SYSK TRENDING - A Practical Way to Approach Anxiety

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Education

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Anxiety has become incredibly common. Many people feel constantly on edge—worried about work, relationships, money, the future, or simply the pace of modern life. The usual advice focuses on calming down, reducing stress, or trying to eliminate anxiety altogether. But Dr. John Delony believes that approach misses the point. Anxiety itself is not the real problem—it’s a signal. Like a smoke alarm going off in your house, the goal shouldn’t be to silence the alarm but to figure out what’s causing it. Dr. Delony argues that anxiety often points to deeper issues such as unresolved conflict, unhealthy relationships, lack of boundaries, or living out of alignment with what really matters to you. When you address those underlying issues, anxiety often begins to ease naturally. Dr. John Delony is a mental health and wellness expert, host of The John Delony Show podcast (https://www.ramseysolutions.com/shows/the-dr-john-delony-show), and author of Building a Non-Anxious Life (https://amzn.to/4aabU1G). In our conversation he explains why anxiety may actually be trying to help you—and how listening to that signal can lead to a calmer, more intentional life. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS POCKET HOSE: Text SYSK to 64000 for your two free gifts with the purchase of any Pocket Hose Ballistic hose! DUTCH: If your pet is still scratching and you’ve tried everything at the pet store –it’s time to stop guessing and go prescription.Support us and use code SYSK for $40 off your membership at ⁠https://Dutch.com⁠ RULA: Thousands of people are already using Rula to get affordable, high-quality therapy that’s actually covered by insurance. Visit ⁠https://Rula.com/sysk⁠ to get started. QUINCE: Don't keep settling for clothes that don't last! Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Quince.dom/sysk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! SHOPIFY: See less carts go abandoned with Shopify and their Shop Pay button! Sign up for your $1 per month trail and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Shopify.com/sysk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EXPEDITION UNKOWN: We love the Expedition Unknown podcast from Discovery! Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Anxiety seems to be everywhere right now. More people are talking about it and feeling it. And yet,
0:09.3	the way most of us try to deal with anxiety often makes it worse. We ignore it, try to power
0:15.2	through it, distract ourselves, or hope it'll just fade away. But anxiety isn't something you simply must endure. What if there was a more
0:24.0	practical way to approach it, a way to understand what your brain is actually doing, and then use
0:29.9	that knowledge to calm anxiety when it shows up? That's why today's SYSK trending topic is a practical way to approach anxiety.
0:39.3	In my conversation with mental health and wellness expert Dr. John Deloney, we explore what anxiety really is,
0:47.3	why your brain produces it in the first place, and a few surprisingly simple techniques grounded
0:53.3	in psychology and neuroscience that you can use in the moment.
0:57.6	And we'll get to that right after this.
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1:34.0	Anxiety is a hot topic right now.
1:37.3	People are anxious.
1:39.1	Kids are anxious.
1:40.1	The whole world is anxious about so many things that might happen.
1:45.1	And not in a good way.
1:46.3	I mean, we don't usually worry about great things happening.
1:49.8	We worry about the disaster around the corner.
1:53.7	Why is there so much anxiety?
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