How to Be Kind to Yourself When It Feels Impossible
Calming Anxiety | Guided Meditation, Sleep Hypnosis & Panic Attack Relief
Calming Anxiety
4.7 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Support the Anchored App on GoFundMeI am thrilled to announce a campaign to bring our brand-new app, Anchored, to life on both iOS and Android. Designed to be your dedicated space for calm wherever you are, Anchored will sit right alongside this podcast to support your journey.
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Become a Founding MemberTo say thank you for your support, I am offering a special gift to those who help us reach our goal:
- Lifetime Premium Access: Every supporter who donates via the link and sends me a follow-up email will receive lifetime access to all premium content.
- Exclusive Benefits: This includes ad-free listening for life, all audiobooks, and our long-form sleep sessions.
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Be kind.
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Ready for More Calm?Thank you for listening to the Calming Anxiety Podcast, featuring guided meditation, mindfulness, and sleep hypnosis sessions with Martin Hewlett. Our mission is to provide you with proven tools for anxiety relief, stress reduction, and a path toward deep relaxation. Use this episode anytime you need to calm your mind and feel more at ease.
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| 0:00.0 | What would it feel like to treat yourself the way you treat the people you love? |
| 0:06.0 | Not with pressure, not with criticism, just with simple, quiet kindness. |
| 0:14.0 | Today, the 10 minutes, we're going to practice exactly that. |
| 0:19.0 | Hi there, and welcome, this is calming anxiety, your 10 |
| 0:25.3 | minute of daily sanctuary. I'm Martin, clinical hypnotherapist and former frontline |
| 0:32.3 | paramedic. And before we go any further today, I want to mention something really close to my heart. |
| 0:41.2 | An old friend and long-time listener to this show, someone who's been part of this community since the very early days, |
| 0:50.0 | has recently launched a GoFundMe campaign on my behalf. |
| 0:55.0 | The campaign is to bring brand new app anchored to life on both iOS and Android. |
| 1:03.0 | Anchored is designed to sit alongside this podcast, |
| 1:07.0 | a dedicated space for calm, wherever you are. |
| 1:11.6 | If you click the GoFundMe link in today's show's notes and then drop me an email after you've donated, |
| 1:19.6 | I will personally give you a lifetime access to the premium content. |
| 1:24.6 | That means add free calming anxiety for life, the audio books, the long sleep |
| 1:31.4 | sessions, everything. Simply as a thank you from me to you. The link is in the show notes below. |
| 1:40.9 | If you've ever thought about doing something kind for yourself today, well, this might |
| 1:47.4 | be just the moment. |
| 1:50.3 | But right now, my friend, let's begin. |
| 1:54.3 | Find somewhere comfortable, seated, or lying down, wherever you feel safe. We'll start with our vagus nerve breathing. |
| 2:04.6 | This is the 426 pattern. |
| 2:08.6 | In for 4, hold for 2, out for 6. |
| 2:14.6 | The long exhale activates your parasympathetic nervous system. It tells your body. We are safe. We can soften. Ready with me. In through your nose, two, three, four. |
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