Talking Teenage Anxiety With Gianna
Tackling teenage anxiety as parents.
Listen in as Phil and Gianna get down to the basics of how to help your teen or tween through anxiety.
Speaking from experience, with having 2 teens in the house, both Phil and Gianna tackle anxiety from not only the viewpoint of being parents but also as survivors of anxiety themselves.
For Phil, his anxiety happens when his mind and body fail to sync up. Finding himself fighting the classic signs of Panic Attacks, Phil has learned that the best way to get his brain to relax and match the speed of his body is through meditation. Taking those deep breaths and grounding himself, letting his brain realise that it’s time to slow down from the 100 miles per hour speed it normally runs at, to a much easier and slower speed.
Gianna then opens up about her own battles in her early 20s, and not being able to afford support, having to rely on informal support in the form of her sister. With every negative thought, Gianna’s sister would challenge her to turn it into something positive. Gianna also goes into how reading and teaching herself about the brain and its functionality has helped her with her anxiety.
With the speed of the world and our brains not being able to keep up with the constant changes, listen to parents Phil and Gianna talk about the 4 steps to take to help reign in anxiety and the 7 steps that not only parents but all caregivers should be on the lookout for in their teen or tween, that show when they are battling anxiety.
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Phillip Di Bella
Entrepreneurship is a way of life and intelligence for me, not a title. Every project that I embark upon, my goal is to do it different or better than anyone else. It was this passion and entrepreneurial spirit that led me to start up my first business venture, a small coffee-roasting operation in the suburbs of Brisbane in 2002. I identified a gap in the coffee market. There was no local coffee company that successfully matched the quality of their products with excellent customer service and a strong brand, all at a reasonable price. This business grew from a start up to the largest of its kind in Australia before I sold it 12 years later. I strive to make my group of companies matter to customers. I want to ensure that I am relevant in the future am continually looking at innovative ways to do so. I am not limited by my available resources; I am continually looking to fill the void in the market to meet customer’s needs and solve problems. My mantra is ‘tomorrow better than today’. My goal is to continue building and improving and use our achievements to fuel our momentum and keep moving forward to bigger and better things. I never rest on the laurels of my success but continue to pursue new ventures through which to challenge myself, and seek opportunities to develop or share my skills. I continue to strive as a leader in my industry and as an entrepreneur, and am always challenging myself personally and professionally whilst ensuring to give back to community.
