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Sarah Wilson is best-known as the founder of I Quit Sugar, and now she is at the forefront of another movement tackling one of the primary forms of human suffering: anxiety. \nOn this episode of Women of Impact with Lisa Bilyeu, best-selling author Sarah Wilson details specific methods for dealing with fear, anxiety, the feeling of overwhelm, and even full-on panic attacks. She advocates reading about others who have suffered, writing out your emotional reactions by hand, having intimate conversations with both acquaintances and strangers, learning to sit with your pain and discomfort, and talking to yourself as you would to your best friend. \n[Original air date: 5/20/20].\n\nSHOW NOTES: \n\nSarah talks about how COVID-19 has revealed the lies we\u2019ve been telling ourselves [3:08] \nSarah describes the freeze mechanism, our response to fear when we can\u2019t fight or flee [5:33] \nSarah details specific strategies for dealing with feeling overwhelmed [8:56] \n\u201cLet\u2019s run the experiment.\u201d [10:28] Sarah advocates talking to yourself as if you were your best friend, or even a small child [11:57] \nHow to deal with an outright panic attack [13:01] Why it\u2019s valuable to write out by hand what is going on emotionally [13:45] \nSarah explains why she reads about world leaders and what they suffered [15:28] \nLisa and Sarah discuss how your failures lead to your ultimate success [19:20] \nSarah talks about getting older as an unmarried woman with no kids [23:17] \nSarah describes the biological need for human contact [26:03] \nSarah discusses how technology has prepared us for everything except real life [30:13] \nIt is not natural to be sent into isolation to deal with a crisis [31:09] \nSarah advocates having really intimate conversations with people [32:38] \nSarah doesn\u2019t eliminate bad habits. She forms new good habits. [35:47] \nSarah describes her process for identifying the deep needs underneath bad habits [39:34] \nSarah says that her anxiety is her superpower [44:33] \n\nFOLLOW LISA: \nInstagram: https://bit.ly/2TIsoKh \n\nFOLLOW SARAH: \nWEBSITE: sarahwilson.com \nINSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3cMattb \nFACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2Tiao8D \nTWITTER: https://bit.ly/2yfyCJw \nPRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF LISA'S BOOK "RADICAL CONFIDENCE"\xa0\n(NOW IN PAPERBACK & WITH A NEW CHAPTER!) & GET YOUR FREE BADASS BONUSES: https://bit.ly/radcon\n\nSPONSORS:\nSign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/lisa now to grow your business\u2013no matter what stage you\u2019re in.\nPost your job for free at https://LinkedIn.com/LISA.\nGet 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase\nyour first purchase by going to https://drinkAG1.com/lisa.\nGo to https://tryviome.com/LISA and use code LISA to get 20% off your first 3 months, and take control of your gut health today!\n\n***CALLING ALL BADASSES!***\nIf you really want to level up your confidence game, check out the WOMEN OF IMPACT SUBSCRIPTION, specially designed to turn you into the badass you were born to be!\xa0\n\n*New episodes delivered ad-free, EXCLUSIVE access to hundreds of archived Women of Impact episodes, and so much more!*\nDon't settle for mediocrity when you can be extraordinary!\n\n*****Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/457ebrP*****\nSubscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices