[REPLAY] Choosing to Build a Non-Anxious Life | John Delony
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Simple Living for Overwhelmed Moms
Diane Boden
4.8 • 952 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Countless people are struggling with anxiety, angst, and stress, or at the very least, they know someone who is. Despite the advancements in safety, communication, and technology, people are lonely, exhausted, and angry. No matter how anxiety shows up—from the slightest headache to a paralyzing panic attack—you want it gone. The reassuring news is that anxiety doesn't have the final say. Today, I am joined by best-selling author, mental health expert, and podcaster, Dr. John Delony, who will provide practical steps for how to navigate longterm change.
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Links Discussed in This Episode
- Order a Copy of Minimalist Moms: Living and Parenting with Simplicity
- Substack: Minimalist Moms Podcast
- Diane's Resource: Anthos Botanica Mosquito + Tick Repellant
- Book: Indistractable by Nir Eyal
- Previous Episode: Nir Eyal Teaches Us How to Become Indistractable (EP305)
- John's Resource: The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter and Financial Peace University
- Connect with John:
- Book: Building a Non-Anxious Life by John Delony
- YouTube
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Transcript
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| 0:00.9 | Hey everyone. Before we dive in, I wanted to let you know that today's episode is a special rear. |
| 0:06.7 | This is one of the most loved conversations from the archive, and since so many of you are new to the show or may not have heard it the first time around, I wanted to go ahead and bring it back. |
| 0:15.6 | It's still just as relevant today, and I think you'll get a lot out of it. So let's get to it. |
| 0:34.9 | And so those six things, they happen on a loop, and some days they're better than others, |
| 0:40.1 | and some days you feel great. And for most of us, a couple of those are really easy and a couple of those are like, |
| 0:40.9 | those are tough. |
| 0:42.8 | And a couple of those are like, I'm never doing. |
| 0:43.4 | That's impossible. |
| 0:50.4 | But when you get those things kind of grasp on those things in some shape, form or fashion, |
| 0:57.2 | your body doesn't have to sound the alarms 24-7, 365. And then when you get the call that, hey, mom's got cancer, hey, husband or wife just lost the job. I'm kids sick. Then you've got |
| 1:04.7 | this magical thing that we don't have in America. And it's called margin. Financial margin, |
| 1:09.4 | time margin, clutter margin. |
| 1:12.0 | We have space to then respond to the hard realities that is life. |
| 1:17.0 | And this is a non-anxious life. |
| 1:18.9 | It's not a perfect life. |
| 1:20.0 | It's not a stress-free life. |
| 1:21.2 | It's not a nothing bad ever happens life. |
| 1:23.5 | It's a life where your body works for you, not against you. |
| 1:26.9 | Hello and welcome to the Minimus Mom's podcast. |
| 1:29.9 | Countless people are struggling with anxiety, angst, and stress, or at the very least, they know someone who is. |
| 1:36.4 | Despite the advancements in safety, communication, and technology, people are lonely, exhausted, and angry. |
| 1:43.2 | No matter how anxiety shows up from the slightest headache to a paralyzing panic attack, |
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