
Why Anxiety Might Be the Message You Keep Missing - and What To Do About It | Ep 405
About this episode
If you’ve outgrown parts of your life, your identity, maybe even the way you used to cope, and the “what’s next” feels blurry, it can feel destabilizing as hell in your body.
Your body is not designed to live in a constant state of fear, panic, and anxiety. And yet, so many of us are stuck there in that in-between space.
Erin is sharing the exact tools she uses to de-escalate anxiety in real time, from breathwork, EFT tapping, and nervous system support, so you can move out of panic without abandoning yourself, and start responding to your body instead of fighting it.
In this episode:
- What happened when Erin had her first panic attack in years, and how she de-escalated it
- The simple shift of saying “this is anxiety” and how it interrupts the spiral before it takes over
- The reframe that turns anxiety from a threat into an initiation (yes, really!)
- How EFT tapping helps your body process and move emotional energy instead of holding onto it
- Breathwork techniques, nervine herbs, and yoga poses that can drop you into parasympathetic faster
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Episode 384: The Top 7 Physiological Causes of Anxiety You Might Be Overlooking
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