Anxiety as a Compass: Exploring Ikigai, Empathy, and Emotional Wellbeing with Catherine Deeks Gnocchi
About this episode
Catherine Deeks Gnocchi discusses how anxiety can serve as a guide to reconnect with personal values and emotional wellbeing.
Anxiety isn’t a malfunction to be silenced; it’s a message asking to be heard. We sit down with therapist and educator Catherine Deeks Gnocchi to rethink fear through the lenses of evolution, mindfulness-based psychotherapy, and Japanese ikigai—revealing how anxiety can guide you back to your values and toward a life that actually fits. Catherine breaks down the nervous system in plain language: anxiety mobilizes the sympathetic “protect” response, while empathy and connection restore the pa...
People in this episode
Host: Nick Kemp
Guest: Catherine Deeks Gnocchi
Topics covered
- anxiety
- ikigai
- empathy
- emotional wellbeing
- mindfulness
- psychotherapy
Keywords
- anxiety
- ikigai
- empathy
- mindfulness
- psychotherapy
- emotional wellbeing
- nervous system
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