Kamran Bedi - The Anxiety Antidote: How awareness and action can lead to self-control and inner peace

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With everything as a world, we have experienced over the last few years Kamrans new inspiring book explains how to work with the mind and our thoughts in an easy and practical way.

Kelly Hoppen CBE. Interior Designer. Author. Entrepreneur.

Kamran explains how to work with the mind and our thoughts in a very practical and inspiring way. This book will help so many people who experience anxiety which can often feel like a lonely and confusing place. Through the guidance and exploration of the Anxiety Antidote it feels good to know that help is at hand.

Katie Piper OBE. Author, TV Presenter, Activist and founder of the Katie Piper Foundation.

I worked with Kamran on an arena tour in his life as a dancer. Anxiety is what people are dealing with every day and seeing him take his current career to a new world stage where he is educating and inspiring generations of their mind, emotions and anxiety is heart-warming.

Dame Arlene Phillips DBE. Choreographer. Theatre Director and TV presenter.

This is a book everyone should read to learn how to manage their thoughts and mental health

Emma Mumford bestselling author of Positively Wealthy

This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother, for her love lives on inside of me every single second of every day.

CONTENTS

GENERAL GUIDELINES

1. TAKING OTHER MEDICATIONS

The Anxiety Antidote is not a replacement for any medication that you may currently be taking. Please continue to take the diagnosed quantity of any medication that you have been prescribed by a medical professional. Always seek professional medical advice if you are considering changing, reducing and even stopping your medication intake.

2. HOW TO TAKE THE ANXIETY ANTIDOTE

Large doses of patience may be required. An open mind is also considered valuable to fully receive the benefits of the Anxiety Antidote. A daily practice of utilizing the tools and techniques will benefit you immensely. It is hugely important that you notice and embrace any positive changes that you experience, and that you share this with others.

3. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS

Inner peace. Self-awareness. The sudden disappearance of anxiety. Happiness. A sense of calm and possibly more emotional self-control. Joy. The disappearance of an anxious inner voice. Suddenly asking yourself, Why wasnt I taught this at school?, leading to possible anger (which is a different emotion to anxiety, so appreciate the change). The need and uncontrollable desire to buy multiple copies of The Anxiety Antidote to share with others, including strangers on the street.

Any positive side effects should be communicated on Instagram @coachkamranbedi and across all of your social media platforms using #theanxietyantidote

4. HOW TO STORE YOUR ANXIETY ANTIDOTE

Keep in reach of all children, teenagers and adults. Ensure it is fully visible and displayed to generate interest from others so that it may improve the mental health and anxiety symptoms of other humans on earth. Recommended for display on all commuter journeys, including trains, buses, subways, planes, boats, submarines and all other public spaces.

INTRODUCTION

A NEW DAY DAWNS

Kamran: When you think about your anxiety, what do you hear inside your mind? What is your inner voice saying? Just take a moment and connect with it; hear it, let it speak.

Client: It is generally considering what if situations, like What if I say something stupid and everyone laughs at me? or What if I get stuck on the train and cant get off?

Kamran: Thank you. And with what you hear, what do you see in the space of your thoughts? As you think and hear this inner dialogue, are there any pictures?

Client: Sometimes.

Kamran: Close your eyes if it helps and access the sounds and pictures. What do you see?

Client: I see the worst happening. People laughing at me, or me panicking on the train, feeling stuck and it ends there in my mind.

Kamran: And what do you feel from what you see and what you hear?

Client: Anxious.

Kamran: And where are those anxious feelings located in your body? Take a moment to connect with them and feel where they are now.

Client: In my stomach.

Kamran: Describe the shape to me of the anxious feelings that are in your stomach and if there is any movement.

Client: Its like a round knot thats moving around as though its in a washing machine. I sometimes wake up and this feeling in my stomach is already there.

Kamran: OK, I am going to show you how to work with your anxious inner voice, how to stop the anxious thoughts that you see in your mind and how to ease the feelings in your stomach quickly.

Client: If I knew how to do that, I would feel so much better Id feel like the old me.

Kamran: Then let me show you how.

THE APPROACH

As an anxiety and mindset practitioner, one of the most common things I hear from my clients who are experiencing anxiety is, I just want to feel like the old me. This theme comes up session after session, week after week, just as in the above conversation.

Another common question that I am asked is: How did you know that I have the voice in there? I have explored this further with various individuals who have even gone on to say, I thought it was only me that had that anxious inner chatter, or I didnt realize that people talk so much inside their head.

We all do it is usually my answer, because its true. We all think through pictures and have internal sounds. Most people, however, do not listen to that inner monologue or take notice of the pictures going through their minds; they just let them happen.

If you want to change or improve something in your life, including your anxiety, you must first begin to change and improve the thoughts that are being formed in your mind. These thoughts have a very real effect on how you feel and, consequently, behave.

Im sure you would have benefited greatly in your life if you had been taught at school how to understand how you are thinking, what it is making you feel, behave and experience, and how to effectively change your thoughts to improve how you are feeling. This is not something many of us are shown how to do. Whether you are 14 years old or 80 years old, learning about your mind and how to work with your thoughts can and will allow you to have a better experience in operating your mind and your emotions.