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Martin Hewlett - Calming Anxiety

Stop anxiety, silence racing thoughts, and finally get the deep sleep you deserve.The Calming Anxiety Podcast offers a gentle, caring library of daily guided meditation, mindfulness sessions, and sleep hypnosis tracks designed to help you find genuine relief.

Whether you need a quick 10-minute session to defuse stress or a long, guided hypnosis track to overcome insomnia, this show is your daily resource for peace.Join Martin Hewlett, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (GQHP), as he uses his soothing voice and relaxing soundscapes to guide you toward a life of less stress and more emotional control.
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n these episodes, you will learn how to: • Master the 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique to stop panic attacks instantly. • Build unshakeable confidence and self-esteem through positive affirmations. • Regulate your nervous system to manage feelings of overwhelm. • Let go of past trauma and embrace a happier future. • Take back control over your thoughts, feelings, and reactions.Subscribe today for new, short-form mindfulness episodes and start your journey to a calmer mind.

Want personalized support? Book a 1-on-1 Zoom Hypnotherapy session with Martin: https://calendly.com/calminganxiety/zoom-hypnotherapyJoin our Community: Share your journey in the Calming Anxiety Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CalmingAnxiety/

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Calming Anxiety

Why Can't I Answer When Someone Asks How I Am? — A 10-Minute Meditation for When the Words Won't Come

 

Somebody asked you properly today. They stopped, looked at you, and said, "How are you doing?" — and then they actually waited. There was a half a second in there where you had the chance to tell them. But what came out was, "Yeah, good, you." And you've been carrying that little moment around ever since, because it felt like a lie. It wasn't. This is for anyone who freezes when someone asks how they're doing, who can't find the words to answer honestly, and who's been quietly wondering why such a small question lands so hard.

 

For a place to return to rather than another place to explain yourself, download Anchored, Calming Anxiety's companion app, on the App Store at

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored. Inside it there's a daily check-in that never asks a follow-up question — no one on the other end, nothing to explain, some days you just need to be asked the right amount.

 

This session uses 4-2-6 breathing — in through the nose for four, a two-count rest, out through the mouth for six — and it asks you to notice that rest without gripping it or bracing against it, because it's not a hole to fill, it's two counts in which absolutely nothing is being asked of you. From there we sit with the idea that not having the words isn't the same as not being honest, and that you're not lying to anyone — you just haven't read yourself properly yet.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett, this episode is for the moment right after someone asks, and for anyone who's ever wanted to give a truer answer than the one that came out.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – The half-second before you answer

* 00:53 – Welcome to Calming Anxiety and the Anchored check-in

* 01:32 – Why does such a small question land so hard?

* 01:46 – Finding your quiet place

* 01:54 – 4-2-6 breathing: the rest that asks nothing of you

* 03:54 – You're not lying, you just haven't read yourself yet

* 04:19 – Guided affirmations

* 07:56 – Three daily caring tips

* 08:55 – Coming back gently

* 09:19 – Closing and sign-off

 

🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations

Settle in and repeat these gently to yourself:

I do not have to explain myself to be worthy of being asked after.

I am allowed to give a short answer and still be an honest person.

Nothing in me is too complicated to be cared about.

If the words come, I will use them. And if they don't, I am still here.

I am safe. I am here. And there is nothing to fear right now.

 

💡 3 Daily Caring Tips

1. The next time somebody asks how you are, just notice the half second before you answer. You don't have to do anything differently — only notice that it's there.

2. Finish this sentence silently, for nobody but you: "Honestly, at the moment, I'm just ___." Let whatever word turns up be the right one, even if it's a very small word.

3. Think of one person you'd like to tell. You don't have to tell them today — just let yourself know who they are.

 

📱 Take Calming Anxiety With You Anywhere

Download Anchored on iOS at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored. Access over 2,500 searchable, offline-ready audio sessions, sleep stories with Books at Bedtime, and built-in nightlight features for the small hours. If this episode helped, please share it and leave a quick rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — it genuinely helps more people find their way here.

 

And in everything, my friend, be kind.

 

Support the Show:

 

Rate & Review: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help us reach more listeners!

 

YouTube: Watch all episodes at https://www.youtube.com/c/calminganxiety?sub_confirmation=1

 

Social Media Support: For younger listeners struggling with social media stress, visit https://www.icanhelp.net/

 

Music: All music by Chris Collins

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/calming-anxiety-guided-meditation-sleep-hypnosis-panic-attack-relief--4110266/support.

Ready for More Calm?Thank you for listening to the Calming Anxiety Podcast, featuring guided meditation, mindfulness, and sleep hypnosis sessions with Martin Hewlett. Our mission is to provide you with proven tools for anxiety relief, stress reduction, and a path toward deep relaxation. Use this episode anytime you need to calm your mind and feel more at ease.

Why Can't I Find the Words When Someone Asks How I Am - A 10-Minute Meditation for When You Can't Explain How You Feel

Sisters of the Golden Circle 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 Sisters of the Golden Circle, O. Henry's warm, witty New York story about two newlywed brides who understand each other completely in a single glance. It was first published in his 1906 collection The Four Million and is long in the public domain: William Sydney Porter (1862–1910) died more than a century ago.

 

For more calming audiobooks and sleep stories whenever you need them, download Anchored, the free companion app to Calming Anxiety, with offline-ready relaxation and Books at Bedtime sessions for any hour of the night.

Get it on the App Store at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored.

 

In this soothing bedtime audiobook, James Williams of Cloverdale, Missouri, and his bride of two weeks take the top seats on a Rubberneck sightseeing tour of the big city. Just in front of them sit a girl in a tan jacket and a sharp-eyed young man. Then a plain-clothes detective stops the car looking for a burglar called Pinky McGuire, and one bride does something quietly remarkable for another. It ends with O. Henry's signature twist, as tender as it is funny.

 

This is a gentle, old-fashioned story about kindness, happiness shared and the unspoken understanding between strangers, perfect for winding down, easing anxiety and drifting off to sleep.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett, as part of Calming Anxiety's Coffee Break for the Soul and Books at Bedtime story readings.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – Welcome to Books at Bedtime: Sisters of the Golden Circle by O. Henry

* 00:10 – The Rubberneck Auto sets off

* 01:13 – Two hearts that know each other at a glance

* 02:10 – James Williams of Cloverdale and his bride

* 03:10 – The sights of the big city

* 04:48 – Hattie, once the belle of Cloverdale

* 06:46 – "Dear kind fairy": the wedding trip remembered

* 07:29 – The girl in the tan jacket and the young man beside her

* 08:52 – A glance between two brides

* 10:03 – A plain-clothes man stops the car

* 11:44 – "Come down, Pinky"

* 13:33 – "Go with him quietly, Pinky"

* 14:13 – James Williams goes cheerfully mad

* 15:15 – The bride explains

* 16:55 – Sisters of the plain gold band

 

 

Support the Show:

 

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YouTube: Watch all episodes at https://www.youtube.com/c/calminganxiety?sub_confirmation=1

 

Social Media Support: For younger listeners struggling with social media stress, visit https://www.icanhelp.net/

 

Music: All music by Chris Collins

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/calming-anxiety-guided-meditation-sleep-hypnosis-panic-attack-relief--4110266/support.

Ready for More Calm?Thank you for listening to the Calming Anxiety Podcast, featuring guided meditation, mindfulness, and sleep hypnosis sessions with Martin Hewlett. Our mission is to provide you with proven tools for anxiety relief, stress reduction, and a path toward deep relaxation. Use this episode anytime you need to calm your mind and feel more at ease.

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - Sister's of The Golden Circle - By O Henry

Why Do I Feel Guilty After Cancelling Plans? — A 10-Minute Meditation for Relief, Guilt and Needing Rest

 

You sent the message — so sorry, won't be able to make it — and for about four seconds you felt wonderful. Genuine relief. Shoulders coming down, the whole evening handed back to you. And then it turned. Now you're here, phone face down on the cushion, feeling like a terrible friend. If cancelling plans leaves you with that exact one-two of relief and guilt, this guided meditation is for the ten minutes after you press send.

 

For a place to return to whenever this happens, download Anchored, Calming Anxiety's companion app.

Get it on the App Store at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist Martin Hewlett, this episode uses nadi shodhana, alternate nostril breathing, to hold two feelings side by side without either one winning, then moves into affirmation work that separates the relief (a reading on your own fuel gauge) from the guilt (a feeling, never a fact) — because needing rest was never a character flaw.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – The Four Seconds of Relief

* 00:40 – Welcome & Anchored

* 01:08 – Two Feelings, Not One Argument

* 02:20 – Breathing: Alternate Nostril

* 04:54 – Setting the Guilt Down

* 05:23 – Warmth Spreading Through You

* 06:31 – Affirmations for Cancelling Plans

* 07:54 – Settling Deeper

* 08:14 – Three Daily Caring Tips

* 08:57 – Coming Back Gently

* 09:22 – A Note From Martin

 

🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations

Settle in and repeat these gently to yourself:

I am allowed to cancel plans without being a bad person.

Feeling relieved when plans are cancelled does not make me cold.

My need for rest is information. It is not a character flaw.

The guilt after saying no is a feeling. It is never a fact.

I am allowed to disappoint people and still be a kind person.

I will be there another time, and that counts as well.

 

💡 3 Daily Caring Tips

1. When the relief arrives, notice it for what it is — a reading on the fuel gauge, not a statement about the person you let down.

2. Let the guilt sit there without answering it. You do not have to argue with it, and you do not have to obey it.

3. Give yourself a little of the evening you called off — even ten quiet minutes of it — rather than spending the whole of it feeling bad.

 

📱 Take Calming Anxiety With You Anywhere

Download Anchored on iOS at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored. Search your perfect moment of calm from over 2,500 guided sessions, or fall asleep to Books at Bedtime, a growing library of over 50 narrated stories. If this episode helped, please share it and leave a quick rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — it genuinely helps more people find their way here.

 

And in everything, my friend, be kind.

 

 

Support the Show:

 

Rate & Review: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help us reach more listeners!

 

YouTube: Watch all episodes at https://www.youtube.com/c/calminganxiety?sub_confirmation=1

 

Social Media Support: For younger listeners struggling with social media stress, visit https://www.icanhelp.net/

 

Music: All music by Chris Collins

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/calming-anxiety-guided-meditation-sleep-hypnosis-panic-attack-relief--4110266/support.

Ready for More Calm?Thank you for listening to the Calming Anxiety Podcast, featuring guided meditation, mindfulness, and sleep hypnosis sessions with Martin Hewlett. Our mission is to provide you with proven tools for anxiety relief, stress reduction, and a path toward deep relaxation. Use this episode anytime you need to calm your mind and feel more at ease.

Why Do I Feel So Relieved When I Back Out - A 10 Minute Meditation for the Guilt of Cancelling

From the Cabby's Seat 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 From the Cabby's Seat, O. Henry's warm, funny New York story about a hansom-cab driver and one very unusual fare. It was first published in his 1906 collection The Four Million and is long in the public domain: William Sydney Porter (1862–1910) died more than a century ago.

 

For more calming audiobooks and sleep stories whenever you need them, download Anchored, the free companion app to Calming Anxiety, with offline-ready relaxation and Books at Bedtime sessions for any hour of the night.

Get it on the App Store at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored.

 

In this soothing bedtime audiobook, a wedding party spills out onto a New York sidewalk, and Jerry O'Donovan, the cabby they call Nighthawk, climbs up to his high seat a little the worse for Mr McGarry's hospitality. A young woman steps into his cab and asks to go "anywhere you please". So off they go: up Fifth Avenue, through the cool night air of the park, and on to an evening of music and lights at the Casino. Then comes the question of the four-dollar fare, and O. Henry's signature twist, as warm as it is surprising.

 

This is a gentle, old-fashioned story about small joys and the simple pleasure of a night out, perfect for winding down, easing anxiety and drifting off to sleep.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett, as part of Calming Anxiety's Coffee Break for the Soul and Books at Bedtime story readings.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – Welcome to Books at Bedtime: From the Cabby's Seat by O. Henry

* 00:09 – The world from the cabby's high seat

* 02:16 – A wedding celebration at the Walsh house

* 03:23 – Jerry O'Donovan, the Nighthawk, and his well-fed horse

* 04:56 – A young woman steps into the cab

* 06:19 – "Anywhere you please": up Fifth Avenue and into the park

* 08:21 – An evening of music and lights at the Casino

* 10:14 – The music ends and the cabs are called

* 11:25 – "Have you got the dough?"

* 12:02 – A furious gallop through the night streets

* 13:03 – The police station, and Jerry's surprise

* 13:51 – "I had such a nice time, Jerry"

 

🌿 Tonight's Gentle Affirmations

Let these settle softly as you drift towards sleep:

* I can let the day carry me home.

* I don't need to know where the road goes to enjoy the ride.

* Small, simple joys are more than enough.

* I am exactly where I need to be tonight.

* I am safe, I am held, and I can rest now.

 

And in everything, my friend, be kind.

 

 

Support the Show:

 

Rate & Review: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help us reach more listeners!

 

YouTube: Watch all episodes at https://www.youtube.com/c/calminganxiety?sub_confirmation=1

 

Social Media Support: For younger listeners struggling with social media stress, visit https://www.icanhelp.net/

 

Music: All music by Chris Collins

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/calming-anxiety-guided-meditation-sleep-hypnosis-panic-attack-relief--4110266/support.

Ready for More Calm?Thank you for listening to the Calming Anxiety Podcast, featuring guided meditation, mindfulness, and sleep hypnosis sessions with Martin Hewlett. Our mission is to provide you with proven tools for anxiety relief, stress reduction, and a path toward deep relaxation. Use this episode anytime you need to calm your mind and feel more at ease.

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - From the Cabby's Seat - By O Henry

Am I Too Much? — A 10-Minute Meditation for Feeling Like a Burden and the Fear of Being Too Much

 

It arrives quietly, usually afterwards, usually once you've been talking for a while. They were kind. They were still listening. And somewhere underneath it, you'd already started apologising in your head for taking up the evening. If you've ever wondered am I too much, or felt afraid of being a burden to the people who love you, this guided meditation sits with exactly that feeling, and gently questions the running total anxiety keeps on your behalf.

 

For more of this kind of support whenever you need it, download Anchored, Calming Anxiety's companion app — there's a whole section inside called Confidence and Self-Worth you can return to as often as you like.

Get it on the App Store at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist Martin Hewlett, this episode uses a three-part breath (filling the belly, then the ribs, then the top of the chest) to help you take up the whole of your own lungs, before moving into affirmation work that separates needing people from being a burden to them.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – "Am I Too Much?"

* 00:40 – Welcome & Anchored

* 01:26 – The Running Total

* 02:46 – Breathing: The Three-Part Breath

* 05:00 – A Gift of Time

* 05:27 – Someone Who Is Glad You Exist

* 06:31 – Affirmations for Belonging

* 08:16 – Three Daily Caring Tips

* 09:08 – Coming Back Gently

* 09:46 – A Note From Martin

 

🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations

Settle in and repeat these gently to yourself:

I am safe. I am here.

I am not too much for the people who love me.

I am allowed to take up space.

Needing people is not the same as being a burden.

I give freely, and I am allowed to receive.

There is nothing to replay.

I am wanted, not tolerated.

I am enough as I am, on a bad day as well as a good one.

 

💡 3 Daily Caring Tips

1. When somebody asks how you are today, notice the little urge to say "fine, sorry" — and just let yourself say how you are, without the sorry on the end.

2. Bring to mind one thing you gave somebody this week that you've already completely forgotten about. It counted.

3. If somebody offers you something small today — a lift, a cup of tea, ten minutes of their time — let them. Being received is a kindness you're doing for them too.

 

📱 Take Calming Anxiety With You Anywhere

Download Anchored on iOS at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored. Search your perfect moment of calm from over 2,500 guided sessions, or fall asleep to Books at Bedtime, a growing library of over 50 narrated stories. If this episode helped, please share it and leave a quick rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — it genuinely helps more people find their way here.

 

And in everything, my friend, be kind.

 

 

Support the Show:

 

Rate & Review: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help us reach more listeners!

 

YouTube: Watch all episodes at https://www.youtube.com/c/calminganxiety?sub_confirmation=1

 

Social Media Support: For younger listeners struggling with social media stress, visit https://www.icanhelp.net/

 

Music: All music by Chris Collins

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/calming-anxiety-guided-meditation-sleep-hypnosis-panic-attack-relief--4110266/support.

Ready for More Calm?Thank you for listening to the Calming Anxiety Podcast, featuring guided meditation, mindfulness, and sleep hypnosis sessions with Martin Hewlett. Our mission is to provide you with proven tools for anxiety relief, stress reduction, and a path toward deep relaxation. Use this episode anytime you need to calm your mind and feel more at ease.

Am I Too Much for the People Who Love Me — A 10-Minute Meditation for When You Feel Like a Burden

An Adjustment of Nature 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 An Adjustment of Nature, O. Henry's affectionate story of three broke young artists, a cheap New York eatery, and the magnificent waitress they consider entirely too perfect to leave — first published in his 1906 collection The Four Million, long in the public domain, with Porter (1862–1910) having died more than a century ago.

 

For more calming audiobooks and sleep stories whenever you need them, download Anchored, the free companion app to Calming Anxiety, with offline-ready relaxation and Books at Bedtime sessions for any hour of the night.

Get it on the App Store at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored.

 

In this soothing bedtime audiobook, our narrator and his two artist friends have come to treasure Millie, the good-natured giant of a waitress at Cypher's cheap restaurant, exactly as she is — so when a wealthy Klondike gold miner takes a sudden fancy to marry her away, the three of them hatch a scheme to protect their favourite piece of the world's natural order. A gentle, unhurried classic with O. Henry's fond wit, perfect for winding down, easing anxiety, and drifting off to sleep.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett, as part of Calming Anxiety's Coffee Break for the Soul and Books at Bedtime story readings.

 

And in everything, my friend, be kind.

 

 

Support the Show:

 

Rate & Review: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help us reach more listeners!

 

YouTube: Watch all episodes at https://www.youtube.com/c/calminganxiety?sub_confirmation=1

 

Social Media Support: For younger listeners struggling with social media stress, visit https://www.icanhelp.net/

 

Music: All music by Chris Collins

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/calming-anxiety-guided-meditation-sleep-hypnosis-panic-attack-relief--4110266/support.

Ready for More Calm?Thank you for listening to the Calming Anxiety Podcast, featuring guided meditation, mindfulness, and sleep hypnosis sessions with Martin Hewlett. Our mission is to provide you with proven tools for anxiety relief, stress reduction, and a path toward deep relaxation. Use this episode anytime you need to calm your mind and feel more at ease.

Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - An Adjustment of Nature - By O Henry

Why Am I Scared to Get My Hopes Up? — A 10-Minute Meditation for Fear of Disappointment and Bracing for Bad News

 

Something good is coming. It's booked, it's in the diary, somebody's said yes — and yet when anyone asks, you hear yourself say, "if it happens, we'll see. I'm not getting excited yet." You haven't told many people, just in case you have to un-tell them. If you've ever felt scared to get your hopes up, this guided meditation is for that particular kind of bracing, and what it might feel like to let yourself hope anyway.

 

For a place to return to whenever this feeling shows up, download Anchored, Calming Anxiety's companion app — no targets, no streaks, nothing to live up to, just there when you need it.

Get it on the App Store at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett, this episode uses 4-7-8 breathing (in for four, hold for seven, out for eight) to help the body soften its guard, then moves into affirmation work that separates hope from risk — because bracing doesn't stop the disappointment, it only stops the joy.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – Bracing for Good News

* 00:45 – Welcome & Anchored

* 01:20 – Why Bracing Feels Like Protection

* 02:27 – Breathing: 4-7-8

* 05:02 – A Little Room to Hope

* 05:51 – Affirmations for Looking Forward

* 08:22 – Three Daily Caring Tips

* 09:25 – Coming Back Gently

* 09:54 – A Note From Martin

 

🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations

Settle in and repeat these gently to yourself:

I am allowed to look forward to good things.

Looking forward to something does not make it more likely to go wrong.

My fear of disappointment has been trying to protect me, and I can thank it.

Bracing does not stop the disappointment — it only stops the joy.

I can hold hope lightly, the way I held that breath.

If it does not work out, I will still be here, and I will still be allowed to have wanted it.

I do not have to keep expecting the worst to stay safe.

I am allowed to be excited.

 

💡 3 Daily Caring Tips

1. Notice the little word "if" when you talk about something good that is coming. You don't have to change it, just notice it.

2. If something small is waiting for you later today — a cup of tea, a programme — you are allowed to enjoy looking forward to it now.

3. If disappointment does arrive, notice that you are still here. It is a feeling passing through, not proof that you should never have wanted it.

 

📱 Take Calming Anxiety With You Anywhere

Download Anchored on iOS at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored. Search your perfect moment of calm from over 2,500 guided sessions, or fall asleep to Books at Bedtime, a growing library of over 50 narrated stories. If this episode helped, please share it and leave a quick rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — it genuinely helps more people find their way here.

 

And in everything, my friend, be kind.

 

 

Support the Show:

 

Rate & Review: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to help us reach more listeners!

 

YouTube: Watch all episodes at https://www.youtube.com/c/calminganxiety?sub_confirmation=1

 

Social Media Support: For younger listeners struggling with social media stress, visit https://www.icanhelp.net/

 

Music: All music by Chris Collins

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/calming-anxiety-guided-meditation-sleep-hypnosis-panic-attack-relief--4110266/support.

Ready for More Calm?Thank you for listening to the Calming Anxiety Podcast, featuring guided meditation, mindfulness, and sleep hypnosis sessions with Martin Hewlett. Our mission is to provide you with proven tools for anxiety relief, stress reduction, and a path toward deep relaxation. Use this episode anytime you need to calm your mind and feel more at ease.

Why Can't I Let Myself Look Forward to Anything — A 10-Minute Meditation for Fear of Disappointment

The Coming-Out of Maggie 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 Coming-Out of Maggie, O. Henry's warm story of a shy paper-box factory girl who finally gets a fellow of her own — first published in his 1906 collection The Four Million, long in the public domain, with Porter (1862–1910) having died more than a century ago.

 

For more calming audiobooks and sleep stories whenever you need them, download Anchored, the free companion app to Calming Anxiety, with offline-ready relaxation and Books at Bedtime sessions for any hour of the night.

Get it on the App Store at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored.

 

In this soothing bedtime audiobook, plain, overlooked Maggie has always been the one left standing at the Saturday night dances — until she turns up on the arm of a dashing new escort, and her whole social club sits up and takes notice. But as the evening at the Clover Leaf Social Club unfolds, a steady-hearted club man named Dempsey Donovan proves there's more to being chosen than a handsome face. A gentle, old-fashioned tale with O. Henry's trademark twist, perfect for winding down, easing anxiety, and drifting off to sleep.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett, as part of Calming Anxiety's Coffee Break for the Soul and Books at Bedtime story readings.

 

And in everything, my friend, be kind.

 

 

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Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Coming-Out of Maggie - By O Henry

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I Just Need a Moment to Breathe — A 10-Minute Meditation to Let Go, Relax and Find Your Calm

 

No theme today. Nothing to fix, nothing to overcome, nothing to figure out before you're allowed to feel better. Just ten minutes to sit, breathe, and reconnect with all that you are. If you've been carrying a lot and simply need a moment to breathe, let go and relax, this guided meditation is exactly that — a quiet reset, with nowhere you need to get to.

 

For a place to return to whenever you need this same kind of calm, download Anchored, Calming Anxiety's companion app.

Get it on the App Store at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett, this episode uses gentle breath awareness and a warm, spreading light visualisation to settle the body, before moving into affirmations of worth, forgiveness and self-acceptance — a small, simple act of self-love to carry with you into the rest of your day.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – No Theme Today, Just Breathe

* 00:36 – Settling In

* 01:06 – Noticing the Breath

* 02:17 – Deepening

* 02:40 – A Light Within Your Chest

* 04:31 – A Small Smile, A Small Kindness

* 05:09 – Affirmations for Worth and Peace

* 08:29 – Three Daily Caring Tips

* 09:12 – Coming Back Gently

 

🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations

Settle in and repeat these gently to yourself:

I am worthy of love and peace, exactly as I am.

I choose to cherish the quiet moments when I allow balance back into all that I am.

I forgive the mistakes and regrets of my past, and I move forward now with positivity and hope.

 

💡 3 Daily Caring Tips

1. When you look in the mirror, love that reflection — you are unique.

2. Promise to smile often, to practice this simple act and make your life whole once more.

3. Bring kindness to the world around you. Understand others are going through their troubles too, and become a beacon of hope in all that you are.

 

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And in everything, my friend, be kind.

 

 

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I Just Need a Moment to Breathe — A 10-Minute Meditation to Let Go, Relax and Find Your Calm

Memoirs of a Yellow Dog 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 Memoirs of a Yellow Dog, O. Henry's funny, warm-hearted story narrated entirely by a put-upon little dog stuck in a fussy New York flat — first published in his 1906 collection The Four Million, long in the public domain, with Porter (1862–1910) having died more than a century ago.

 

For more calming audiobooks and sleep stories whenever you need them, download Anchored, the free companion app to Calming Anxiety, with offline-ready relaxation and Books at Bedtime sessions for any hour of the night.

Get it on the App Store at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored.

 

In this soothing bedtime audiobook, our unnamed narrator — a scruffy, opinionated yellow dog of no known pedigree — takes a shine to his henpecked, downtrodden owner, and the two of them finally strike out together for a bit of freedom. Told entirely in the dog's own sharp, funny voice, it's a gentler, more comic side of O. Henry, perfect for winding down, easing anxiety, and drifting off to sleep.

 

Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett, as part of Calming Anxiety's Coffee Break for the Soul and Books at Bedtime story readings.

 

And in everything, my friend, be kind.

 

 

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Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - Memoirs of a Yellow Dog - By O Henry

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