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Hello, dear listener and welcome to owning it the anxiety

podcast, the series that helps you to better understand and manage your experience of anxiety with me,

Caroline Forin. This week I am joined by the wonderful Claire Walsh, best-selling author, and free diver.

I watched the deepest breath documentary on Netflix, somewhat of an anxiety-inducing

documentary given the nature of it, and it is really quite sad, but it also really moved me

and expanded my horizons in terms of how we all differ when it comes to finding the thing that

helps us to downregulate our personal stress response. For many people, the idea of plunging down

into the darkest depths of the sea in one single breath without all of the breathing paraphernalia

would be enough to send them into a state of panic. It is certainly not for everyone and it requires

major training and experience and it's super high risk. But for those who describe themselves as

free divers,

this activity can be how they manage their stress and anxiety.

I can't explain it very well because it's not at all my thing.

I don't even think I can comfortably put my head underwater in a swimming pool,

but Claire Walsh describes the magic of it so beautifully.

Here she tells her story and what she's learned from her breath in the water that she can apply to her life on dry land. Also, I have recently launched a substack where I'm

sharing a weekly column. Anxiety will of course be a regular theme, but there will also be

discussions around parenting and work and relationships such as how I've managed to build a really

reliable revenue stream from podcasting. You can sign up if you're interested and you want a little bit more than the podcast at

caroline foreign.substack.com. Some content is free to read, but you can pay the price of a fancy

cup of coffee per month to read the juicier stuff. It is entirely reader funded. For now,

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