Ourselves Podcast
Ourselves Podcast
Ourselves
Why Being a Filmmaker Made My Anxiety 10x Worse
24 minutes Posted Jan 29, 2025 at 4:00 pm.
Diving into Anxiety
Personal Experiences with Anxiety
Understanding the Feeling of Anxiety
Anxiety in the Creative Industry
Childhood and School Anxiety
Anxiety and Social Validation
Living in the Present
Silent Retreat Experience
College Anxiety and Medication
Entering the Professional World
The Competitive Creative Industry
Client Anxiety and Scarcity Mindset
Strategies to Tame Anxiety
Setting Boundaries and Saying No
Mindfulness and Physical Awareness
Alternative Therapies: Sauna and Meditation
Cold Therapy and Yoga
Supplementation and Medication
Overcoming Fear of Failure
Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Anxiety isn’t just about fear—it’s about survival. As a filmmaker, I was so afraid of losing clients that I would stress over them before I even booked the job. The pressure to stay relevant, to be irreplaceable, to overdeliver just to prove my worth—it consumed me.
But is this the price of success, or just a mental trap we fall into? In this episode, I break down the anxiety that haunts creatives, the scarcity mindset that holds us back, and the real strategies I use to tame it.
 
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