anxiety

Episode 159: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Part 1 of this series covered the science: why your nervous system resists sleep, the two distinct flavors of sleep anxiety, and the four primary causes of middle-of-the-night wake-ups. If you haven’t read that one yet, start there — the understanding genuinely changes how […]

Episode 158: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout It’s 2am. You’re awake — either you never really fell asleep, or you woke up and now you’re staring at the ceiling. Maybe your chest is tight. Maybe your mind is running through everything you have to do tomorrow, or everything you should have […]

Episode 157: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout If you are currently struggling, please reach out. You can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also text HOME to 741741 to reach the Crisis Text Line. This article is educational and compassionate, and is not a […]

Episode 156: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Walking gets grouped in with general wellness advice so often that it’s easy to gloss over. Move your body. Get your steps in. We’ve heard it. But the research behind walking for anxiety and depression is some of the most consistent we have in […]

Episode 156: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout After wrapping up the five-part stress management series, several listeners wrote in with follow-up questions and reflections — and a few of them were too good not to respond to directly. The questions below get at something the frameworks alone can’t fully answer: what […]

Episode 155: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Knowing different and doing different aren’t the same thing. If I had a dollar for every time someone told me, “I know what I should be doing to support my mental health, why can’t I just actually do it?!” — well I’d have at least […]

Episode 151: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Most of us have been taught to treat stress like a problem to be eliminated. Reduce it. Avoid it. Get rid of anything that causes it. But that approach keeps you in a constant battle with a biological process that isn’t going anywhere. And […]

Episode 125: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Maybe you’ve noticed this pattern in your own life:You’ve been managing anxiety for years, and suddenly your gut starts acting up. Or you’ve struggled with depression, and now you’re constantly exhausted or catching every cold that comes around. Or maybe it went the other […]

Episode 124: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout If you’ve ever wondered when all this nervous system work will finally start to feel natural, when will this click and become your new normal? This episode is for you. We’ve spent the last five weeks exploring the science — the nervous system ladder, […]

Episode 121: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Freeze is arguably the most confusing, nuanced, and self-blame-inducing state for people to understand. We often mistake it for laziness, depression, or some character flaw — it’s not.  It’s a protective state that your nervous system creates when it’s had too much for too […]

Episode 120: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Anxiety isn’t just in your head—it’s a full-body experience that demands a full-body understanding. If your chest tightens, your thoughts race, and you feel like you’re bracing for something you can’t quite name, you’re likely in a nervous system state called activation. In this […]

Episode 119: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Ever wonder why a breathing exercise that works for your friend makes your own anxiety worse? The problem isn’t you – it’s that we’ve been treating nervous system regulation like it’s one-size-fits-all. In this episode, Amanda kicks off the five-part “Different States Series” by […]