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If you’re new here—welcome. If you’re back—welcome home. Today I’m sitting with my dear friend of 12+ years, Amanda Willson, a life coach and anxiety expert who has walked this road and now teaches the rest of us how to find steadier ground. This isn’t theory; it’s real tools for real life.

We talk about simple practices that change the moment you’re in: 4-7-8 breathing to settle your nervous system, the 5-4-3-2-1 senses reset to get you out of your head and back into your body, and the surprisingly tender act of naming your anxiety with compassion so it stops driving the car. Amanda shares how movement helps move emotion, why gratitude is brain training (not fluff), how to build an inner safe place you can visit anytime, and what it means to take your thoughts captive—speaking to yourself the way you’d speak to your own child.

I left this conversation feeling calmer, clearer, and more equipped. My hope is you do too. 💙

Listen now and share it with the friend who’s been white-knuckling their days.
Guest: Amanda Willson — Worthy of Love Wellness → worthyoflovewellness.com

Amanda on Instagram → Worthy of Love Wellness

Show highlights

• The breath that helps fast: 4-7-8
• The senses exercise that interrupts spirals
• Why naming anxiety softens it
• Movement as medicine (and why stillness can backfire)
• Gratitude as a daily brain reset
• Your “safe place” visualization (mine is the beach 🌊)
• Bedtime thoughts that program tomorrow’s morning

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