How to Manage Anxiety Day to Day: Elke Scholz on Nervous System Awareness

Anxiety usually gets talked about two ways: heavy clinical language or soft aesthetic wellness content. Psychotherapist Elke Scholz joins host Sana to explore what it feels like to live with anxiety and still function.

Elke shares her zero-to-ten awareness scale and the layers of anxiety she's mapped through years of practice and her own lived experience. You'll learn why the goal is noticing anxiety early, not eliminating it.

ABOUT THE GUEST:

Elke Scholz is a registered psychotherapist, internationally certified EMDR therapist, and expressive arts consultant based in Bracebridge, Ontario. She is the author of Loving Your Life Now and the Anxiety Warrior series, and manages her own generalized anxiety using the tools she teaches.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Use a zero-to-ten scale to notice anxiety before it builds.Anxiety often stacks in layers: physiology, perfectionism, self-doubt, memory.Dehydration can trigger anxious symptoms; a glass of water helps.Trust your own numbers; what overwhelms one person may not overwhelm you.

CONNECT WITH THE GUEST:

Website: elkescholz.com

Free calming techniques PDF: lovingyourlifebook.com

Books: Loving Your Life Now, Anxiety Warrior series

EPISODE CHAPTERS:

[00:00] Two Ways We're Taught to Talk About Anxiety (approx.)