# 21. Why We Can’t Worry Our Way to Peace

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Podcast: [Become New with John Ortberg](https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281)
Published: 2026-06-01T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

How do you calm and quiet your soul? In this deeply practical conversation on Psalm 131, John Ortberg and Steve Cuss explore anxiety, emotional awareness, prayer, soothing, and learning to rest in the presence of God. Psalm 131 offers one of the gentlest images in all of Scripture: “I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child with its mother.” This episode explores: - Anxiety and emotional awareness - “Trying to worry your way to peace” - How to notice what’s happening inte...

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