Badass Confidence Coach | Your Personal Trainer for Your Mind
The Badass Confidence Coach is your go-to podcast for high-achieving women and men ready to step into their full potential. Hosted by Anna Marolin, therapist, life coach, and 20-year triathlete, this show is not your average therapy session. Anna is on a mission to empower everyone to overcome their self-doubt, crush their goals, and live their most badass lives.
Tune in to discover practical strategies, candid conversations, and actionable advice to conquer the challenges holding you back. From battling loneliness and anxiety to mastering mindset shifts and embracing self-love, Anna dives deep into the struggles we all face, alongside insightful guest interviews and engaging discussions with her husband, Tim.
Expect raw honesty, unwavering support, and a hefty dose of inspiration as Anna shares her expertise gained from over two decades of counseling and coaching experience. Whether you're seeking to boost your confidence, redefine success, or simply kick ass in life, The Badass Confidence Coach is your personal guide to unlocking your full potential.
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Badass Confidence Coach | Your Personal Trainer for Your Mind
277. The Habits That Are Quietly Worsening Your Mental Health
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
It doesn’t look destructive. It looks normal. It looks like staying informed, thinking things through, being strong, or just unwinding at the end of the day. But underneath it, something is building.
Join Anna and Tim as they break down the everyday habits that feel harmless, even helpful, but are quietly increasing anxiety, draining energy, and pulling people further into their heads. This conversation gets real about the subtle ways mental health erodes, from constant stimulation to avoidance to comparison, and why most people don’t even realize it’s happening. It’s not about changing your personality; it’s about getting honest about your behavior.
This Episode Covers
- Doom scrolling to “stay informed” and flooding your nervous system.
- How the brain reads everything as danger, no matter the source.
- Overthinking as a false sense of control and not real problem-solving.
- Replaying conversations and strengthening the anxiety pathway.
- Emotional avoidance that shows up as “I’m fine” and staying busy.
- Unprocessed emotions turning into irritability, numbness, and resentment.
- Sabotaging sleep and why it impacts mood, impulse control, and anxiety.
- Comparing your inside to someone else’s highlight reel and fueling shame.
Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.
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