When Shift Hits the Fan: Anxiety, the Body, and Breaking the Cycle
In this When Shift Hits the Fan episode, we coach through a deeply relatable struggle: anxiety that doesn’t respond to logic, even when life is objectively safe.
This conversation explores why anxiety isn’t a thinking problem—it’s a body-based experience, often rooted in inherited patterns and reinforced over time. And more importantly, how awareness and embodiment create a real pathway forward.
What We Explore in This Episode
• Anxiety defined clearly
• Brain vs. body
• Inherited anxiety and legacy
• Step 1 of the Shift 5: Sense your body
• Why describing sensations matters
• Presence as regulation
• Anxiety as a “reminder,” not a failure
• Remembering what you want
• Expansion vs. contraction
• Trimming the sails
• Cold exposure as a reset tool
• Practicing ahead of time
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