# When Everything Feels On Fire: Faith, Anxiety, and the Politics of the Nervous System

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Podcast: [Faith and Feminism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-and-feminism-237393)
Published: 2026-01-13T16:36:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, we speak with Sara Billups the author of Nervous Systems about anxiety as an embodied, collective experience shaping our bodies, churches, and politics. We explore spiritual and somatic practices that calm chronic stress and help us move toward grounded, compassionate, and faithful engagement with the world.

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