227. Embracing Anxiety | A Journey of Transformation

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In today’s episode, we discuss:

Reframing Anxiety: From Personal Struggles to Empowerment | Kathie's Coaching Podcast

In this heartfelt episode of Kathie's Coaching Podcast, host Kathie Owen shares an off-the-cuff speech on anxiety. Drawing from personal experiences, Kathie discusses how to reframe anxiety as a teacher, especially after losing a job she loved due to calling out toxic leadership. 

She highlights her journey through imposter syndrome, discovering the support of Toastmasters, and finding inspiration in the TV show 'Ted Lasso.' Kathie emphasizes the importance of mental health and transforming anxiety into excitement, all while building healthy, happy teams one heart at a time.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:19 Understanding Anxiety
01:26 Personal Journey with Anxiety
02:44 Facing Job Loss and Anxiety
04:30 Finding Support in Toastmasters
05:04 Lessons from Ted Lasso
07:19 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Transcript

Kathie: 0:01

Today is something different. I am just speaking off the cuff and I'm excited you're here and let's get right into the meat and potatoes of everything. You're listening to Kathie's Coaching Podcast. I'm your host, Kathie Owen. Your mental health is probably the most important health of all. Of all. It's the silent force behind every action that we take. Think about that for a minute. So I am giving a speech on anxiety. And I'm sharing it with you today in this episode. So without further ado, let's get into the episode. Good morning Toastmasters and guests. My name is Kathie Owen and today I, I'm giving a speech on anxiety and I did not practice this speech like I did my other one. But today I'm going off the cuff and I'm going off of this one instead of this one. What do I mean by that? This little brain right here is anxiety. There's not much room to move around in there. When you're thinking and thinking, and thinking and thinking the same thoughts. This big brain right here is infinite intelligence, and there's a lot more information that goes on out there, but you're distracted when you're in here. Anxiety is different. We all have anxiety. Anxiety is something that's there to protect you. It's actually healthy. For example, you get nervous when you get on stage. That is anxiety, but it can also be reframed as excitement. I'm a corporate wellness consultant. I build healthy, happy teams, one heart at a time, and that one heart really matters to me. I'm talking about. Their mental health, their wellness in general, and my wellness and my mental health. It was not in a good place. In September of last year, I actually got dismissed from a job that I loved. I was the wellness director for a company. I loved my job. I was really good at my job. I did everything I thought I was supposed to. I. Until I got dismissed. But what happened was I was calling out toxic behaviors, and they did not like this. So the powers that be decided, we'll get rid of Kathie instead of getting rid of the toxic. Behaviors that were going on inside the company. September, October, November, December, I was in anxiety on steroids. Yeah, I lived it. I experienced it all the time. What was I gonna do? How was I going to be a future corporate wellness consultant? That's what I do. But I just got dismissed from a job where I was really good at what I did. Talk about imposter syndrome, talk about anxiety, living in this little brain. January came around and I'm like, I miss people. I miss being around people. I miss talking to people. All of a sudden, an idea popped in my head. By the way, that idea came from this infinite intelligence, not my little brain here. Yeah. That idea was to go back to Toastmasters and that day changed my life. I found my voice here. I got to talk. People really cared about what I had to say. I did my icebreaker speech on sports psychology and one of my favorite books, and I made an impact. I had influence. The anxiety started to subside. After I made that speech, one of my fellow Toastmasters told me about a show. On Apple Plus called Ted Lasso. This show I devoured completely. In fact, I'm watching it now for my third time through because there's so much great information in that show. In fact, Ted Lasso is a coach of football in the United States. He was hired to coach football in London. But his soccer, and he knew nothing about soccer. He moved from Kansas to London to coach a sport he knew nothing about. You'd think that would give him anxiety, right? Yeah. Did not affect him. He had the best attitude. He's so optimistic. He's so positive. I saw myself in that character. But there was something that gave him anxiety, and that was his son, that was his wife. And when he started having panic attacks and not knowing where they were coming from, he did not know what to do with that. In fact, they had a sports psychologist that helped them, that helped the team. And he poked fun at it, but eventually as fate would have it, he had to give in to what? The flow, the bigger mind. And he did just that. When he did that. He still had panic attacks, he's still had anxiety. Just like I said at the beginning, we all have anxiety about certain things, but it's how you look at it, how you frame it. Are you gonna think in this little mind that has so much limited ability, are you gonna think outside the box? In the big, big mind? You know, the one that has infinite answers to everything. I invite you today to check that out because when you sit with the process and you accept what is, and you surrender to the flow, to the infinite intelligence, the answers come. Because as a corporate wellness consultant, I have found that building healthy, happy teams. One heart at a time with the hearts that really matter, not the toxic ones, but the ones that really care. You and me can make a difference, and thank you for being part of my journey. Alright, that's my episode for today. I trust that you found it helpful. If you know someone who can benefit from this, please share it with them. And until next time, I'll see you next time. Peace out and Namaste.