The Calming Anxiety podcast isn't going anywhere — it stays completely free, with thousands of episodes for you to keep listening to on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. But where the podcast player is built for listening, Anchored is built as a toolkit: something to reach for right when anxiety or a panic attack hits, whether that's at your desk, in bed, on a plane, or in the supermarket at 3am.
Inside the app: an Instant Calm SOS session that drops you straight into calm without searching, works free, premium, and fully offline; visual breathing tools you can simply watch and follow, so you're never trying to remember or count a complicated breathing pattern mid-panic; and a growing Books at Bedtime library — now 40 sleep stories, all narrated personally by Martin, for the anxious 3am moments as much as the ordinary bedtime ones. Anchored Premium adds ad-free listening, saved favourites, offline downloads, extra breathing and relaxation tools, and an ambient night-light feature to help you drift off.
The script
Transcribed from the audio, so the odd word may be off. Tap any line while it plays to keep the words in step with Martin's voice.
Hi there friend, Anchored is now on Android. If you've been listening to calming anxiety for a while, you know I've been talking about it quite a bit and today I can finally say it's here, it's in the play store. That means that Anchored is available on both Android and iPhone. So if you've been looking for an anxiety relief app, a panic attack relief app, guided breathing exercises, meditation, anxiety, it's there. Now you might quite reasonably say, "Mart, why do I need an app when I can listen to calming anxiety on Apple podcasts or Spotify?" and that's a genuinely good question because I don't want you to stop listening to the podcast. The podcast is still completely free and there are now thousands of episodes just for you. But the podcast player is designed just for listening. Ankit is designed to be a toolkit. It's something you can reach for when you need help right now. If you're having a panic attack, there's the instant calm SOS feature designed to get you straight into a calming session without having to search. It works free premium offline. It's just there. And one of my favorite parts is the breathing section because when you're anxious, sometimes the last thing you need is someone telling you to remember a complicated breathing pattern. Anchored gives you the visual breathing tools just to simply follow. You don't have to keep counting, just watch and breathe. Then there's the growing library of books at bedtime. Now 40 stories, all narrated by me because anxiety doesn't have to turn up at three in the afternoon. Sometimes it's there at three in the morning and I'll be there whenever you need it. And for those of you who choose the premium version of Anchored, you can remove all the ads, save your favorite sessions, download the content for offline listening and access additional breathing and relaxation tools. There's the ambient night light feature create your own calming visual as you drift off. So rather than opening Spotify and searching for something, for scrolling, trying to decide which meditation you need. Ankit is designed to put those tools in one place and there's another reason I wanted to build it. I've spent years creating these episodes. There are now over two and a half thousand guided sessions in the library and I wanted to make them easier to use when you need them. Because anxiety, it doesn't politely wait until you're sitting at home with your headphones on. It can happen at work in bed on a plane in the supermarket in the middle of the night. And that's why I called it Anchored. Because when anxiety starts pulling you away into the what ifs, what if, sometimes you don't need to solve anything. You just need something that brings you back to where you are. Here, now, Anchored. So if you've been listening to calming anxiety on Apple podcasts or Spotify, nothing changes. Keep listening. The podcast remains free. But now, if you'd like a more dedicated anxiety and panic attack toolkit, you can have the entire experience sitting there on your phone. So if you're on your Android phone, head over to Google Play and just search Ankit, panic and anxiety. And if you're on iPhone user, find it the same way on the App Store. There's a link to both of them in the show notes. And if you've been with me over the years, through the hundreds and thousands of episodes, the sleepless nights, the panic attacks, the anxious thoughts. Thank you. Seriously.
Anchored started with a simple idea. What if the things we've learned through calming anxiety could be sitting in your pocket whenever you needed them? Well, now they are. I built Ankit for you. Available now, Android and iPhone. Come back, breathe and get Anchored.