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A calming space to explore recovery, resilience, and life beyond health anxiety. Guiding you from fear to freedom, stories, insights, and support for healing health anxiety.
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Get In Touch! In this episode, I talk about something that was a huge turning point in my own recovery from health anxiety: understanding that you can’t calm the mind without also calming the body. For years I thought the solution was purely mindset work. I tried to challenge my thoughts, question the worst-case scenarios, and logic my way out of the fear. Sometimes it helped briefly, but the anxiety always came back. What I didn’t realise at the time was that health anxiety isn’t just a thin...
Get In Touch! In this episode, I explain why overthinking becomes so chronic for people with health anxiety ... and more importantly, how it can be unlearned. I walk you through a series of gentle, practical tools I use both personally and with my clients. These include learning how to neutrally label anxious thoughts instead of engaging with them, anchoring back into the present moment when the mind starts racing, and speaking directly to the nervous system to create a sense of safety rather...
Get In Touch! In this episode of the Healing Beyond Health Anxiety podcast, I’m joined by Katie Biggs, a psychotherapist who specialises in outdoor therapy. Katie shares her journey from working as a flight attendant to training as a psychotherapist, and what led her to take therapy out of the traditional room and into nature. We talk about why working outdoors can feel so much less intense than sitting face-to-face in a therapy setting, and how walking side-by-side in nature can naturally re...
Get In Touch! In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, I’m joined by Robert Prime, a former health anxiety sufferer and the author of Google Panic Repeat. Rob shares his personal journey with health anxiety and how it slowly crept into his life without him fully realising what was happening. What started quietly soon began to consume his day-to-day existence, with constant symptom scanning, obsessive Googling, and an endless need for reassurance. He speaks honestly about how deep it ...
Get In Touch! In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, I’m guiding you through a gentle meditation designed specifically for health anxiety. If meditation has ever felt intimidating, frustrating, or like something you’re “bad at,” I want you to know this straight away ... this isn’t about emptying your mind or doing anything perfectly. It’s about calming your nervous system and beginning to build a different relationship with anxiety, one rooted in safety rather than fear. I’ll...
Get In Touch! In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, I’m joined by Sierra Smits, a chronic illness-informed naturopath, and we have such an important conversation about what it’s really like to live with chronic illness alongside health anxiety. Sierra shares her own journey... from battling severe health issues herself to becoming a naturopath ...and we talk honestly about the challenges that come with that path. We explore why supporting the nervous system is so crucial, how nutr...
Get In Touch! In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, I’m diving into something that feels especially loud this time of year ... the pressure of Christmas when you live with health anxiety. I open up about the years I genuinely lost to fear at Christmas… those days where I was physically there but mentally trapped in symptoms, what-ifs, and body checking. If you’ve ever felt that knot in your stomach on a day that’s “supposed” to be magical, you are absolutely not alone. I talk thro...
Get In Touch! In this podcast, I interview Bryan Smith, a long-term mental health sufferer and author of 'The Hardest Walk.' Bryan recounts his decades-long struggle with mental health and how he eventually became known as 'The Walking Man from Bristol.' He describes his efforts to raise mental health awareness through walking and hiking while connecting with others dealing with similar issues. Bryan's story is one of battling health anxiety and PTSD. He emphasises the importance ...
Get In Touch! In this episode, I chat with Rachel Montero, a nurse practitioner and holistic gut health specialist, about the powerful connection between gut health, anxiety, and overall well-being. Rachel opens up about her own experience with gut issues and anxiety, and how it led her to move from conventional to functional medicine to better understand the mind-gut connection. We dive into how restrictive diets can impact both the body and mind, what happens to digestion when we’re in figh...
Get In Touch! In this episode of 'Healing Beyond Health Anxiety', I delve into the core concept of uncertainty and its profound impact on those suffering from health anxiety. I discuss the brain's natural aversion to unpredictability and how it fuels the anxiety cycle. By understanding the brain's fear response, listeners will learn practical steps to build tolerance for uncertainty, retrain their nervous system, and shift from a mindset of control to one of trust. The episode also includes a...
Get In Touch! In this episode, we address the challenging and often isolating experience of living with health anxiety. Amy provides strategies to help in effectively communicate your feelings and experiences to partners, family, and friends. Emphasising the importance of compassion and understanding, the episode explores why health anxiety is often misunderstood, how it manifests, and ways to foster supportive relationships. Practical advice includes reframing reassurance, describing health ...
Get In Touch! In this episode, we delve into catastrophic thinking, a common issue for those dealing with health anxiety. We explore what catastrophic thinking is, why it happens, and how it affects the body and mind. The episode features real-life examples from clients who have experienced catastrophic thoughts and shows how they have learned to manage them. Practical coaching tools and journal prompts are also provided to help you recognise and reframe your catastrophic thoughts, ultimately...
Get In Touch! In this episode of 'Healing Beyond Health Anxiety,' I am joined by holistic mindset coach Joff Talbot. Together, we discuss practical tools and techniques to overcome health anxiety and improve overall well-being. Joff shares his journey into energy healing, the impact of spiritual awakenings, and how modalities like numerology and quantum touch energy healing can facilitate profound personal transformation. This episode dives into real-life stories and offers insights into mana...
Get In Touch! In this episode, we will delve into safety behaviours. These are the very things that keep you stuck - but how do you even spot the,m let alone try and stop performing them? I'll explain how - giving real life examples and using my personal lived in experience. Connect & Work With Me If you’re ready to move beyond health anxiety and start truly healing, I’d love to support you. Access Free Training Here: www.healthanxietycoach.co.uk Purchase my 21 Day Reset Planner - To...
Get In Touch! Overcoming Health Anxiety and Managing Menopause with Nutrition Expert Lauren Benser In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, host Amy Caldwell welcomes registered dietician and nutritionist Lauren Benor to discuss the significant impact of nutrition on mental and physical health, especially during menopause. They delve into how diet can influence anxiety, blood sugar levels, and overall well-being. Lauren shares insights on supporting gut and heart health, mindful ea...
Get In Touch! In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, we're diving deep into the fear loop...the cycle that keeps so many people trapped in anxiety about their health. Amy will walk you through how a simple sensation in the body can spiral into catastrophic thoughts, trigger fear responses, and lead to the compulsive need for reassurance, keeping you stuck in a loop of fear and doubt. Amy also shares real-life examples, including a powerful case study of someone who escaped this loo...
Get In Touch! This first episode addresses the root of why we can suffer from health anxiety. Amy explains that symptoms and fears are normal and not indicative of mental weakness. She explains that health anxiety, previously called hypochondria, is a deeply ingrained pattern of fear and hyper-awareness intended to protect but often traps individuals in a cycle of anxiety. Key points include recognising that these anxious feelings are a result of an overactive nervous system, distinguishing b...
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