Sarah Wilson on Strategies For Dealing With Difficult Situations | Women of Impact

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. On 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. This episode is brought to you by: Impact Theory University: university.impacttheory.com Best Fiends: Download Best Fiends FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play. BLUblox: Go to blublox.com/woi for 15% off your order or use discount code WOI at checkout. SHOW NOTES:  Sarah talks about how COVID-19 has revealed the lies we’ve been telling ourselves [3:08] Sarah describes the freeze mechanism, our response to fear when we can’t fight or flee [5:33] Sarah details specific strategies for dealing with feeling overwhelmed [8:56] “Let’s run the experiment.” [10:28] Sarah advocates talking to yourself as if you were your best friend, or even a small child [11:57] How to deal with an outright panic attack [13:01] Why it’s valuable to write out by hand what is going on emotionally [13:45] Sarah explains why she reads about world leaders and what they suffered [15:28] Lisa and Sarah discuss how your failures lead to your ultimate success [19:20] Sarah talks about getting older as an unmarried woman with no kids [23:17] Sarah describes the biological need for human contact [26:03] Sarah discusses how technology has prepared us for everything except real life [30:13] It is not natural to be sent into isolation to deal with a crisis [31:09] Sarah advocates having really intimate conversations with people [32:38] Sarah doesn’t eliminate bad habits. She forms new good habits. [35:47] Sarah describes her process for identifying the deep needs underneath bad habits [39:34] Sarah says that her anxiety is her superpower [44:33]  FOLLOW LISA: Instagram: https://bit.ly/2TIsoKh FOLLOW SARAH: WEBSITE: sarahwilson.com INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3cMattb FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2Tiao8D TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2yfyCJw  Are You Ready for EXTRA Impact? Calling all Badasses!! If 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!  Women of EXTRA Impact Subscription Benefits: New episodes delivered ad-free Exclusive access to listen to Women of Impact round table discussions, weekly motivation, previously unreleased episodes, and more!  Subscriber-only access to an additional 4 podcasts with hundreds of archived Women of Impact episodes, meticulously curated into themed playlists, and updated weekly. Looking to boost your confidence? Check out the Get Confident playlist.  Want to repair and heal your relationships? Start with Love Lab.  Curious about your health? We’ve got you covered in Health Hub.  And of course, weekly boosts of mini-motivation from Lisa herself that'll have you strutting through life with your head held high on the Badass Boosts playlist  Don't settle for mediocrity when you can be extraordinary! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/457ebrP Subscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/