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Calming Anxiety | Guided Meditation, Sleep Hypnosis & Panic Attack Relief

Calming Anxiety | Guided Meditation, Sleep Hypnosis & Panic Attack Relief

Martin Hewlett - Calming Anxiety 1000 Episodes Sep 20, 2026

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
Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Gift of the Magi - By O Henry Sep 20, 2026 1077 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 Do I Feel So Flat Now That Summer's Over - A 10-Minute Meditation for September Sadness and Autumn Anxiety Sep 20, 2026 655 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
Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - After Twenty Years - By O Henry Sep 19, 2026 573 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
A Friendship Has Gone Quiet and I Don't Know What I Did - A 10-Minute Meditation for Friendship Grief and Anxiety Sep 19, 2026 667 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
Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Cop and the Anthem - By O Henry Sep 18, 2026 1153 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
I Can't Remember the Last Time I Felt Happy — A 10-Minute Meditation for Feeling Flat Sep 18, 2026 633 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
Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - A Service of Love - By O Henry Sep 17, 2026 1013 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 When I'm Nervous - 10 Minute Guided Meditation for Anxiety Sep 17, 2026 645 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
Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Tale of Two Bad Mice - By Beatrix Potter Sep 16, 2026 455 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
I Can't Stop Worrying About What Might Happen — A 10-Minute Meditation for Future Anxiety Sep 16, 2026 613 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
Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies - By Beatrix Potter Sep 15, 2026 521 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 Heat Sep 15, 2026 633 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

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