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The Empowered and Free Podcast
by Erin Kimbrell
On The Empowered and Free Podcast, counselor, certified life coach, & breathwork coach Erin Kimbrell helps you break free of your mental mess!Tune in to learn all about high functioning anxiety, perfectionism, people pleasing, overthinking, and never feeling good enough. Learn how to rest without guilt, set boundaries like a pro, and say “no”. Let’s talk about how to *actually* be kind to yourself and find confidence from within.This podcast features live coaching & breathwork sessions, heart-to-heart conversations, and quick, actionable tips to help you feel better!Listen in today!
Episodes
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10 Holiday Boundaries Scripts: How to Say “No” Nicely Without Feeling Guilty ☺️ Ep 67
If you feel mentally overloaded every holiday season, this episode will feel like a deep exhale. Today we’re talking all about holiday boundaries, saying “no” nicely, and letting go of the guilt that keeps you overwhelmed. Inside this episode, we cover: ✨ How to say “no” to holiday events without...
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Holiday Overwhelm Tips: How to Feel Less Overwhelmed During the Holidays 🎁 Ep 66
If the holidays make you feel anxious, stressed, or secretly resentful because you’re the one doing everything… this episode is for you. Today we’re talking about holiday overwhelm, mental load, emotional labor, burnout, and how busy women can feel calmer, lighter, and more supported this season....
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The Real Reason You Can’t Relax with High Functioning Anxiety (And How to Finally Start) 🙌 Ep 65
If you’ve ever tried to take a day off or just sit down to relax… and immediately felt restless, guilty, or like you should be doing something, you’re not alone. This isn’t laziness or a lack of discipline. It’s a sign your nervous system is stuck in survival mode. When you live with...
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Your Body Is Stuck in Fight-or-Flight 😱 Here’s How to Break Free 🙌 Ep 64
You tell yourself there’s nothing to worry about… but your body doesn’t believe you. In this episode, we’ll talk about what it means to be stuck in a “fight-or-flight” state, even when life looks calm on the outside. If your mind says “I’m fine,” but your chest is tight, your shoulders are tense,...
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Why You’re Always Anxious, Even When Life is Going Well 😰 Ep 63
Ever wonder why you still feel anxious, even when nothing’s technically wrong? In this episode, we’ll explore the hidden reasons high functioning anxiety sticks around, even when your life looks “good” on paper. If you’ve ever thought, “I should be happy right now…so why do I still feel this…
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7 Sneaky Signs of High Functioning Anxiety 🤫 Ep 62
If you’ve ever thought, “I’m just a little stressed… this is normal, right?” , this episode is for you. Today we’re uncovering 7 subtle, easy-to-miss signs of high functioning anxiety that might be running the show in your life (without you even realizing it). High functioning anxiety is...
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10 Things You Think Are Normal (That Are Actually High Functioning Anxiety) 😱 Episode 61
If you’ve ever wondered why you catch yourself replaying a conversation for the 100th time or feeling guilty for taking a break, this episode is for you. Today, we’re talking about 10 things you might think are just "quirks" or normal personality traits, but are actually signs of high functioning...
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How to Stop Overthinking: Simple Ways to Clear Your Mind 🧘♀️ Ep 60
In this episode, we’re tackling something we ALL do—overthinking! 🤯 Whether it’s replaying awkward moments from five years ago or stressing over things we can’t control, overthinking can be exhausting. But don’t worry, we’ve got your back! Today, we’re breaking down why we overthink, how it...
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6 Everyday Habits Making Your Anxiety Worse (And What to Do Instead!) 😩 Ep 59
As a busy woman, your to-do list is never-ending, and anxiety can feel like an unavoidable part of your day. But what if some of your daily habits were actually making your anxiety worse without you even realizing it? In this episode, Erin breaks down 6 common habits that are secretly fueling…
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The Top 10 Things I Wish I’d Known Sooner About Healing Anxiety: Mindset Shifts & Practical Tips ✅ Ep 58
In this episode, I’m sharing *The Top 10 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started My Anxiety Healing Journey.* You’ll learn the mindset mistakes I didn’t realize were fueling my anxiety, the most important mindset shifts to make that changed everything, and practical steps to start healing anxiety...
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How your exercise routine could be making your anxiety WORSE with Molly McNamee 🏃♀️ Ep 57
Could your exercise routine be making your anxiety WORSE?! You’ll find out in today’s episode! Erin is joined by Molly McNamee, a fitness coach also known as "the moving therapist" by her clients. Molly designs fitness programs tailored to alleviate stress, anxiety, and chronic pain. As someone…
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The WORST 🙅♀️ and BEST 👍 anxiety advice to follow in 2025 🤩 Ep 56
This empowering episode offers a fresh, hopeful perspective that moves beyond outdated, surface-level anxiety advice. Erin shares the WORST and BEST anxiety advice to follow in 2025. Tune in to learn proven strategies to achieve healing, growth, and peace of mind—starting today. Why You Should...
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How 2025 Will Be The Year You Overcome High Functioning Anxiety🤩 [HUGE Announcement Inside 🎉] Ep 55
In this profoundly encouraging episode, Erin takes you behind the scenes to explore the stark difference between life ruled by high-functioning anxiety and the freedom of living without it. If you've ever wondered how your days might feel without the constant overthinking, pressure, and emotional...
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🎄 [12 Days of Mental Wellness] 🎁 12 Anxiety Affirmations for Fast Anxiety Relief - Ep 54
🎉Welcome to Day 12 of our *12 Days of Mental Wellness* series! 🎄✨ The holiday season is a time of joy, but it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and heightened anxiety—especially for those of us navigating high-functioning anxiety. In this special holiday series, you’ll hear 12 days of holiday...
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🎄 [12 Days of Mental Wellness] 🎁 11:11 Moments and Glimmers: Finding Joy in the Little Things - Ep 53
🎉Welcome to Day 11 of our *12 Days of Mental Wellness* series! 🎄✨ The holiday season is a time of joy, but it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and heightened anxiety—especially for those of us navigating high-functioning anxiety. In this special holiday series, you’ll hear 12 days of holiday...
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🎄 [12 Days of Mental Wellness] 🎁 10 Minutes of Holiday Self-Care: Making Time for You Amid the Festivities - Ep 52
🎉Welcome to Day 10 of our *12 Days of Mental Wellness* series! 🎄✨ The holiday season is a time of joy, but it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and heightened anxiety—especially for those of us navigating high-functioning anxiety. In this special holiday series, you’ll hear 12 days of holiday...
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🎄 [12 Days of Mental Wellness] 🎁 9 Seconds of Visualization to Lessen Fear, Worry, and Anxiety - Ep 51
🎉Welcome to Day 9 of our *12 Days of Mental Wellness* series! 🎄✨ The holiday season is a time of joy, but it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and heightened anxiety—especially for those of us navigating high-functioning anxiety. In this special holiday series, you’ll hear 12 days of holiday…
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🎄 [12 Days of Mental Wellness] 🎁 Aim for 8: How Better Sleep Can Reduce Anxiety - Ep 50
🎉Welcome to Day 8 of our *12 Days of Mental Wellness* series! 🎄✨ The holiday season is a time of joy, but it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and heightened anxiety—especially for those of us navigating high-functioning anxiety. In this special holiday series, you’ll hear 12 days of holiday…
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🎄 [12 Days of Mental Wellness] 🎁 7 Seconds of Gratitude: Shift Your Mindset and Combat Negative Thinking - Ep 49
🎉Welcome to Day 7 of our *12 Days of Mental Wellness* series! 🎄✨ The holiday season is a time of joy, but it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and heightened anxiety—especially for those of us navigating high-functioning anxiety. In this special holiday series, you’ll hear 12 days of holiday…
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🎄 [12 Days of Mental Wellness] 🎁 6 Best Coffee Substitutes for Less Anxiety and More Energy - Ep 48
🎉Welcome to Day 6 of our *12 Days of Mental Wellness* series! 🎄✨ The holiday season is a time of joy, but it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and heightened anxiety—especially for those of us navigating high-functioning anxiety. In this special holiday series, you’ll hear 12 days of holiday…
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🎄 [12 Days of Mental Wellness] 🎁 5 Quick Steps to Instantly Release Stress and Relax Your Body - Ep 47
🎉Welcome to Day 5 of our *12 Days of Mental Wellness* series! 🎄✨ The holiday season is a time of joy, but it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and heightened anxiety—especially for those of us navigating high-functioning anxiety. In this special holiday series, you’ll hear 12 days of holiday…
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🎄 [12 Days of Mental Wellness] 🎁 4 Minutes to Calm Your Nervous System: A Simple Mindfulness Breathing Technique - Ep 46
🎉Welcome to Day 4 of our *12 Days of Mental Wellness* series! 🎄✨ The holiday season is a time of joy, but it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and heightened anxiety—especially for those of us navigating high-functioning anxiety. In this special holiday series, you’ll hear 12 days of holiday…
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🎄 [12 Days of Mental Wellness] 🎁 Pick 3: Clear Your Mind and Take Control of Your To-Do List to Stress Less - Ep 45
🎉Welcome to Day 3 of our *12 Days of Mental Wellness* series! 🎄✨ The holiday season is a time of joy, but it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and heightened anxiety—especially for those of us navigating high-functioning anxiety. In this special holiday series, you’ll hear 12 days of holiday…
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🎄 [12 Days of Mental Wellness] 🎁 Set 2 Realistic Holiday Expectations to Reduce Anxiety and Beat Perfectionism - Ep 44
🎉Welcome to Day 2 of our *12 Days of Mental Wellness* series! 🎄✨ The holiday season is a time of joy, but it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and heightened anxiety—especially for those of us navigating high-functioning anxiety. In this special holiday series, you’ll hear 12 days of holiday…
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🎄[12 Days of Mental Wellness] 🎁 The #1 Mental Block Fueling Your High Functioning Anxiety and How to Overcome It for Good
🎉Welcome to our *12 Days of Mental Wellness* series! 🎄✨ The holiday season is a time of joy, but it can also bring stress, overwhelm, and heightened anxiety—especially for those of us navigating high-functioning anxiety. In this special holiday series, you’ll hear 12 days of holiday tips for…
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How to Overcome Holiday Stress, Overwhelm, and Anxiety: Practical Tips for a Peaceful Holiday Season That You Actually Enjoy 🎄 Ep 42
The holiday season can be a magical time of year, but for those dealing with high functioning anxiety, it can also be a source of stress, overwhelm, and constant anxiety. Whether it's the pressure of family gatherings, the rush of gift shopping, or the endless to-do lists, the holidays often…
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3 MORE Quick Anxiety Hacks to Ease Anxiety Immediately - Try these now! ⚡️Ep 41
Want to feel less anxious fast? Try 3 MORE quick anxiety hacks to ease anxiety immediately! This episode is a sequel to my TOP episode ever, episode 29: 3 MORE Quick Anxiety Hacks to Ease Anxiety Immediately. Both of these episodes will be your GO TO episodes when you’re feeling anxious and want…
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How To Create Your Anti-Anxiety Morning Routine ☀️ Ep 40
Do you struggle with anxiety from the moment you wake up? Want to feel less anxious fast? Wish you could start your day with a morning routine that lowered your anxiety and set your day up for success? Look no further! In today’s episode, Erin shares how to create your anti-anxiety morning…
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I'm quitting. 😱 Ep 39
In this episode, Erin shares straight from her heart about quitting. She drops some major truth bombs about what is not working in her life and business as she vulnerably talks about her recent struggles. Erin lets you inside her head as she shares how to know when to quit and what to do about…
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What life WITHOUT high functioning anxiety looks like 🤩 Real-life before and after comparison 😱 Ep 38
In response to an Instagram comment that said, “It’s hard to imagine life without anxiety”, Erin gives you a real-life behind-the-scenes view of her life. She compares her daily experiences BEFORE healing her high functioning anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder to her present-day reality...
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Why Free From Anxiety™️ is DIFFERENT than any other anxiety help out there 👀 Peeling back the curtain on the mental health industry secrets 🤫 Ep 37
Free From Anxiety™️ is intentionally created to be DIFFERENT than anything else out there! Erin is teaching you everything she DIDN’T learn in therapy or when she was in school getting her counseling degree. You’re not going to learn about boring (and unproductive) anxiety tips, tricks, and tools...
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Your natural anxiety solution is here! The doors to Free From Anxiety™️ are OPEN for 2024…but only for a short time! ⏰ Ep 36
👀 If you’ve been looking for a natural way to feel less anxious, your search is over! Free From Anxiety™️ is your holistic anxiety solution to heal your anxiety naturally and feel less anxious for good! 🚪 The doors to my exclusive Free From Anxiety™ program are now OPEN for the one and only…
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Are anxiety and high functioning anxiety CONTROLLING your life? 😩 Watch out for these sneaky signs! Plus, Erin shares more of her never-before-shared anxiety story 💗 Ep 35
Be on the lookout for these sneaky signs of anxiety and high functioning anxiety! Anxiety is controlling your life, and you need to know what to watch out for! Take a look inside your anxious brain: real-life anxious thoughts, worries, fears, worst-case scenarios, and intrusive thoughts. Learn…
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How to feel less anxious about holiday gatherings - Holiday Anxiety Series Part 2 🎄 Ep 34
WHEW…the holidays can be a super stressful time! The most joyful time of the year also brings the most anxiety. Join Erin in a 2-part series on holiday anxiety so you can learn how to feel less anxious this holiday season. Part 2 in the series is all about how to feel less anxious during holiday...
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Got festive holiday anxiety? Here's 3 tips to help when you’re feeling anxious around the holidays - Holiday Anxiety Series Part 1 🎄 Ep 33
WHEW…the holidays can be a super stressful time! The most joyful time of the year also brings the most anxiety! Join Erin in a 2-part series on holiday anxiety so you can learn how to feel less anxious this holiday season. Part 1 in the series is all about the mindset blocks that hold you back…
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Are you anxious about the next time you’ll be anxious? Here’s how to STOP! 🛑 Ep 32
Ever catch yourself stressing about when the anxiety is going to HIT you out of nowhere? Are you anxious about the next time you’ll be anxious? When you’re feeling good (for once), do you wonder when you’ll be flooded with worry again? That’s no way to live! But it’s exactly how so many of us...
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7 Signs You’re A Perfectionist (and how it's making your life harder) 💯 Ep 31
Are you a perfectionist? Maybe you just want things exactly *perfect* like you like them and don’t see it as a problem. Here's the not-so-good news: Perfectionism is making your life harder. Tune in to learn about the dark side of perfectionism and how to know if your overachieving Type A...
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What to do when you’re overwhelmed 😩 3 tips to help! Ep 30
Want to feel less overwhelmed fast? Try these 3 quick tips to stop feeling overwhelmed immediately! This episode will be your GO TO episode when you’re feeling overwhelmed and want to feel lighter. Tune in as Erin walks you through her 3 favorite tips to get rid of overwhelm! In today’s episode,...
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3 Quick Anxiety Hacks to Ease Anxiety Immediately - Try these now! ⚡️Ep 29
Want to feel less anxious fast? Try these 3 quick anxiety hacks to ease anxiety immediately! This episode will be your GO TO episode when you’re feeling anxious and want to feel lighter. Tune in as Erin walks you through her 3 client-favorite anxiety hacks to get rid of anxiety! In today’s…
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The top 5 things I wish I would’ve known sooner (about anxiety) 🧐 Ep 28
After struggling with anxiety for over 30 years and then FINALLY learning how to feel free from anxiety, Erin has learned a thing or two along the way. Tune in to hear the top 5 things she wishes she would have known sooner about anxiety. In today’s episode, you will learn: The absolute worst…
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Anxiety 101 - All about anxiety in a way that totally makes sense to you 🙌 Ep 27
Stop making anxiety complicated. It’s already overwhelming enough to try to figure out how to deal with anxiety all while feeling super anxious. You search Google to get some advice and are flooded with hundreds of thousands of websites, advice, and ads. Feeling immediately overwhelmed, you shut...
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Anxiety is LYING to You! Anxious thoughts are NOT true 🚫 Ep 26
Stop believing the lies! Anxiety is a LIAR. Do worst case scenarios and intrusive thoughts swirl around in your mind? Do you feel like bad things are going to happen and that your worst fears will come true? Do you catch yourself going down the rabbit hole of anxious thoughts? It doesn’t have to…
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Are you constantly feeling overwhelmed? 5 Tips for Overwhelmed Working Moms with High Functioning Anxiety 💗 Ep 25
Are the demands of work, motherhood, and relationships in your life feeling like too much? It can be SO overwhelming to do it all 😩 But don’t lose hope just yet! Today, Erin is sharing 5 easy ways to reduce anxiety and cope with overwhelm. In today’s episode, you'll learn: How to get rid of...
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Ep 24: High Functioning Anxiety’s 3 BFFs: perfectionism, people pleasing, overwhelm
What do Regina George and high functioning anxiety have in common? Sounds like an unlikely match, right?! Think again! In any stereotypical 2000’s movie about high school girls (especially the one titled Mean Girls), the main character always has a posse following her. Let’s chat about the posse...
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Ep 23: SHHH...5 Things People With High Functioning Anxiety Secretly Do
Welp, the secret’s out! Struggling with high functioning anxiety is something you’ve kept secret for far too long. In today’s episode, Erin pulls back the curtain on hidden high functioning anxiety signs and symptoms. Are you doing any of these 5 things? In today’s episode, Erin shares: Why being...
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Ep 22: How An Unhappy Marriage Causes Anxiety with Elizabeth Soto-Baez
Is your unhappy marriage causing you to feel anxious? Do you feel like you’re walking on eggshells around your partner, you have to be careful what you say, and you’re constantly trying not to set him off? Do you feel like you can’t breathe, rest, or fully be yourself? Feeling anxious isn’t…
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Ep 21: Why You Need to STOP “Managing” Your Anxiety
😳 Ooooooh, Erin is stepping on toes today! This is a controversial topic because so many mental health professionals are talking about how to manage your anxiety. Erin breaks it down to explain why that is NOT what you should be doing. Tune in to learn why managing your anxiety ISN'T the way to…
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Ep 20: 3 Hard Truths You’ve Been Avoiding (and Why They’re Hurting You)
Erin is dropping 3 truth bombs that you NEED to hear! 💣 These things are hurting you and keeping you stuck. Tune in today to hear these 3 hard truths. In today’s episode, Erin shares: How you get stuck in a cycle of suffering What to do when you’re in a tough situation How to reach out for the...
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Ep 19: Do THIS to Stop Anxious Thoughts
Do you struggle with anxious thoughts? Does it feel impossible to stop your worries, overthinking, and intrusive thoughts? Tune in today to learn what to do! In today’s episode, Erin shares: How to stop anxious thoughts What anxious thoughts really are How to lean into your anxiety instead of...
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Ep 18: Break Free From Anxiety - Is that really possible?
Break free from anxiety…what does that mean? Is it really possible, or is it a bunch of baloney?! Erin gives real life examples of how her clients have changed their lives and feel free from anxiety. Tune in to hear what your life could be like with less anxiety! In today’s episode, Erin shares:...
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On The Empowered and Free Podcast, counselor, certified life coach, & breathwork coach Erin Kimbrell helps you break free of your mental mess!Tune in to learn all about high functioning anxiety, perfectionism, people pleasing, overthinking, and never feeling good enough. Learn how to rest without guilt, set boundaries like a pro, and say “no”. Let’s talk about how to *actually* be kind to yourself and find confidence from within.This podcast features live coaching & breathwork sessions, heart-to-heart conversations, and quick, actionable tips to help you feel better!Listen in today!
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