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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/

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

Calming 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 remember the last proper conversation, and underneath it all, the question you've been embarrassed to say out loud: what did I do? If a friendship has faded without explanation, this guided meditation sits with that ambiguous loss and the grief that comes with it.

 

For a place to return to whenever this feeling resurfaces, 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 a slow 4-2-6 breath (in for four, a two-count pause, out for six with an audible sigh) before moving into affirmation work that separates the loss of a friendship from any need to know what went wrong — and gives you permission to simply miss someone.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – "What Did I Do?"

* 00:56 – Welcome & Anchored

* 01:36 – Settling In

* 01:59 – Breathing: 4-2-6, the Sighing Exhale

* 04:39 – Affirmations for a Faded Friendship

* 08:16 – Three Daily Caring Tips

* 09:16 – Coming Back Gently

* 09:53 – A Note From Martin

 

🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations

Settle in and repeat these gently to yourself:

A friendship has gone quiet, and that is a loss, even though nothing has happened.

I do not need to know what I did, because I may not have done anything wrong at all.

People drift apart for reasons that have nothing whatsoever to do with me.

I am allowed to miss my friend.

I loved someone, and it went quiet, and the loving was still real.

This sadness is not a fault in me — it is the shape love takes when there is no one left to put it.

I am safe, I am here. There is nothing to fear right now.

You are the sky. This is only weather moving across it.

 

💡 3 Daily Caring Tips

1. The next time you go to tell them something, and you'll finish the sentence anyway — say it out loud in the car, or write it down somewhere. Do not just swallow it.

2. Today, say it once, plainly, to one person: "I think I've lost a friend, and it's been sitting with me." Not to fix it — just so it exists somewhere outside your own head.

3. Give yourself one small moment today to notice what this friendship gave you — a laugh, something you learned, or simply a time you felt understood.

 

📱 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.

A Friendship Has Gone Quiet and I Don't Know What I Did - A 10-Minute Meditation for Friendship Grief and Anxiety

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 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, Soapy tries every trick he knows to get himself arrested and land a warm winter berth on the prison island — from a slap-up dinner he can't pay for to a stolen umbrella — only to find the law has other plans, right up until a church anthem changes his mind entirely. A gentle, unhurried classic 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.

 

 

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 - The Cop and the Anthem - By O Henry

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 for the answer and couldn't find it, this guided meditation is for that feeling of being flat, numb or quietly stuck, even when nothing in your life seems to justify it.

 

For a place to return to, including a simple daily check-in, 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 the physiological sigh (a double inhale followed by one long exhale) to work with the body directly, then moves into affirmation work that reframes feeling flat as information rather than a verdict — and gives you permission to want more than simply feeling fine.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – "Nothing Is Wrong"

* 01:02 – Welcome & the Daily Check-In

* 01:38 – Breathing: The Physiological Sigh

* 03:51 – A Quiet Word

* 04:22 – What You're Allowed to Feel

* 05:22 – Affirmations for Feeling Flat

* 08:05 – Three Daily Caring Tips

* 09:00 – Coming Back Gently

* 09:38 – A Note From Martin

 

🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations

Settle in and repeat these gently to yourself:

Nothing is wrong with me for feeling flat.

I can't remember the last time I felt happy, but that is information, not a verdict.

I have been coping for a long time, and coping is narrow work.

My capacity to feel really happy was never lost — it was simply crowded out.

I am allowed to want more than simply feeling fine.

I do not have to earn the right to feel better.

Today, I will make a little room for happiness.

 

💡 3 Daily Caring Tips

1. Notice one thing today that was simply not unpleasant — not a joy, not a highlight, just not unpleasant — and let it register for three full seconds.

2. Do one completely ordinary thing more slowly than usual today — a cup of tea, a walk — slowly enough that you're actually inside it while it happens.

3. Say one sentence out loud to one person: "I've been feeling a bit flat lately." Then just stop. No explanation, no apology.

 

📱 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.

I Can't Remember the Last Time I Felt Happy — A 10-Minute Meditation for Feeling Flat

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 the other — 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, painter Joe and pianist Delia marry for love of each other and their art, and when the money runs short, each quietly takes up hidden work to protect the other's ambitions — a gentle, old-fashioned tale of devotion with O. Henry's signature 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.

 

 

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 - A Service of Love - By O Henry

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 mouth goes dry every time you're nervous, right at the moment you need it most, this guided meditation is your ten minutes.

 

For a place to return to at the moment you actually need it — the ninety seconds before you walk in, not the night before — 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 a slow diaphragmatic (belly) breath — in through the nose for four, out through the nose for six — then works with the fear behind a dry mouth before speaking, reframing it as the body preparing you rather than betraying you.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – The 30 Seconds Before You Speak

* 00:49 – Welcome & Anchored

* 01:34 – Breathing (Diaphragmatic, In 4 / Out 6)

* 04:53 – A Quick, Kind Note

* 05:10 – Affirmations for a Dry Mouth

* 08:13 – Three Daily Caring Tips

* 09:04 – Coming Back Gently

* 09:42 – A Note From Martin

 

🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations

Settle in and repeat these gently to yourself:

I am safe even when my mouth goes dry.

My body is preparing me, not betraying me.

A dry mouth from anxiety is a switch, not a fault.

I breathe through my nose and my mouth softens.

I do not have to sound perfect to be worth listening to.

The first word is the only hard one. After that, I am simply talking.

I am calm before I speak.

I am steady within my own voice.

 

💡 3 Daily Caring Tips

1. Before you speak, let your jaw be loose and take three slow breaths in and out through your nose.

2. Keep your attention on the first sentence, not on what your mouth is doing — you do not need to monitor every sensation.

3. Say your opening sentence out loud, softly, before you ever say it in the room. The first sentence is the only one you need to prepare for.

 

📱 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 Does My Mouth Go Dry When I'm Nervous - 10 Minute Guided Meditation for Anxiety

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 Frederick Warne & Co. in 1904 — long in the public domain, with Potter (1866–1943) having died more than seventy years 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, mice Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca sneak into a beautiful doll's house while its owners are out, only to discover the tempting dinner laid out on the table is nothing but painted plaster. A gentle, unhurried classic, 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 - The Tale of Two Bad Mice - By Beatrix Potter

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 that you need to prepare for whatever might happen, before it's even arrived. For the next ten minutes, you don't have to live tomorrow today — you can simply be here.

 

For a place to return to whenever tomorrow starts crowding into today, 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 a gentle four-in, two-hold, six-out breath to settle the body, then works directly with the habit of rehearsing tomorrow's problems today — moving from trying to know what will happen before it happens, toward trusting yourself to meet life one moment at a time.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – Already There, Before It's Happened

* 00:54 – Welcome & Anchored

* 01:24 – Breathing (In 4, Hold 2, Out 6)

* 04:01 – Letting Tomorrow Stay Over There

* 05:08 – Affirmations for an Uncertain Future

* 07:39 – Three Daily Caring Tips

* 09:15 – Coming Back Gently

* 09:37 – A Note From Martin

 

🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations

Settle in and repeat these gently to yourself:

I am here.

I do not have to solve tomorrow today.

I can let the future remain uncertain.

I can feel anxious without following every anxious thought.

What might happen is not happening now.

I can meet life one moment at a time.

I do not need to rehearse every possibility.

I trust myself to deal with what actually arrives.

Right now, I am allowed to simply be me.

 

💡 3 Daily Caring Tips

1. When you catch yourself rehearsing a future problem today, say quietly, "That hasn't happened yet," then return to whatever is actually in front of you.

2. Give yourself one ten-minute period today where you deliberately do nothing to prepare, check, research or solve. Let uncertainty exist without trying to remove it.

3. Before bed tonight, take five slow rounds of four in, six out, and remind yourself: tomorrow can wait until tomorrow.

 

📱 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 3,000 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.

I Can't Stop Worrying About What Might Happen — A 10-Minute Meditation for Future Anxiety

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 family, first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1909 — long in the public domain, with Potter (1866–1943) having died more than seventy years 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, the Flopsy Bunnies eat their way through a heap of overgrown lettuces and fall into a deep, soporific sleep in Mr McGregor's rubbish patch — with a little wood-mouse named Mrs Tittlemouse on hand to help when McGregor scoops them all up in a sack. A gentle, unhurried classic, 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 - The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies - By Beatrix Potter

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 suddenly feel so hot when I'm anxious, this guided meditation explains what's actually happening in your body, and works directly with the fear of being seen, not just the heat itself.

 

For a place to return to whenever this happens, download Anchored, Calming Anxiety's companion app, where this episode's cooling breath lives as its own standalone session you can save and use any time.

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 draws on years spent on ambulances to explain the flush and heat anxiety can bring, then works through a simple cooling breath (in through the mouth for four, out through the nose for six) before moving into affirmation work that reframes the heat as a passing reaction rather than something going wrong.

 

⏱️ Time Chapters

* 00:00 – The Heat Nobody Else Feels

* 00:49 – Naming It

* 01:00 – Welcome & Anchored

* 01:45 – Why Anxiety Makes You Hot

* 03:07 – The Cooling Breath

* 05:06 – The Part That Actually Hurts

* 05:57 – Affirmations for the Heat

* 07:25 – A Story From the Ambulance Days

* 08:08 – Three Daily Caring Tips

* 09:01 – Coming Back

 

🌿 Today's Gentle Affirmations

Settle in and repeat these gently to yourself:

I am safe, I am here. There is nothing to fear right now.

This heat is anxiety, and anxiety always passes.

My body is cooling me, not harming me.

I can feel hot and still be completely safe.

The heat came before the thought, the heat can leave before the thought as well.

I do not owe this room an explanation for my own skin.

I am calm in my body even when my body is warm.

I have been through this before. It ended. It will end this time.

 

💡 3 Daily Caring Tips

1. The next time the heat arrives, name it out loud in your head — "this is anxiety warming me up" — before you do anything else about it.

2. Do four rounds of the cooling breath at some point today when you're perfectly calm, so your body learns it before you need it.

3. Wear something today with a collar or neckline you don't have to think about — give yourself one less thing to monitor.

 

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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 Frederick Warne & Co. in 1910 — long in the public domain, with Potter (1866–1943) having died more than seventy years ago.

 

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In this soothing bedtime audiobook, house-proud Mrs. Tittlemouse spends her days sweeping and dusting her sandy little home under the hedge — only for a parade of uninvited guests, including a distinctly unwelcome Mr. Jackson the toad, to track muddy footprints through her nice clean rooms. A gentle, unhurried classic, 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.

 

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Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - The Tale of Mrs TittleMouse - By Beatrix Potter

A beautiful, simple and quick way to calm your nerves and bring balance back to your soul. 

Find your quiet place to sit or lie down, somewhere comfy you won't be disturbed. 

Martin 

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