Caroline Foran

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534 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 5 Jul

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Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna · Alive and Kicking Full Episode 5/7/26 · 5 Jul 2026 podcast

those speed bumps where I felt like I was thrust backwards were so important because that though that was data, like that was where I could learn, okay, well, maybe why did this happen this time?

Or what how did I respond to myself this time?

What could I have done differently here?

And so it's to n to feel anxiety again does not mean you are you've failed.

And it's not a per it's never a personal failing.

Um so that's yeah, really important for me to to keep that squiggly line.

I mean it's a very vulnerable thing to share and your instinct is to not want to share.

Of course it is because we're we're we're wired and we've been um we've evolved to think well we should only put our best foot forward because we might be thrust out of the group scenario.

You know, that's just like primal fear.

Um but we don't need to have those worries anymore.

And it's really important, like the social bonding for us and and the the parts of the brain that that lights up.

is so crucial to help you start to feel safe and calm and capable of moving forward.

So it is really important.

But it's really important that the person you talk to um can just sort of say, Yeah, I hear you.

That's really hard.

Let me know what I can do to help.

I think it's really, really important and people overlook it.

And a lot of the times our bodies can give us symptoms that really mimic anxiety and there can be such a there can be such a physical component that um like for example for me, you know, just a a year or two ago I went on this inhaler for bronchitis.

And it it it gave me such severe anxiety symptoms, like a racing heart.

And I started to think, oh my God, what's happening?

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