Calm the Chaos of Your Stress Response - With Sarah Falk, LCSW

Calming the Chaos of the Stress Response – Interview with Sarah Falk, MSW, LCSW, Author, Coach Calming the Chaos welcomes Sarah Falk, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Author and Certified Coach in Illinois. Sarah shares her story about how the chaos of cancer led her to earn a Masters degree in Social Work and land her dream job at a cancer support center. After experiencing crippling panic and anxiety on the job, Sarah took time off to heal. In the process, she learned how to heal her relationship with her stress response by making anxiety her Superpower. She now provides coaching to people around the world to help them do the same. 1.      Introduction to Sarah and her story a.      Anxiety and first cancer diagnosis at age 17 b.      Anxiety in childhood and “feeling safe”                                                     The anxiety response is triggered by any perceived threat to safety                                                      Good stress and Bad Stress   2.      The Stress Response a.      A survival instinct that happens when there is a real or perceived threat to safety in our environments b.      Our systems react (adrenaline, cortisol, blood sugar, survival instinct) c.       We are triggered everywhere: perceiving threats everywhere d.      Tracy’s own descri