{"podcast":{"title":"ANXIETY: Let’s Make Sense of This Sh*t","slug":"anxiety-let-s-make-sense-of-this-sh-t-7055152","podcast_index_feed_id":7055152,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6351689/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/anxiety-let-s-make-sense-of-this-sh-t--6351689","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/789f27158efd57884c7d121c579f7da5.jpg","author":"Let's Work This Sh*t Out","episode_count":86,"summary":"This show serves skeptical, busy adults (25–55) who want 2–5 minute, evidence-based anxiety resets they can feel in their body immediately—at work, in bed, or before a meeting. We own panic, acute anxiety, nervous system reset, vagus nerve, health anxiety, anticipatory worry, and scenario-specific protocols. We never drift into trauma/CPTSD framing, grief/loss content, or vague \"just relax\" advice. Speed, specificity, and mechanism-in-one-sentence are the brand promise. --- Topics include: Anxiety: Let's Make Sense Of This Shit. 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