
Calming Anxiety | Guided Meditation, Sleep Hypnosis & Panic Attack Relief
The Calming Anxiety Podcast offers guided meditations, sleep hypnosis, and mindfulness sessions to help listeners manage anxiety, panic attacks, and insomnia. Hosted by certified clinical hypnotherapist Martin Hewlett, each episode provides soothing voice guidance and relaxing soundscapes. Techniques include the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding method and positive affirmations to build emotional control and confidence. The show aims to help listeners regulate their nervous system, overcome trauma, and achieve deep, restful sleep.
Episodes

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Gift of the Magi - By O Henry
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime Drift off with this gentle bedtime story for sleep and insomnia relief, read aloud as part of Calming Anxiety's Books at Bedtime strand. Tonight's tale is The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry's much-loved Christmas classic about a young couple with almost nothing to spend and everything to give, first

Why Do I Feel So Flat Now That Summer's Over - A 10-Minute Meditation for September Sadness and Autumn Anxiety
Why Does September Feel So Heavy? — A 10-Minute Meditation for End-of-Summer Sadness and Seasonal Low Mood You're standing in the kitchen and it's already getting dark. A few weeks ago there was still plenty of light at this time. The summer's gone, the children are back at school, the diary's filling up again — and somehow you're feeling worse, not devastated, not falling apart, just flat. That c

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - After Twenty Years - By O Henry
After Twenty Years by O. Henry — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime Drift off with this gentle bedtime story for sleep and insomnia relief, read aloud as part of Calming Anxiety's Books at Bedtime strand. Tonight's tale is After Twenty Years, O. Henry's quietly moving story of an old promise kept between two childhood friends, first published in his 1906 collection

A Friendship Has Gone Quiet and I Don't Know What I Did - A 10-Minute Meditation for Friendship Grief and Anxiety
I Think I've Lost a Friend, and I Don't Know Why — A 10-Minute Meditation for Friendship Loss and Ambiguous Grief There's a particular kind of loss that doesn't come with a day attached. No one moved away, there was no row, nothing you could point to and say "that's where it happened." It just went quiet — a little less often, then a lot less often — until one evening you realised you couldn't rem

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Cop and the Anthem - By O Henry
The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime Drift off with this gentle bedtime story for sleep and insomnia relief, read aloud as part of Calming Anxiety's Books at Bedtime strand. Tonight's tale is The Cop and the Anthem, O. Henry's wry, warm-hearted story of a homeless New Yorker's winter scheme, first published in his 1906 collection

I Can't Remember the Last Time I Felt Happy — A 10-Minute Meditation for Feeling Flat
When Was the Last Time You Felt Happy? — A 10-Minute Meditation for Feeling Flat, Numb or Emotionally Stuck Somebody asked how you were, and you said fine, and you meant it — nothing is wrong. But later, standing at the sink, a harder question arrives on its own: when was the last time you felt properly happy? Not fine, not coping, not relieved something was over. Really happy. If you went looking

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - A Service of Love - By O Henry
A Service of Love by O. Henry — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime Drift off with this gentle bedtime story for sleep and insomnia relief, read aloud as part of Calming Anxiety's Books at Bedtime strand. Tonight's tale is A Service of Love, O. Henry's warm, witty short story about two young newlywed artists in New York who each secretly give up their art to support

Why Does My Mouth Go Dry When I'm Nervous - 10 Minute Guided Meditation for Anxiety
Why Does My Mouth Go Dry Before I Have to Speak? — A 10-Minute Meditation for Speech Anxiety and Anticipatory Nerves It happens about 30 seconds before you have to speak. There's nothing there. You try to swallow and the swallow doesn't work either — and now you're not thinking about what you're going to say, you're thinking about whether the first word will come out as a word at all. If your mout

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Tale of Two Bad Mice - By Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime Drift off with this gentle bedtime story for sleep and insomnia relief, read aloud as part of Calming Anxiety's Books at Bedtime strand. Tonight's tale is The Tale of Two Bad Mice, Beatrix Potter's mischievous story of a doll's house raided by two curious mice, first published by Freder

I Can't Stop Worrying About What Might Happen — A 10-Minute Meditation for Future Anxiety
Why Can't I Stop Preparing for Tomorrow? — A 10-Minute Meditation for Anticipatory Anxiety and Overthinking the Future Nothing has happened yet. Not the phone call, not the appointment, not the conversation next week — and somehow your mind has already been there, imagining what might go wrong, trying to solve a problem that doesn't even exist. This guided meditation is for that constant sense tha

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies - By Beatrix Potter
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies by Beatrix Potter — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime Drift off with this gentle bedtime story for sleep and insomnia relief, read aloud as part of Calming Anxiety's Books at Bedtime strand. Tonight's tale is The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, Beatrix Potter's sleepy sequel following Benjamin Bunny and his cousin Flopsy's large rabbit f

Why Do I Suddenly Feel So Hot When I'm Anxious — A 10-Minute Meditation for Anxiety Heat
Why Do I Suddenly Feel So Hot When I'm Anxious? — A 10-Minute Meditation for Anxiety Sweating, Flushing and Feeling Hot It starts in your chest or the back of your neck — that first prickle, then the hot spreading feeling, and the small horrified thought: please, not now, not here. Nobody else in the room is warm. Nobody else is fanning themselves. Just you. If you've ever wondered why do I sudden

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Tale of Mrs TittleMouse - By Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse by Beatrix Potter — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime Drift off with this gentle bedtime story for sleep and insomnia relief, read aloud as part of Calming Anxiety's Books at Bedtime strand. Tonight's tale is The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, Beatrix Potter's charming story of a fastidiously tidy little wood-mouse, first published by Frede

Weak Legs From Anxiety — A 10-Minute Meditation for Anxiety Symptoms
My Legs Feel Like Jelly — A 10-Minute Meditation for Anxious, Weak or Unsteady Legs You stand up and suddenly your legs don't quite feel like your legs — soft around the knees, a little hollow, and that thought arrives: what if they give way? If you've ever thought "my legs feel like jelly" or "my legs feel weak when I'm anxious," this guided meditation is for you. It gently explains why anxiety c

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Tale Benjamin Bunny - By Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime Drift off with this gentle bedtime story for sleep and insomnia relief, read aloud as part of Calming Anxiety's Books at Bedtime strand. Tonight's tale is The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, Beatrix Potter's much-loved sequel to Peter Rabbit, first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in Se

I’m Tired of Being the Strong One - A 10-Minute Meditation for Emotional Exhaustion, Anxiety and Letting Go
I'm Tired of Being the Strong One — A 10-Minute Meditation for Emotional Exhaustion, Burnout and Always Saying "I'm Fine" Someone asks how you are, and "fine" comes out before the question's even finished. You're managing. Things are getting done. Nobody's worried about you. But underneath all that managing there's a tiredness you haven't mentioned to anyone — not sleepy-tired, something further d

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck - By Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime Drift off with this gentle bedtime story for sleep and insomnia relief, read aloud as part of Calming Anxiety's Books at Bedtime strand. Tonight's tale is The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, one of Beatrix Potter's best-loved animal stories, first published by Frederick Warne & Co

Why Do I Feel Like EveryNo one Is Judging Me - A 10-Minute Meditation for Social Anxiety, Self-Consciousness and Fear of Judgement
Why Do I Feel Like Everyone Is Judging Me? — A 10-Minute Meditation for Social Anxiety, Self-Consciousness and Fear of Judgement Why do I feel like everyone is judging me? If social anxiety or feeling self-conscious keeps you replaying that question — scanning faces, scanning tone, convinced a room full of people is thinking about you when they're probably not — this guided meditation works with i

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle - By Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle by Beatrix Potter — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A gentle bedtime story to help you drift off tonight: Beatrix Potter's cosy, homely tale The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, read slowly and unhurried for sleep and insomnia relief. This continues the Books at Bedtime strand — also known as Coffee Break for the Soul — from the Calming A

What If I Got It Wrong - A 10-Minute Meditation for Self-Doubt, Anxiety and Overthinking
What If I Got It Wrong? — A 10-Minute Meditation for Self-Doubt, Anxiety and Overthinking Self-doubt has a habit of showing up right after we've already chosen — not before. In this guided meditation for self-doubt, anxiety and overthinking, Martin Hewlett works directly with the second-guessing that follows a decision: replaying a message, a conversation, or a choice, and quietly asking "what if

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin - By Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A gentle bedtime story to help you drift off tonight: Beatrix Potter's charming woodland tale The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, read slowly and unhurried for sleep and insomnia relief. This is a new author joining the Books at Bedtime strand — also known as Coffee Break for the Soul — fro

Why Am I So Tired But My Body Won't Switch Off — A 10-Minute Meditation for Tired But Wired Anxiety
I'm Tired But Wired — A 10-Minute Meditation for a Body That Won't Switch Off | The Switch Off Breath That feeling where you're so tired — not ordinary tired, the kind where your eyes ache and your thoughts have gone slow and thin — and yet you sit down, and your body hasn't got the message. Jaw still set, shoulders still up near your ears, a restlessness in your legs while the rest of you is runn

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Butterfly That Stamped - By Rudyard Kipling
The Butterfly That Stamped by Rudyard Kipling — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A soothing bedtime story to help you drift off tonight: Rudyard Kipling's warm, funny Just So Story The Butterfly That Stamped, read slowly and gently for sleep and insomnia relief. Kipling wrote the Just So Stories specifically as bedtime tales, to be told "just so," word for word,

Why Do I Feel Worse When I Finally Stop — A 10-Minute Meditation for Anxiety When You Rest
Why Do I Feel Anxious When I Finally Stop? — A 10-Minute Meditation for the Post-Stress Crash | Alternate Nostril Breathing You got through it — the week, the deadline, the thing you were dreading. You held it together the entire way, and nobody watching would have guessed how much it cost you. And then you sat down, and it all arrived: the dread with no subject, the heart going for no reason. If

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - THE SING-SONG OF OLD MAN KANGAROO - By Rudyard Kipling
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo by Rudyard Kipling — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A soothing bedtime story to help you drift off tonight: Rudyard Kipling's rhythmic, chant-like Just So Story The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo, read slowly and gently for sleep and insomnia relief. Kipling wrote the Just So Stories specifically as bedtime tales, to be told "ju

Why Can't I Get a Full Breath — A 10-Minute Meditation for Air Hunger & Anxiety
Why Can't I Get a Full Breath? — A 10-Minute Meditation for Air Hunger & Anxiety | Ocean Breath Why can't I get a full breath? You've yawned, you've sighed, you've tried a really deep breath, and somehow none of it felt satisfying. If you've been searching for why you can't get a full breath with anxiety, stay with me.For the next ten minutes, we're going to stop chasing the perfect breath. If

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - How The Whale got his Throat - By Rudyard Kipling
How the Whale Got His Throat by Rudyard Kipling — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A soothing bedtime story to help you drift off tonight: Rudyard Kipling's playful, rhythmic Just So Story How the Whale Got His Throat, read slowly and gently for sleep and insomnia relief. Kipling wrote the Just So Stories specifically as bedtime tales for his own daughter, to be

I Feel Overwhelmed by Everything — A 10-Minute Nervous System Reset for Anxiety
Everything Is Too Much Right Now — A 10-Minute Meditation for Overwhelm | 4-7-8 Breathing & The Torch Everything is too much right now — the messages, the list, the things you haven't done yet, the things you haven't even started. For the next ten minutes, none of it needs you. Just this. If overwhelm hits you midday, the Instant Calm session in the Anchored app is there in seconds, no waiting

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Devoted Friend - By Oscar Wilde
The Devoted Friend by Oscar Wilde — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A gentle bedtime story to help you drift off tonight: Oscar Wilde's sharply funny fable The Devoted Friend, read slowly and unhurried for sleep and insomnia relief. This continues the Books at Bedtime strand — also known as Coffee Break for the Soul — from the Calming Anxiety podcast, a series o

My Mind Won’t Switch Off — A 10-Minute Meditation for Anxiety & Overthinking
Replaying Today, Rehearsing Tomorrow? — A Racing Thoughts Meditation | Sigh Breathing & The Train Platform If your mind won't switch off — replaying today and rehearsing tomorrow all at once — you don't have to make it stop. Just for the next ten minutes, let's do something different. If a busy mind catches you somewhere without headphones, there's a free Instant Calm session inside the Anchor

Anchored Is Here — Your New Anxiety & Panic Attack Toolkit
Anchored is Now on Android! — Free Anxiety & Panic Attack Relief App with Guided Meditation, Breathing Exercises & Sleep Stories Anchored is now on Android. After a long wait, the anxiety relief app and panic attack relief app that started life right here on Calming Anxiety is finally available on both Android and iPhone — guided breathing exercises, guided meditation for anxiety, and an I

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE - By Oscar Wilde
The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A soothing bedtime story to help you drift off tonight: Oscar Wilde's witty, warm-hearted tale The Model Millionaire, read slowly and gently for sleep, insomnia relief, and unhurried listening. This continues the Books at Bedtime strand — also known as Coffee Break for the Soul — from the Cal

I Need to Calm Down — A 10-Minute Anxiety Reset for Panic & Overthinking
I Need to Calm Down — A 10-Minute Meditation for Anxiety & Panic | Extended Exhale Breathing If you've just thought the words "I need to calm down" — stop. Don't do anything else yet. Just stay right here for a second. Your heart might be racing, your chest might feel tight, your mind might be moving too fast to catch — and for the next ten minutes, none of that needs fixing straight away.If y

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Nightingale and the Rose - By Oscar Wilde
The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A soothing bedtime story to help you drift off tonight: Oscar Wilde's beautiful, bittersweet fairy tale The Nightingale and the Rose, read slowly and gently for sleep, insomnia relief, and unhurried listening. This continues the Books at Bedtime strand — also known as Coffee Break for

I Think I'm Having a Panic Attack — A 10-Minute Meditation to Feel Calm Again
I Think I'm Having a Panic Attack — A 10-Minute Meditation to Feel Calm Again If your heart just did something it isn't supposed to do — if you're sat there right now thinking, "I'm having a panic attack" — this episode is for you. For the next ten minutes you don't have to make anything happen, fix this feeling, or force it to go away. You just have to be here. When this feeling shows up again, A

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Sphinx Without a Secret - By Oscar Wilde
The Sphinx Without a Secret by Oscar Wilde — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A soothing bedtime story to help you drift off tonight: Oscar Wilde's quietly haunting tale The Sphinx Without a Secret, read slowly and gently for sleep, insomnia relief, and unhurried listening. This continues the Books at Bedtime strand — also known as Coffee Break for the Soul — fro

I Just Want to Feel Calm Again — A 10-Minute Meditation for Anxiety & Stress
You Don't Need Everything Fixed — Just Calm — Guided Meditation for Effort Fatigue & Anxiety | Coherent Breathing You're not asking for much, and you don't need every problem solved or your whole life fixed — you just want to feel calm again, even for a moment. If trying to relax has started to feel like just another task on your list, this guided meditation is for you.We'll use coherent breat

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Happy Prince - By Oscar Wilde
The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (Part 1) — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A soothing bedtime story to help you drift off tonight: Oscar Wilde's beloved fairy tale The Happy Prince, read slowly and gently for sleep, insomnia relief, and quiet, unhurried listening. This is Part 1 of a two-part reading in the Books at Bedtime strand — also known as Coffee Break fo

I’m Exhausted From Holding It All Together — A 10-Minute Meditation for Anxiety & Overwhelm
Carrying Everyone Else's Feelings? — Guided Meditation for the Quietly Exhausted | Physiological Sigh Breathing If you're always the one who copes — the reliable one, the one who checks on everyone else and never gets asked back — this guided meditation is for you. For the next ten minutes you don't have to hold anything together. We'll use the physiological sigh, a simple two-inhale, one-long-exh

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Selfish Giant - By Oscar Wilde
The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A soothing bedtime story to help you drift off tonight: Oscar Wilde's beloved fairy tale The Selfish Giant, read slowly and gently for sleep, insomnia relief, and quiet, unhurried listening. This is the first instalment of Books at Bedtime — also known as Coffee Break for the Soul — from the Calm

I Can't Stop My Anxious Thoughts — A 10-Minute Meditation to Quiet the Mind
Mind Won't Switch Off? — Racing Thoughts Meditation for Anxious Nights | 4-7-8 Breathing If your mind won't switch off — even though your body has clearly clocked out — this guided meditation is for you. Whether it's 2am or the middle of an ordinary afternoon, racing thoughts don't wait for a convenient time, and this episode meets you exactly where you are with 4-7-8 breathing, a calming cognitiv

Books at Bedtime by Calming Anxiety - A Man and His Dog - by Katherine Mansfield
A Man and His Dog by Katherine Mansfield — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime If sleep feels far away tonight, let Katherine Mansfield's A Man and His Dog carry you gently there. Tonight's Books at Bedtime sleep story follows Mr. Potts, a small, unassuming man weighed down by a difficult night at home, and Lino, the loyal dog waiting for him at the gate, in a quiet

Monday Morning Dread — Vagus Nerve Breathing - Guided Meditation
Monday Morning Anxiety — Calm the Dread of the Week Ahead | Vagus Nerve Breathing Meditation Monday morning anxiety has a weight all of its own — that heavy, anticipatory dread that arrives before your feet have even touched the floor. In this 10-minute guided meditation, Calming Anxiety host Martin helps you put the whole week down and meet Monday with a nervous system that is working with you,

Books at Bedtime by Calming Anxiety - The Canary - by Katherine Mansfield
The Canary by Katherine Mansfield — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime If sleep feels far away tonight, let Katherine Mansfield's The Canary carry you gently there. Tonight's Books at Bedtime sleep story is a quiet, tender monologue: a lonely woman remembers the pet canary who once filled her home with song, and the small, aching space he left behind, read slowly t

The 3am Wake Up - Getting Back to Sleep When Anxiety Wakes You
Waking Up at 3am — Anxiety Relief to Get You Back to Sleep | Extended Exhale Breathing Waking up at 3am with anxiety is one of the loneliest experiences there is — your eyes open on their own, your heart is faster than it should be for someone lying perfectly still, and your mind has already found the one unfinished thought it saved up especially for now. This 10-minute guided meditation is built

Books at Bedtime by Calming Anxiety - The Singing Lesson - by Katherine Mansfield
The Singing Lesson by Katherine Mansfield — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime If sleep feels far away tonight, let Katherine Mansfield's The Singing Lesson carry you gently there. Tonight's Books at Bedtime sleep story follows Miss Meadows, a music teacher whose heartbreak colours an entire school day, from a mournful morning lesson to an unexpected telegram that

Why Do I Say Sorry for Everything — A 10-Minute Meditation for People-Pleasing Anxiety
Why Do I Say Sorry for Everything? — People-Pleasing Anxiety Relief | Guided Meditation with 4-2-6 Breathing If you've ever wondered "why do I say sorry for everything?", from bumping into someone to simply having a feeling, today's guided meditation is for you. Calming Anxiety sits with the quiet, exhausting reflex of chronic apologizing, the fear that if you're agreeable enough, easy enough, sma

Books at Bedtime by Calming Anxiety - Regret - by Kate Chopin
Regret by Kate Chopin — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime If sleep feels far away tonight, let Kate Chopin's Regret carry you there. Tonight's Books at Bedtime story follows Mamzelle Aurélie, a solitary farm woman who never married, as she's unexpectedly left to care for four small children, and slowly discovers what she's missed, read gently to ease you toward sl

I'm Fine, But I'm Exhausted — A 10-Minute Meditation for High-Functioning Anxiety
Where Has All My Energy Gone? — High-Functioning Anxiety & Exhaustion Relief | Guided Meditation If you've ever collapsed onto the edge of the bed at the end of a perfectly "fine" day and thought, "where has all my energy gone? I didn't even do anything today," this episode is for you. Calming Anxiety sits with the exhaustion of high-functioning anxiety, the quiet cost of holding everything to

Books at Bedtime by Calming Anxiety - Miss Brill - by Katherine Mansfield
Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime If sleep feels just out of reach tonight, let Katherine Mansfield's Miss Brill carry you gently there. Tonight's Books at Bedtime story follows a quiet, lonely woman through one ordinary Sunday afternoon in the park, her small joys and quiet ache unfolding slowly, read to ease you toward sleep.

I Feel Dizzy and I’m Scared — A 10-Minute Meditation for Anxiety Dizziness & Lightheadedness
Why Do I Feel Dizzy? — Anxiety-Induced Lightheadedness Relief | Guided Meditation with 4-4-8 Breathing If the floor has ever seemed to tilt beneath you, or the room's gone soft and swimming for no reason at all, today's guided meditation is for you. Calming Anxiety sits with anxiety-induced dizziness, the frightening, light-headed feeling that convinces you something is medically wrong, when the r

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The New Dress- By Virginia Woolf
The New Dress by Virginia Woolf — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime If sleep feels far away tonight, let Virginia Woolf's The New Dress carry you there. Tonight's Books at Bedtime story follows Mabel Waring through a single anxious evening at a party, her insecurities rising and falling like a slow tide, read gently to ease you toward sleep. This is a Calming Anxi

I Need to Feel Calm Again — 10 Minute Guided Meditation for Anxiety, Stress & Irritability
Anxiety Relief for Irritability & Overwhelm — I Just Need to Feel Calm Again | Alternate Nostril Breathing Guided Meditation Anxiety relief for those days when everything is getting under your skin. This ten minute guided meditation is for the moment you catch yourself thinking "I just need to feel calm again" — when the noise, the questions, the one more thing have worn your patience thin, yo

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The String Quartet - By Virginia Woolf
The String Quartet by Virginia Woolf — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime Drift off tonight to a dreamlike bedtime story for sleep and insomnia, read slowly and gently to help you fall asleep naturally. Tonight on Books at Bedtime, Martin reads Virginia Woolf's "The String Quartet" — a short, hypnotic piece from her 1921 collection Monday or Tuesday. It begins in a

Why Does Everyone Else Have It Together — A Meditation for Feeling Behind in Life
Comparison Anxiety — A Guided Meditation for When You Feel Behind in Life | Box Breathing Comparison anxiety can creep in on the most ordinary days — that quiet sense that everyone else has the job, the relationship, the plan, and you're still standing at the same crossroads. This guided meditation is for anyone who feels like the only one who hasn't got it together, using box breathing (4-4-4-4)

Calming Anxiety - The NSDR Protocol - A 10 Minute Non-Sleep Deep Rest Reset
Title NSDR / Non-Sleep Deep Rest — Reach Deep Rest Without Forcing It | 10-Minute Physiological Sigh Meditation If you feel tired in a way that sleep never seems to touch — wired, switched-on, unable to power down even when you're exhausted — this 10-minute NSDR (Non-Sleep Deep Rest) session is for you. Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett, this guided meditation h

I Feel So Low Today - 10 Minutes Guided Meditation to Lift the Soul
Calming Anxiety: Finding Light When You Feel LowWhen you wake up to a low, grey weight rather than a racing mind or sharp panic, simply getting through the day can feel like too much to ask. In this episode of Calming Anxiety, Martin Hewlett—clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic—guides you through a gentle, 10-minute session designed to help you set that heavy weight down without forcing a

I Feel On Edge All Day — A 10-Minute Meditation for a Wired, Tired Nervous System
Tired But Wired — Why You Can't Switch Off After a Day on Edge | Physiological Sigh Meditation That feeling where the body has been braced since the moment you woke up. Shoulders up around your ears, jaw tight, exhausted and somehow still wired. Wired but tired — running on a battery that is flat and jangling at the same time. If today has felt like being on edge from the first alarm right through

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - In The Orchard - By Virginia Woolf
In the Orchard by Virginia Woolf — Full Short Story Read Aloud | Sleep Story for Insomnia, Anxiety & Deep Sleep | Books at Bedtime A calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the complete, unabridged short story In the Orchard by Virginia Woolf, narrated slowly and softly for anyone lying awake with insomnia, anxiety or a racing mind in the small hours. Miranda is asleep in the orchard,

I Can Feel My Heart Pounding - A Guided Meditation for Heart Palpatations and a Racing Heartbeat.
Why Is My Heart Racing When Nothing Is Happening? — Heart Palpitations, Health Anxiety and the 5-10 Breath | 10 Minute Guided Meditation You get that feeling right there under your hand. Too fast, too hard, too loud for a room this quiet — and yet nothing is happening. You're sitting down. You haven't run anywhere, you haven't climbed anything, and still your heart is going like you've just sprint

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Haunted House - By Virginia Woolf
A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf — Full Short Story Read Aloud | Sleep Story for Insomnia, Anxiety & Deep Sleep | Books at Bedtime A calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the complete, unabridged short story A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf, narrated slowly and softly for anyone lying awake with insomnia, anxiety or a racing mind in the small hours. Don't let the title worry you. T

Panic and Anxiety - 10 Minutes to Soothe Your Soul
How Do I Stop Dwelling on the Past? — Let Go of Regret, Mistakes and Negative Thoughts | 10 Minute Guided Meditation We all have it. That feeling of dread, of fear and panic, that sick sensation in our bellies. I've been there, you're there — but together we can take back control. So stay with me for ten minutes and find your moment of calm within the storm. Today is about the things you still car

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - THE LADY IN THE LOOKING-GLASS - By Virginia Woolf
The Lady in the Looking Glass by Virginia Woolf — Full Short Story Read Aloud | Sleep Story for Insomnia, Anxiety & Deep Sleep | Books at Bedtime A calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the complete, unabridged short story The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection by Virginia Woolf, narrated slowly and softly for anyone lying awake with insomnia, anxiety or a racing mind in the sma

Am I Enough — Positive Affirmations for Self-Worth, Confidence & Calm
Why Do I Never Feel Good Enough? — Confidence, Self-Worth and the Half-Smile Breath | 10 Minute Guided Meditation You have already done the hardest thing today. You woke up, and you came back. No fanfare, nobody clapping — you just did it. And I wonder whether anyone has told you lately that this counts, because there is a particular kind of tiredness that comes from believing you have to earn you

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - Solid Objects - By Virginia Woolf
Solid Objects by Virginia Woolf — Full Short Story Read Aloud | Sleep Story for Insomnia, Anxiety & Deep Sleep | Books at Bedtime A calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the complete, unabridged short story Solid Objects by Virginia Woolf, narrated slowly and softly for anyone lying awake with insomnia, anxiety or a racing mind at three in the morning. Two young men are arguing about

What if Everything Goes Wrong - A Meditation for Overthinking and Anxiety
What If Everything Goes Wrong? — Stop Catastrophic Thinking and the 2am What Ifs | Physiological Sigh Meditation It isn't happening. Not yet, not today, perhaps not ever. And still you can see it in detail and in colour — the phone call, the conversation, the moment it all comes apart. Your mind has built the whole thing brick by brick, then walked you through it slowly so you don't miss anything.

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Mark on the Wall - By Virginia Woolf
The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf — A Calming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime A calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the complete short story The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf, read slowly and softly for anyone lying awake in the small hours. A woman sits by the fire on a January afternoon, looks up, and notices a small dark mark on the wall above the

Why Can't I Stop Anxious Thoughts - 10 Minute Daily Guided Meditation for Panic and Anxiety
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Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - Kew Gardens - By Virginia Woolf
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Books at Bedtime by Calming Anxiety - The Hound of the Baskervilles - Chapter 15
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