The Happier Approach: Quieting your High Functioning Anxiety

By Nancy Jane Smith

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A podcast about living with High Functioning Anxiety and building self-loyalty. Join me, Nancy Jane Smith, as I talk about my journey with High Functioning Anxiety. Through my own experience and 20+ years of training as a licensed professional counselor and coach, I have discovered the #1 way to quiet anxiety is self-loyalty. We are so loyal to other people. It is time to learn how to be as loyal to yourself as you are to others. Listen to learn more about quieting your High Functioning Anxiety with self-loyalty.

Episode Date
Wintering: Extended Conversation with Katherine May
Feb 03, 2023
Rest For All Seasons
Jan 20, 2023
High Functioning Anxiety and our Rules for Rest
Jan 06, 2023
Rest In Practice
Dec 16, 2022
Rest: Wintering
Dec 02, 2022
Rest: The Dreaded Napping Experiment
Nov 18, 2022
Rest: Vacationing with High Functioning Anxiety
Nov 04, 2022
Rest: Imagination, Mindfulness, and Rest
Oct 14, 2022
Rest: Sleep
Sep 30, 2022
Intro to Rest
Sep 16, 2022
Change: Dear Nancy
Jun 10, 2022
Change and Comparison
May 27, 2022
Change and the BFF
May 13, 2022
Change in the Body
Apr 29, 2022
Change in the Emotion Ocean
Apr 15, 2022
Believe in Change
Apr 01, 2022
Change in the Brain
Mar 18, 2022
But Can I Change?
Mar 04, 2022
Bonus Episode: The Time I Hired a Matchmaker
Feb 18, 2022
Square Peg
Aug 13, 2021
Spiraling Up
Jul 30, 2021
Anti-Gratitude
Jul 16, 2021
All the Feels
Jul 02, 2021
The Biggest Fan
Jun 18, 2021
The BFF
Jun 04, 2021
The Monger
May 21, 2021
Hi I'm Nancy
May 07, 2021
New Season Trailer
Apr 25, 2021
Practicing Self-Loyalty in the New Year - Part 2
Jan 28, 2021
Episode 164: Practicing Self-Loyalty in the New Year - Part 1
Jan 21, 2021
Episode 163: Lou Blaser and the Performative Nature of High Functioning Anxiety - Part 2
Jan 14, 2021
Episode 162: Lou Blaser and the Performative Nature of High Functioning Anxiety - Part 1
Jan 07, 2021
Episode 161: Experimenting with Meditation and Mindfulness - Part 2
Nov 26, 2020
Episode 160: Successfully Navigating Decision Fatigue, COVID, and the Holidays with Michelle Florendo
Nov 19, 2020
Episode 159: A Weekend in the Life of High Functioning Anxiety
Nov 12, 2020
Episode 158: What is Self-Compassion with Gary Ritts
Nov 05, 2020
Episode 157: Unhooking the Lie that You Need to be Mean to Yourself
Oct 29, 2020
Episode 156: What Is Happy?
Oct 22, 2020
Episode 155: Experimenting with Meditation and Mindfulness - Part 1
Oct 15, 2020
Episode 154: How to Be the Caretaker of Your Own Radical Personal Empowerment and Self-Love with Amy E. Smith
Oct 08, 2020
Episode 153: How the Conventional Happiness Formula Is Keep Us Stuck with Kim Stobel
Oct 01, 2020
Episode 152: Therapy: Committing to Doing it Differently with Riva Stoudt
Sep 24, 2020
Episode 151: How We Store Trauma In Our Bodies with Sarah Dionne
Sep 17, 2020
Episode 150: How to Let Go of the Past
Sep 10, 2020
Episode 149: How To Recognize Trauma and Show Up for Our Inner Kiddo with Nicole Lewis-Keeber
Sep 03, 2020
Episode 148: The Adventure of Fully Showing Up As A Human Being
Aug 27, 2020
Episode 147: How to Get Out of Your Own Way and Get What You Want with Sarah K. Peck
Aug 20, 2020
Episode 146: Embracing a Life of Imperfection and Acceptance
Aug 13, 2020
Episode 145: How Embracing Your Humanness Can Lead to More Success with Tara McMullin
Aug 06, 2020
Episode 144: How to Avoid Passing Your Anxiety on to Your Kids with Renee Mattson - Part 2
Jul 30, 2020
Episode 143: How to Avoid Passing Your Anxiety on to Your Kids with Renee Mattson - Part 1
Jul 23, 2020
Episode 142: Finding Freedom Through Our Personal Stories with Hillary Rea
Jul 16, 2020
Episode 141: Setting Healthy Boundaries as an Act of Kindness with Randi Buckley
Jul 09, 2020
Episode 140: Why I Am Leaving Facebook
Jul 02, 2020
Episode 139: Why Bother, What's the Point, and What To Do Next with Jennifer Louden
Jun 25, 2020
Episode 138: The Catch-22 Of "I Got This"
Jun 18, 2020
Episode 137: Redefining Self-Care and Reclaiming Sovereignty with Mara Glatzel
Jun 11, 2020
Episode 136: Learning the Practice of Joy with Danielle Brooker
Jun 04, 2020
Episode 135: The Myth Of The "Right Way"
May 28, 2020
Episode 134: How Anxiety and Perfectionism Can Get In The Way Of Creativity with Beryl Young
May 21, 2020
Episode 133: The Value of Self-Loyalty
May 14, 2020
Episode132: Working Brighter In The Hustle Culture with Brittany Berger
May 07, 2020
Episode 131: The Surprising Connection Between Avoidance and Anxiety
Apr 30, 2020
Episode 130: Alcohol, Anxiety, & Avoidance With Author Andrea Owen
Apr 23, 2020
Episode 129: Avoiding Through Social Media with Founder of SkillsCamp Bailey Parnell
Apr 16, 2020
Episode 128: Eating Your Anxiety With Dietitian Erica Drewry
Apr 09, 2020
Episode 127: Anxiety, Avoidance, and Money With Financial Behaviorist Jacquette Timmons
Apr 02, 2020
Episode 126: Setting and Keeping Habits With Sarah Von Bargen
Mar 26, 2020
Episode 125: Acknowledging Feelings When They Don’t Seem Appropriate
Mar 19, 2020
Episode 124: The 2 Biggest Fears About Feeling Your Feelings
Mar 12, 2020
Episode 123: Helping Women Design A Life They Love While Avoiding Burnout With Rebelle's Shannon Siriano Greenwood
Mar 05, 2020
Episode 122: How To Implement A.S.K. When There Aren't Enough Hours In The Day
Feb 27, 2020
Episode 121: The 3 Steps of A.S.K.: Kindly Pulling Back
Feb 20, 2020
Episode 120: The 3 Steps of A.S.K.: Slow Down And Get Into Your Body
Feb 13, 2020
Episode 119: The 3 Steps of A.S.K.: Acknowledging Your Feelings
Feb 06, 2020
Episode 118: The Joy of Missing Out With Tonya Dalton
Jan 30, 2020
Episode 117: You Aren’t Failing, You’re Spiralling Up
Jan 23, 2020
Episode 116: How Mr. Rogers Can Teach You To Slow Down And Be Present
Jan 16, 2020
Episode 115: Living Life True To Your Values
Jan 09, 2020
Episode 114: Setting New Year’s Resolutions Without The Hype
Jan 02, 2020
Episode 113: Managing the Long Road Of High Functioning Anxiety With Michelle Steinhour
Dec 26, 2019
Episode 112: The Voices In Your Head–The Biggest Fan
Dec 19, 2019
Episode 111: The Voices In Your Head–The BFF
Dec 12, 2019
Episode 110: The Voices In Your Head–The Monger
Dec 05, 2019
Episode 109: How To Feel Less Stress During the Holidays
Nov 28, 2019
Episode 108: Why Shame Is At The Root Of High Functioning Anxiety
Nov 21, 2019
Episode 107: Recognizing The Signs Of High Functioning Anxiety
Nov 14, 2019
Episode 106: The Benefits Of High Functioning Anxiety Are Destroying You
Nov 07, 2019
Episode 105: How To Stop Checking Boxes And Start Living Life
Oct 31, 2019
Episode 104: Self-Loyalty Starts With Better Self-Care
Oct 24, 2019
Episode 103: Achiever Fever–How To Quit The Need to Succeed Without Losing Your Edge With Claire Booth
Oct 17, 2019
Episode 102: The Dangers Of Positive Thinking
Oct 10, 2019
Episode 101: Positive Thinking Vs Radical Acceptance
Oct 03, 2019
Introducing The Happier Approach
Oct 02, 2019
Episode 100: Looking Back My Favorite Episodes
Apr 25, 2019
Episode 099: The Curse of "I'm Fine"
Apr 06, 2019
Episode 098: Ok, I think I have High Functioning Anxiety. What do I do about it?
Mar 23, 2019
Episode 097: What is High Functioning Anxiety?
Mar 10, 2019
Episode 096: Resistance vs Procrastination
Feb 28, 2019
Episode 095: Feeling Invisible
Sep 23, 2018
Episode 094: Lessons Learned in Iowa
Sep 09, 2018
Episode 093: Anxiety and Acceptance
Aug 26, 2018
Episode 092: Your Monger isn’t a Bitch, a Mean Girl or a Gremlin. Why Hating on Your Monger Won’t Help
Aug 15, 2018
Episode 091: What is Scarier Praise or Criticism?
Aug 05, 2018
Episode 090: Can’t Love Yourself? Practice Being Kind
Jul 23, 2018
Episode 089: Making the Beast Beautiful
Jul 09, 2018
Episode 088: Are you a BFF, Biggest Fan, or a Monger?
Jun 24, 2018
Episode 087: This Isn't Just About The Stigma of Mental Illness
Jun 10, 2018
Episode 086: You are the Answer
May 27, 2018
Episode 085: What does a GOOD Day look like?
May 12, 2018
Episode 084: Things that Have been Annoying Me Lately
Apr 29, 2018
Episode 083: Live Happier Q&A (April Edition)
Apr 12, 2018
Episode 082: The Warm Cozy Sweater of Our Monger
Apr 02, 2018
Episode 081: The Love Hate Relationship with Our To-Do List
Mar 25, 2018
Episode 080: Random Observations about Our Inner Dialogue
Mar 11, 2018
Episode 079: Happier Approach Q&A
Mar 05, 2018
Episode 078: Riding the Waves
Feb 26, 2018
Episode 077: Judgment and Jealousy They Are Not ALL Bad
Feb 18, 2018
Episode 076: Sneaky Ways Your Inner Monger Sabotages You
Feb 11, 2018
Episode 075: A Behind the Scene Look at Bravery
Feb 04, 2018
Episode 074: A.S.K. Part 3 Slowing Down and Seeing the Big Picture
Jan 28, 2018
Episode 073: A.S.K. Part 2: Acknowledge What You Are Feeling
Jan 21, 2018
Episode 072: The Power of A.S.K.
Jan 14, 2018
Episode 071: Holiday Reminder: You Don't Live in a Norman Rockwell Painting
Nov 19, 2017
Episode 070: 2 Tips to be More Productive (without your Monger)
Nov 12, 2017
Episode 069: I Did Something Good, But...
Oct 29, 2017
Episode 068: My Dad, Grief and Living Happier
Oct 12, 2017
Episode 067: A Few Thoughts on the World Today
Oct 04, 2017
Episode 066: Counseling vs Coaching...What's the Difference?
Sep 20, 2017
Episode 065: You Don’t Need to Make Yourself Small
Sep 07, 2017
Episode 064: The Downside of Gratitude
Aug 30, 2017
Episode 063: Even More Myths of the Monger
Aug 16, 2017
Episode 062: You don’t have to be Zen to fight your Monger
Aug 08, 2017
Episode 061: More Myths of the Monger
Jul 31, 2017
Episode 60: Without My Monger I Won't Get Anything Done
Jun 19, 2017
Episode 059: The Power of Language
Jun 14, 2017
Episode 058: What are your rules?
Jun 05, 2017
Episode 057: The Slippery Slope of Emotions
May 30, 2017
Episode 056: Confessions of a Day with my Monger
May 22, 2017
Episode 055: Stay In Your Own Car
May 09, 2017
Episode 054: You are Going to Do it Wrong
May 02, 2017
Episode 053: Asking for Help...Why is it so Hard?
Apr 23, 2017
Episode 052: Own It Part 2...Now What?
Apr 16, 2017
Episode 051: Own It
Apr 05, 2017
Episode 050: Live Happier Through the Holidays Part 6
Dec 30, 2016
Episode 049: Live Happier Through the Holidays Part 5 Peace
Dec 23, 2016
Episode 048: Live Happier Through the Holidays Part 4: Grief
Dec 16, 2016
Episode 047: Live Happier Through the Holidays Part 3 Joy
Dec 09, 2016
Episode 046: Live Happier Through the Holidays Part 2
Dec 03, 2016
Episode 045: Live Happier Through the Holidays Part 1
Dec 03, 2016
Episode 044: Holding Both
Nov 11, 2016
Episode 043: You Don't Have to Blow it All Up
Oct 28, 2016
Episode 042: Tips for Channeling Your Biggest Fan
Oct 12, 2016
Episode 041: Your Suffering Isn't Helping
Sep 29, 2016
Episode 040: Living Without Drama
Sep 22, 2016
Episode 039: Being Me
Sep 13, 2016
Episode 038: The Complexity of Empathy
Sep 08, 2016
Episode 037: Quieting the Inner Critic
Aug 25, 2016
Episode 036: Anxiety as a Badge of Honor
Jun 29, 2016
Episode 034: Why Pay Twice?
Jun 03, 2016
Episode 035: Living Happier in a Quick Fix Society
Jun 03, 2016
Episode 033: Whose Carrot are You Chasing?
Jun 03, 2016
Episode 032: Addicted to Busy
Jun 03, 2016
Episode 031: Coming Alive
May 19, 2016
Episode 030: What’s Underneath your Procrastination
May 04, 2016
Episode 029: The Ways We Get Around Speaking Up For Our Self
Apr 22, 2016
Episode 028: Meditation Isn't for Everyone (and that's ok)
Apr 17, 2016
Episode 027: A Spiritual Principle that Will Change Your Life
Apr 03, 2016
Episode 026: Stop Obsessing...You Always Have a Choice
Mar 27, 2016
Episode 025: Unraveling the Need to Please
Mar 17, 2016
Episode 024: Stop Fighting Yourself
Mar 05, 2016
Episode 023: There is No Right Answer
Feb 24, 2016
Episode 022: A Ban on Unsolicited Advice
Feb 13, 2016
Episode 021: Is Just Being You Enough?
Feb 03, 2016
Episode 020: The Simplest Most Challenging Advice to Living Happier
Jan 28, 2016
Episode 019: The 4am Visitor
Jan 20, 2016
Episode 018: Bigger isn't always better
Jan 08, 2016
Episode 017: I Think I Am Addicted to my Phone
Dec 06, 2015
Episode 016: Tips to Live Happier During Thanksgiving
Nov 24, 2015
Episode 015: A Live Happier Red Flag: I SHOULD be Happy
Nov 19, 2015
Episode 014: A Few Thoughts on Grief and Living Happier
Nov 12, 2015
Episode 013: Self Help Run Amuck
Nov 04, 2015
Episode 012: How to Stop Taking out Your Frustration on Those Closest to you
Oct 31, 2015
Episode 011: What is Underneath that Resentment?
Oct 21, 2015
Episode 010: Lies we Tell Ourselves About Stress
Oct 15, 2015
Episode 009: Dealing with your First Responders
Oct 07, 2015
Episode 008: Reducing Stress and Enhancing Energy
Sep 29, 2015
Episode 007: The Secret to Living Happier...Values
Sep 22, 2015
Episode 006: Making Lasting Change: Closing the Loop
Sep 15, 2015
Episode 005: Life is More than a Pinterest Quote
Sep 08, 2015
Episode 004: Feeling your Feelings: The Street Fight
Sep 01, 2015
Episode 003: Why Positive Thinking is Keeping You Stuck
Aug 26, 2015
Episode 002: What Does it Mean to Live Happier?
Aug 26, 2015
Episode 001: Want to be Happy? Stop Searching for the Magic Button
Aug 25, 2015