1195: Slow Is Sacred: Turtle Wisdom For Healing Anxiety
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Gina shares her understanding of the wisdom of the turtle. The turtle, with their slow and steady pace, exude many qualities that humans can learn to live by, improving their peace, strength and safety. Listen in and improve your grasp on the secrets of the turtle way, strengthen your anxiety recovery progress today!
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Quote:
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
-Lao Tzu
Chapters
0:26 Embracing the Turtle's Wisdom
12:26 Recap of Turtle Teachings
13:45 The Power of Slow and Steady
15:45 Trust Your Unique Path
Summary
In today's episode of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast, I delve into the profound teachings of one of nature’s gentlest creatures: the turtle. Through my personal connection with these magnificent beings, especially the giant sea turtles I encountered in Maui, I reflect on their embodiment of a slow and steady approach to life. I draw inspiration from their ability to navigate both water and land with grace, emphasizing how their presence can teach us to embrace calmness amidst the chaos of everyday life.
The turtle serves as a reminder that patience, groundedness, and resilience are essential components of our healing journeys. As I explore the turtle's way of life, I share insightful quotes and wisdom from respected figures like Thich Nhat Hanh and Hermann Hesse, highlighting the importance of rest and the inner sanctuary we can access within ourselves. I emphasize the turtle’s slow and deliberate pace as a means to foster healing, reminding listeners that rest is medicinal, and a gentle approach is both safe and sustainable.
Throughout the episode, I outline several key turtle teachings that are integral to healing anxiety. Firstly, I discuss the concept that "slow is sustainable" and how the energy expended in rushing can hinder our progress. I encourage listeners to adopt a more compassionate self-view, understanding that their journey is unique and shouldn’t be compared to others. Each small, steady step is meaningful, and healing is not a race.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the anxiety coaches podcast, a relaxing and informative show where we explore anxiety, panic, and PTSD, sharing how you can overcome them for life. |
| 0:23.1 | Aloha. |
| 0:24.2 | Welcome back to the Anxiety Coaches podcast. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm your host and coach, Gina Ryan, and I am so happy to be with you again today |
| 0:34.0 | as together we can consider the many ways to bring your mind and body back to its |
| 0:40.5 | natural peace and calm. In today's episode, I'm exploring one of the most enduring, gentle teachers |
| 0:49.0 | in nature, the turtle. I've always felt a connection to the turtle. Being awed by the giant sea turtles on Maui, |
| 1:01.2 | I saw gentle giants that lived long and peaceful lives, graceful in their natural element of the water and strong and enduring when they are on the land. |
| 1:21.0 | And over time, I realized why I was so drawn to these gentle giants. |
| 1:27.4 | The turtle lives what so many of us are learning, |
| 1:32.9 | that slow, steady, grounded presence heals. |
| 1:39.7 | I love this quote by Ticknathan. |
| 1:42.6 | He said, |
| 1:44.1 | Rest is not idleness. It is medicine. And that might be a good one |
| 1:50.5 | to keep in mind as we consider the slow, steady, and restful nature of the turtle. |
| 1:59.6 | There are also some wise words from Herman Hess that I love. |
| 2:04.4 | These speak to the benefits that we can gain from going along like the turtle. He said, |
| 2:10.9 | within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time. And that's what we have |
| 2:23.0 | inside us. We have that stillness in there and that sanctuary that we can retreat to at any |
| 2:31.8 | time when we remember how to get there. |
| 2:36.7 | So let's take some wise words from the turtle life today. Turtles don't rush. They don't |
| 2:44.5 | apologize for their pace. That was something that I took very close to my heart. |
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