Morning Affirmations for Anxiety — A Guided Meditation to Start Your Day
Calming Anxiety | Guided Meditation, Sleep Hypnosis & Panic Attack Relief
Calming Anxiety
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🗓️ 23 May 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Hosted by Martin, a clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic, this session utilizes a Vagus Nerve Reset to lower your morning cortisol load and move your body from a state of "alert" into "anchored". By rehearsing a version of yourself that is grounded and ready, you teach your nervous system to meet the world with quiet confidence.
For more support, explore our back catalogue of over 2,300 episodes or visit the Anxiety Breaker Course at calminganxiety.fm.Episode Chapters
- 00:00 – The Power of the First 10 Minutes
- 00:37 – Introduction: Martin, Clinical Hypnotherapist & Former Paramedic
- 01:45 – The Vagus Nerve Reset: Breathing for Cortisol Reduction
- 03:43 – Visualization: Finding Your Morning Light
- 05:31 – Guided Affirmations for Clarity and Confidence
- 08:13 – 3 Daily Caring Tips for a Happier Life
- 09:38 – Closing Thoughts: Meeting Your Day with Kindness
- "I wake up as a new beginning and I choose how this day will feel."
- "I am grounded, I am present, and I am ready for all that comes."
- "My mind is clear, my body is calm, and I meet this morning with quiet confidence."
- "I release yesterday, I release tomorrow, I am fully, powerfully here."
- "I am enough, exactly as I am, to handle everything this day holds."
- The Two-Minute No-Phone Rule: Give yourself two minutes of silence after this session before checking any notifications.
- Set a Morning Word: Choose one anchor word, such as "steady" or "kind," to return to when things get hectic.
- Notice Your First Thought: Tomorrow morning, simply observe your first thought without judgment, then take one deep breath.
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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 | Before the noise of the day reaches you, before the phone lights up, before the to-do list |
| 0:07.8 | stirs, before the world asks anything of you at all, you have ten minutes, ten minutes |
| 0:16.8 | to set your tone for the entire day, because how you begin the morning is how the morning begins you. |
| 0:25.6 | Let's start here together with calm. |
| 0:31.6 | Welcome to calming anxiety. |
| 0:34.6 | I'm your host Martin. |
| 0:36.6 | I'm a clinical hypnotherapist, a former paramedic, |
| 0:41.3 | and I know better than most that the body and mind take their cue from the very first signals that they receive each morning. |
| 0:51.3 | Today, we are going to make sure those signals are the right ones. If you're |
| 0:58.7 | new, there are over 2,300 episodes waiting for you in the back catalogue, but right now, |
| 1:07.8 | this moment, it belongs to you. |
| 1:12.2 | So find somewhere comfy, you can sit or lie down, and if it's safe to do so, gently |
| 1:21.1 | close your eyes. |
| 1:23.9 | The morning, for an anxious mind, can be a battlefield before breakfast. |
| 1:30.5 | The cortisol spike that wakes you. |
| 1:33.5 | The scrolling, the news, the list of everything waiting. |
| 1:39.7 | It all fires up the nervous system before you've even left the bed. |
| 1:45.0 | So, before we do anything else, we're going to use the Vegas nerve reset to lower the |
| 1:54.0 | morning cortisol load and move you from alert into anchored. |
| 2:05.9 | You'll breathe in slowly through your nose for a count to fall. |
| 2:14.6 | Feel the air, fill your ribs and your belly, holding it gently at the top for a two, |
| 2:24.1 | and then release a long, slow, audible sigh out through the mouth for a count of six. |
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