The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

Author: Drew Linsalata Language: English Episodes: 100
If panic, anxiety, or agoraphobia have made your world feel smaller, you're not navigating this alone. The Anxious Truth-A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast is a direct, compassionate resource hosted by Drew Linsalata, born from his own journey through these challenges. This isn't about quick fixes or vague inspiration; it's a practical guide that breaks down how anxiety works and lays out a clear, actionable path toward recovery. Episodes delve into the mechanics of panic attacks, the realities of avoidance, and the hard but rewarding work of reclaiming your life, offering education and straight talk that empowers you to move forward. The podcast has garnered recognition for its honest approach, being featured in the New York Times as one of "6 Podcasts to Soothe An Anxious Mind" and included in Vogue's list of therapist-recommended mental health podcasts. Tuning in, you'll find a voice that understands the fear but firmly believes in your capacity to overcome it, providing the tools and encouragement needed to shift from surviving to thriving. This podcast serves as a core part of a broader community and resource set, encouraging a consistent, engaged approach to healing.
Episodes
EP 275 - The Triggered AND TRICKED Anxiety Cycle [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:44
The anxiety cycle starts as a seemingly never ending loop where you get triggered, you fight through it, you calm down, then you worry and fret over the next time you might get triggered. It can become an exhausting merr…
Podcast Schedule Update - September 2023 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:55
No new podcast episode this week, but we will be back next week with a new episode on September 27, 2023. Going forward, new episodes of The Anxious Truth will be produced every other week. I'm making this change based o…
EP 274 - Anxiety Recovery and Self-Care [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:03
Self-care in anxiety recovery. We hear about it all the time, but is self-care always essential oils and hot baths and candles and soothing? It certainly can by, but self-care is also giving yourself what you really need…
EP 273 - Anxiety Recovery: Questions and Answers [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:43
This week we answered some common - and not so common - questions about anxiety and recovery. Thanks to everyone on Instagram that submitted a question. I appreciate it! First I reviewed some basic principles you can fal…
EP 272 - Anxiety Recovery And Learning To Do .... Nothing?! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:57
This week my guest is anxiety and OCD specialist Joanna Hardis who stopped by the podcast to talk about the art of doing ... nothing. Wait ... what? Nothing? Yes. Nothing. Humans are conditioned to automatically spring i…
EP 271 - Anxiety Help: "Can You Talk More About ....?" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:52
If this is all new to you, asking for more information is normal, expected, and healthy! Everyone needs more information and explanation to start. But if you are not new to this and you've heard me and others talk about…
EP 270 - Anxiety Recovery: Do You Need To Be "Motivated" To Recover? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:06
Help! I can't get motivated to do my exposures and work on my recovery! This is a thing I hear often in this community, so this week let's address motivation and the myth surrounding it. Often we think that getting motiv…
EP 269 - Anxiety Recovery: EMDR Facts and Myths [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:22
EMDR. It's become an insanely popular therapy over the last few years. Originally developed as a trauma recovery tool, EMDR is often touted as being appropriate or effective in many more clinical circumstances. But ... i…
Therapist-In-Training Update and This Week's Podcast Episode [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:44
Just a quick update on reaching the field/clinical work phase of my masters degree and why there's no actual podcast episode this week. We'll be back with another episode of The Anxious Truth next week as usual, but in t…