch anxiety off of others<\/li><\/ul><p>To reduce your anxiety people need to find that nourishing feeling for themselves, that creates safety, enabling you to be fulling in their body, for example:<\/p><ul><li>Grounding, centering, earthing (as some prefer to call it) or Weighted blankets<\/li><li>Nose\/belly breathing<\/li><li>Music and maybe the sound of the ocean<\/li><li>Touch (firm or light as preferred)\u00a0<\/li><li>Mindfulness<\/li><li>Meditation<\/li><li>Heart emotions of gratitude, compassion and appreciation<\/li><li>Smile and move your body in a happy way<\/li><li>Help them to shift scary stuff as young as possible, with techniques like NLP and EFT.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee14c03\" data-id=\"ee14c03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1efb7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1efb7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Some techniques<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3011eef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3011eef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJ_S9Xkqdgg&amp;t=2s\">Olive&#8217;s week 3 video: Anxiety and Fear<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e68d68e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e68d68e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Grounding <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf10752 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf10752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A really useful tool to reduce anxiety is to improve your grounding and breathing.\u00a0 Listen to Olive&#8217;s week 6 video for Live Well with AiR.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_4ujc3isbXs&amp;t=2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breathing 101<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aH24Fkz9zaQ&amp;t=13s\">Grounding for health and Wellbeing<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b950b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b950b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recover your Energy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e75c47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e75c47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you are anxious, it is very common to feel exhausted.\u00a0 There are meditative energy processes you can use to clear you energy.\u00a0 Find out more from Olive&#8217;s week 9 video for Live Well with AiR.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bj9u4iOYV1s&amp;t=29s\">A video of 2 chapters of Olive&#8217;s book R<em>ecover your Energy.\u00a0<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olivehickmott.wordpress.com\/2020\/09\/06\/recover-your-energy-for-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To get free recordings of every chapter click here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The journey High levels of anxiety and stress have many causes and even more solutions.\u00a0 Those who are stressed go into a state of high alert \u2013 \u2018fight, flight, freeze or even flop\u2019, as their nervous system dissociates from what their subconscious believes is an unsafe situation. When very anxious, people become very ungrounded and &#8230; <a title=\"Reducing Anxiety &#038; Fear\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.activeinredbourn.co.uk\/home\/anxiety-fear\/\" aria-label=\"More on Reducing Anxiety &#038; Fear\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2248","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activeinredbourn.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activeinredbourn.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activeinredbourn.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activeinredbourn.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activeinredbourn.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2248"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.activeinredbourn.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2685,"href":"https:\/\/www.activeinredbourn.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2248\/revisions\/2685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activeinredbourn.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}