7 Ways to Fight Against Anxiety In Your Life

For The Girl

Mac Bridges & Kenz Durham

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In today’s episode, we’re getting real about something so many of us carry but don’t always talk about—that quiet, lingering anxiety that sits in the background of our everyday lives. We open up about how anxiety has shown up in different seasons (hello motherhood, busy schedules, and overwhelming thoughts), and we share 7 practical, faith-filled ways we can actively fight against it. This conversation is honest, encouraging, and full of tangible tools to help you walk in peace—even when life still feels chaotic. In This Episode [01:00] The “Lingering Anxiety” We All Feel [03:00] Tip #1: Send a Voice Memo to Jesus [06:30] Tip #2: Call Someone You Trust [11:30] Tip #3: Work Backwards from Your Anxiety [13:30] Identifying the Root Fear Beneath It All [15:30] Tip #4: Move Your Body Like It’s Medicine [17:30] The Mental + Physical Shift After Movement [19:30] Tip #5: Pray Through the Psalms [20:30] Letting Scripture Speak When You Can’t Delight Ministries Looking for a Delight Chapter near you? Check out⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Delightministries.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find one. If there's not one near you, and you want to help start one, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠let us know⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! We would love to talk. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ORDER OUR NEW STUDY!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This seven-week, verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts invites you to embrace the unpredictable, sometimes challenging adventure of Spirit-led living that characterized the early church. Thanks to Our Sponsors ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Winshape⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more or submit your application today⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you’d like to partner with For The Girl as a sponsor, fill out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Advertise With Us⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ form! Follow us! 📸Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠For This Girl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mac⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Kenz⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe! 🍏⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📹⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.6	Hello everybody. Welcome back to the For The Girl podcast.
0:41.7	We're super excited about today's episode. Over the course of the For The Girl podcast, I believe
0:48.6	that probably our most listened to episode ever was on anxiety, which is crazy because that was many, many years ago.
0:57.5	I don't think we've done one on anxiety in a really, really, really long time.
1:01.5	But because I were just chatting, we were like, you know what, I think it's time to chat about anxiety.
1:06.9	Because it's clearly something we're all going through.
1:09.4	Clearly. And I think, you know, when I was younger, I wouldn't have really said that I maybe like struggled with anxiety.
1:18.3	But I think that the older I've gotten, I wouldn't say I have like any sort of like serious long term anxiety.
1:25.5	But there is kind of this like lingering anxiety that I felt in
1:29.9	seasons. I think especially in becoming a mom, mom and anxiety just go together sometimes. And,
1:37.0	uh, there can just be like this lingering unease, nervousness, like energy that you feel, uh feel that something is off, something is wrong.
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