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Embrace It All!
by Angela Adams
Although living with anxiety can be a challenge, did you know that you can really enjoy your life and thrive, despite dealing with anxiety? I know, because I have dealt with anxiety since the age of 10. This podcast is for anyone who deals with anxiety and overwhelm regularly. Each week you will come to understand that anxiety and overwhelm do not define who you are. You are so much more! Whether you are a young adult, just starting out, a mom in the middle of raising a young family, or you are in the mid stage of life, you will be able to understand and take charge of your emotions, in particualr anxiety and overwhelm, by listening to and applying the concepts and the tools I teach here and in no time you will see how you can embrace and love all of it.
Episodes
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The Real Secret to a Next-Level Marriage
On this episode I will discuss the real secret to a next-level marriage (Hint: It’s Not Just Communication) As summer winds down, we are diving deep into a topic that has been on my heart for a long time. It all started with a vivid dream about my nieces asking for the ultimate secret to a long,...
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Grief Has No Expiration Date, But You Don't Have to Stay Stuck There
In this episode, I’m opening up about the emotional roller coaster of my recent weeks. Between celebrating 39 years of marriage and navigating my daughter Jessica’s birthday and the 3rd anniversary of her passing, I learned in a very raw way that grief simply doesn't have an expiration date. It…
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Being Firmly Committed
In this episode, I share our nine‑day trip that became far more than a vacation—it became a reset button for our marriage and a living lesson in what firm commitment really looks like. The journey begins in Maryland, serving alongside our sons and a group of young adults in a community project...
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When the Mind Tells Stories: Recognizing Destructive Thoughts and Finding the Truth
This episode blends real‑life storytelling with powerful mindset tools. After navigating our grandson’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis, preparing a major presentation, and launching a scholarship in our daughter’s name, I found myself face‑to‑face with destructive thought patterns I thought I had...
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The Three Most Important Relationships in Your Life
Strong relationships are fundamental to our existence. We all need each other! But there are three most important relationships are imperative for each of us to develop and strengthen before we can create and strengthen all other relationships in our lives. In this espisode I explore these...
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A New Year and a New Season of Change
The theme for this past year as well as the beginning of this year for our family can be summed up into one word: CHANGE. Each one of us has experienced so many changes. And yet, through it all, we have become stronger, and our ability to adjust has increased tremendously. We have formed new...
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But If Not: When Miracles Don't happen the Way We Hope
I had a friend ask me an interesting question several weeks ago. It has given me much to think about since then, and has led me to ponder my own experience of not receiving the miracle I had hoped for two years ago. My plans don't always line up with God's plans for me, and I continue to be faced...
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Gone and Forgotten and Other Lies
On this episode I share how believing two thoughts created so much misery for too long. Our brains offer us thousands of thoughts each day, some are true and some are stories and some are downright lies. Unfortunately, for me, I believed two lies my brain offered me, causing nothing but worry and...
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What I am Learning from the Pain of Unmet Expectations
Over the course of the last month and a half I have had several experiences that have helped me learn how painful it can be when our expectations don't line up with others' expecttions. In this episode I share several experiences that have helped me learn the pain that can be caused when our...
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Learning That I Can Accept Change, Again
That last two months have brought more changes to our family, and with it all the emotions of feeling joy and sorrow at the same time have been overwhelming. My heart has been heavy and I haven’t been able to put into words all that I am thinking and feeling. I am going to try, in this episode…
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Understanding My Anger
I have learned and experienced over the last 22 months the many ways that grief manifests itself in me. I knew that anger could be one way, but up until December of 2024 I hadn't experienced it. Then it it. In this episode I briefly share my epxerience with the overwhelming anger that flooded my...
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Understanding My "Why" For the Things I Do
It's been a while, I know. But I am back! Today I will briefly explain part of my journey over the last few months and one way that helped me climb out of my own discouragment and worry spiral. And it all has to do with understanding my "why" for everything I do. There is so much we can discover...
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How EMDR Therapy Unlocked the Trauma in my Brain
In this episode I briefly share how EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) Therapy helped to unlock not only the trauma from Jessica's death, but trauma from years before. I will explain what it is designed to do and my own experience with it. If you are experiencing any type of trauma…
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How Self-Compassion is Healing the Wounds
It's been awhile, I know. Over the last month, my emotions were quite heavy overall. I have felt the pain and sadness of Jessica's absence more than I thought I would. And it confused me. Afterall, it has already been a year and half since her death. Shouldn't I be feeling better by now? The…
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Traveling Down the Road of Regret is not Worth it
Shortly after Jessica died, I started to travel down the road regret. suddenly I found myself in the state of “ wish I would have and wish I could have”. I wish I would have told her I loved her more often. I wished I would have not gotten so angry over petty things when she was growing up. I…
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Choosing to Turn Toward Each Other
Shortly after Jessica's death, a friend of mine shared with me that there is a high percentage of marriages that don't survive after the death of a child. Although shocked at first that she would share this with me so soon after Jessica's passing, it gave Dave and I a chance to discuss our...
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The Importance of Remembering
For the past several weeks I have been going through pictures and trying to organize them. Each picture created a memory and gave me a chance to reflect on how our family has evolved and grown over the years. The experiences captured in these pictures not only tell a story, but they also create...
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Learning What it Means to Personally Trust God and Let Go
Over that last three months a lot has happened with our family. So many wonderful and hard experiences at the same time. And in the middle of all of it, my faith and trust in God and my Savior was stretched more than it has ever been. In today's episode I will share this personal experience with...
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Learning to Doubt Not and Fear Not
I am learning that after experiencing a traumatic event, your mind is constantly on high alert, just waiting for the next traumatic thing to happen. This is quite normal, but it is not easy to go through. In this short episode I will share an experience that is helping me to put it all into…
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Finding Miracles Along the Way
This month was filled with celebrations, and also many "firsts". During the first year after a loved one dies, you experience the holidays and celebrations for the first time without them, and it can be so painful. I've struggled a lot this month, and my tears flow daily. But as I have reflected…
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What I am Learning About Becoming Resilient
Over the last 8 months I am learning what it means to become resilient. Some people think that resiliency means that you brush off your challenges, pull up your boot straps, and move on. But as I continue on this journey, I am coming to understand that resiliency is definitely not that at all. On...
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What I am learning from following impressions and feeling anger
There will be times in our lives when we receive strong impressions. Sometimes those impressions make sense, but more often than not, at least in my life, they don't. Today I will share one such impression with you and why I am so grateful that I followed it even though at the time it didn't make...
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When Sleep Doesn't Come
Two months after Jessica's death, I would consistently wake up in the middle of the night with my stomach in knots. I would try to figure out what triggered it, using some familiar tools, but nothing worked. In this episode I will share what I am learning to do when sleep doesn't come. To connect...
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It's Okay to Take it Slow
The way we experience grief can be so different in the way others do. One of the things I am noticing in my own grieving process is that I am moving at a much slower rate than I ever have been. On today's episode I talk about what this looks like and how I am learning to embrace this in myself.…
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How I am Learning to Mourn with and Comfort others
I thought I knew what it meant to mourn with those that mourn and comfort those that need comforting. But I didn't quite fully undersand. In this brief episode I will share with you what I am learning and the impact it is having on my family. To connect with Angela Adams Shoot me an email:...
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What I am Learning From a Broken Heart
My heart is broken, and I suppose it will be for a very long time. As I am mourning, I am learning what it is to be comforted, truly comforted in very personal way. Today I want to share with you what I am learning from my broken heart. To connect with Angela Adams Shoot me an email:...
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What I Hope For In 2024
It's a new year. In the past I would be excited for the new year, making long lists of resolutions and goals for myself. But this is year is different. Honestly, the thought of making any type of resolution or goal for this upcoming year seemed to be too much and I decided I was just going to let...
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It's Not Going to be a Terrible Christmas
This Christmas is going to look a lot different for our family. And to some, it might seem like we are going to have a terrible Christmas. Today I will share, briefly, my thoughts as to why I will have a good Christmas this year. To connect with Angela Adams Shoot me an email:...
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When Life Takes an Unexpected Turn
Four months ago my life took a very unexpected turn. In today's episode I will share with you where I've been and the impression that has carried me through. If you are willing to come on this journey with me, maybe together we can learn how to embrace even the emotion of grief. To connect with...
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The Reason Why You Aren't Happy
I confes, I am a self-improvement junkie, so to speak. My bookshelf is lined with a wide variety of self-help books spanning the topics of, marriage, motherhood and parenting, spiritual growth, goal setting, productivity, mindfulness and meditation, personal growth, mental health, etc. In most of...
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You Have Options
When we are feeling stressed, often our brains get stuck thinking that there is only one option regarding the situation. For many, thinking there is only one option available, causes immediate overwhelm and sometimes even a little panic. In today's short episode, I will teach you why your brain...
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God Always Has My Back
I don't believe in coincidences. I don't. I believe that God always has my back and what some people call coincidences, I call tender mercies. Tender mercies are described as very personal and individualized blessings, strength, protection, assurances, guidance, loving kindnesses, consolation,...
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Small Shifts Make a Big Difference
I have come to realize that before I can make any type of improvement or progess in my life, I have to create shifts in my thinking and belief first. These shifts don't have to be big. In fact, consistently making small shifts in my thinking have created amazig results. Massive success doesn't...
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It's Okay to Look Back Sometimes
Yesterday I saw a sign that read, “Don’t look back. You’re not going that way”. This has become a very popular sentiment, especially when it comes to our mental health and well being. But, I don’t fully agree with this idea of not looking back. I think there can be real value when we look back.…
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How to Create Postive and Loving Relationships with Sarah Curtis Part two
Sarah and I are back to discuss even more ideas on how to create positive and loving relationhsips. It's no secret that men and women think differently, act differently, and feel love differently. And because of this, marriage relationships require a lot of time and effort to create the love we...
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How to Create Postive and Loving Relationships with Sarah Curtis
Episode 100 is here, and I knew I wanted to discuss something that is extremely important to me. This topic is something that I am so passionate about, and one that I have devoted most of my life, my time, and my energy into. Over the years I have learned that anything that is important to me,...
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How To Make Things Easy and Fun
I am not naive to the fact many things we experience in this life aren’t always described as fun. I get that, believe me. There are so many circumstances that can seem very heavy and serious. But I also believe that sometimes we can make even our everyday circumstances a lot harder than they…
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Discovering Your Inherent Identity With Tyson Bradley
Everything we create in our lives is the result of what we think in response to the circumstances we experience. One of the tools we use to become aware of why we are creating our current results is the Model. But what about understanding our inherent identity? We know that we are all children of...
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Model Magic
Because I believe self-awareness is so important, I use a tool with my clients that is somewhat of a "magic wand" so to speak. It's a very simple but highly effective tool, called "The Model". This Cognitive Behavior Therapy tool was created in a very simplistic way by Master Certified Life…
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How Do You Want To Show Up?
On this episode we will explore a very simple concept, or rather a question that has made such a profound impact in my life since starting this work. It’s a question that makes you stop and when answered, puts you in control of whatever situation you may find yourself in. Here it is: How Do I…
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You Are the Perfect Mother
The other day one of my sons asked me to find a picture for him, one at about the time he was 5 or 6 years old. IN my quest for this certain picture, I took a trip down memory lane, looking through so many pictures of our young family. But what I mostly focused on was the young mother in those...
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Mirror Mirror on the Wall...Are You Mirroring Other People's Emotions? What is Your Responsibility When it Comes to Someone Else's Emotions?
As human beings we are wired for connection and one of the strongest ways we can connect is through shared feelings, and empathy. In the last several years, researchers have actually found that our brains have what are called mirror neurons suggesting that there is biological base for empathy....
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Let's Stop Beating Ourselves Up!
Doesn't it feel so good when someone else extends mercy towards you? When someone forgives you and has patience with you whenever you mess up? Doesn't it just make you apprecite and love them even more? Why is it so hard to extend that same mercy and forgiveness to ourselves? Why, instead, are we...
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When someone we love is struggling
Recently I have been reflecting on the struggles that some of my loved ones are going through. This seems to be a common theme lately with some of my clients as well. They all have someone in their lives that are struggling in one form or another, so Today I want to discuss a few things that I…
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Being Willing to be Terrible At This
We all have inadequacies. It’s part of the human experience. But it’s what we think about our inadequacies that can keep us from learning, growing and progressing. I have dealt with a lot of perfectionism for years. At the heart of perfectionism is the desire to be good. Not just in behavior, but...
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What Do You Need?
What do you need? Such a simple question, right? But did you have to take a minute to answer it? Sometimes as women we discount what we need, or don’t understand how to communicate what it is we need because we have gotten into the habit of brushing our needs aside while caring for everyone…
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Why Both Quick Wins and Slow and Steady Progress are Important For Our Overall Emotional Health
When it comes to our overall mental and emotional health, expierencing both quick wins and slow and steady progress are equally important. Our brain really likes the quick wins, but the slow and steady progress is much harder for our brains to navigate and stay motivated. As we are working…
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When That Self-Critic Shows Up and Wants to Stay
Have you ever had someone show up on your doorstep unnanounced, who just wanted to come on in and stay for a while? I have! In fact it happened just last week. My self-critical brain showed up and wanted to stay for a while. Unfortunately, I let it in. Big mistake! Without me realizing what was...
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Navigating Separation and Divorce in a Christ-Centered Way with Hyo North
The circumstances in our lives are always changing, so becoming emotionally resilient is such an important skill to learn. It’s an ongoing process, for sure, but when we can become emotionally resilient we have the strength to face any challenge life throws our way . One change in circumstance…
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The Only Thing You Can Control
We cannot control the circumstances in our lives, and the circumstances in our lives cannot control us. The only thing we have control over is the way we respond to them, how we perceive them and what we make them mean, especially about ourselves. This week we talk about why we want to hold on...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Although living with anxiety can be a challenge, did you know that you can really enjoy your life and thrive, despite dealing with anxiety? I know, because I have dealt with anxiety since the age of 10. This podcast is for anyone who deals with anxiety and overwhelm regularly. Each week you will come to understand that anxiety and overwhelm do not define who you are. You are so much more! Whether you are a young adult, just starting out, a mom in the middle of raising a young family, or you are in the mid stage of life, you will be able to understand and take charge of your emotions, in particualr anxiety and overwhelm, by listening to and applying the concepts and the tools I teach here and in no time you will see how you can embrace and love all of it.
HOSTED BY
Angela Adams
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Although living with anxiety can be a challenge, did you know that you can really enjoy your life and thrive, despite dealing with anxiety? I know, because I have dealt with anxiety since the age of 10. This podcast is for anyone who deals with anxiety and overwhelm regularly. Each week you will...
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