Anxiety can arrive out of nowhere, leaving us confused, overwhelmed and wondering why now. In this episode, Dr. Jodi Richardson is joined from London by Lily Felton, trainee clinical psychologist at King’s College London and author of Outsmart Anxiety: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Empowering Your Mind. Lily brings a rare blend of research, clinical training and lived experience to a conversation about why anxiety isn’t something to eliminate, and how we can stop it from keeping our lives small.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What Lily would tell her younger self, who felt anxiety in her body and carried shame about it for years
• The case of SM, a woman who couldn’t feel fear, and what it teaches us about why we need anxiety
• How “worry time” with a worry book can help settle racing thoughts at night
• Recognising when it’s time to seek professional support, and why that step takes real courage
• Why confidence follows action, and how repetition turned Jodi’s nerves about live radio into something she now looks forward to
• Graded exposure and willingness: taking small steps toward the things we love
• The anxiety cycle explained, and why avoidance keeps us stuck
• The meaning behind the name Well, Hello Anxiety

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