PT218 - Dena Justice - How to Beat Anxiety

<p><span style="font-weight: 400">In this episode, Joe interviews Psychedelics Today's first 3-time guest, Dena Justice of the Ecstatic Collective. </span></p> <p>They discuss the ins and outs of something we're all too familiar with: anxiety. They talk about how Western society's lack of community and focus on doing things yourself (and not asking for help) mixed with a weird pride in being overworked and stressed has created a world where we all deal with daily anxiety, and deal with it differently. She first became addicted to exercise, but realized that learning to slow down, ignoring FOMO and embracing JOMO (the joy of missing out), having fewer goals in favor of more accomplishment, embracing play as a way of finding flow state, celebrating <span style="font-weight: 400">accomplishments</span> instead of failures, and tuning her frequency towards happiness has helped her change her life drastically for the better.</p> <p>She talks about more ways to combat anxiety, and her new program where you can sign up for these kinds of tips and tricks to be emailed to you on a regular basis (sign up <a href= "https://ecstaticcollective.mykajabi.com/reduceanxiety" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>). She is also offering a valuable discounted bundle of courses in partnership with Psychedelics Today, which includes 2 Ecstatic Collective courses and 2 Psychedelics Today courses.</p> <h2>Notable Quotes</h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“The best thing you can do is learn to be uncomfortable.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“Talking about playful things is just tapping into the inner child inside of us, giving ourselves permission to play. Go to the playground. Ignore the sign that says ‘this playspace is designated for 12-year-olds and under.’ F that! Your tax dollars paid for that playground. Go play on that playground!”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“Look at all these non-ordinary states of consciousness and how they tie in here- meditation, breathwork, exercise, early