Calming Anxiety
172 episodes

Every Calming Anxiety episode

Every session with a script, newest first: guided meditations for anxiety, panic and sleep, and Books at Bedtime stories. Each page has the audio and the full words, so you can listen, read along, or find the one you need again.

SleepPanicOverthinkingWork stressHealth anxietySocial anxietySelf-worth and confidenceAffirmationsBreathingBooks at Bedtime
  1. The New Dress by Virginia WoolfBooks at Bedtime · 26 Aug 2026 · 26 minIf sleep feels far away tonight, let Virginia Woolf's The New Dress carry you there. Tonight's Books at Bedtime story follows Mabel Waring through a single anxious eveni…
  2. I Need to Feel Calm Again — 10 Minute Guided Meditation for Anxiety, Stress & Irritability26 Aug 2026 · 11 minAnxiety relief for those days when everything is getting under your skin. This ten minute guided meditation is for the moment you catch yourself thinking "I just need to…
  3. The String Quartet by Virginia WoolfBooks at Bedtime · 25 Aug 2026 · 13 minDrift off tonight to a dreamlike bedtime story for sleep and insomnia, read slowly and gently to help you fall asleep naturally.
  4. Why Does Everyone Else Have It Together — A Meditation for Feeling Behind in Life25 Aug 2026 · 10 min
  5. Calming Anxiety - The NSDR Protocol - A 10 Minute Non-Sleep Deep Rest Reset24 Aug 2026 · 11 minIf you feel tired in a way that sleep never seems to touch — wired, switched-on, unable to power down even when you're exhausted — this 10-minute NSDR (Non-Sleep Deep Re…
  6. I Feel So Low Today - 10 Minutes Guided Meditation to Lift the Soul23 Aug 2026 · 11 minWhen you wake up to a low, grey weight rather than a racing mind or sharp panic, simply getting through the day can feel like too much to ask. In this episode of Calming…
  7. I Feel On Edge All Day — A 10-Minute Meditation for a Wired, Tired Nervous System22 Aug 2026 · 10 minThat feeling where the body has been braced since the moment you woke up. Shoulders up around your ears, jaw tight, exhausted and somehow still wired. Wired but tired…
  8. In The Orchard by Virginia WoolfBooks at Bedtime · 21 Aug 2026 · 9 minA calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the complete, unabridged short story In the Orchard by Virginia Woolf, narrated slowly and softly for anyone lying awak…
  9. I Can Feel My Heart Pounding - A Guided Meditation for Heart Palpatations and a Racing Heartbeat.21 Aug 2026 · 11 minYou get that feeling right there under your hand. Too fast, too hard, too loud for a room this quiet — and yet nothing is happening. You're sitting down. You haven't run…
  10. The Haunted House by Virginia WoolfBooks at Bedtime · 20 Aug 2026 · 7 minA calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the complete, unabridged short story A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf, narrated slowly and softly for anyone lying awa…
  11. Panic and Anxiety - 10 Minutes to Soothe Your Soul20 Aug 2026 · 11 minWe all have it. That feeling of dread, of fear and panic, that sick sensation in our bellies. I've been there, you're there — but together we can take back control. So s…
  12. THE LADY IN THE LOOKING-GLASS by Virginia WoolfBooks at Bedtime · 19 Aug 2026 · 19 minA calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the complete, unabridged short story The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection by Virginia Woolf, narrated slowly and…
  13. Am I Enough — Positive Affirmations for Self-Worth, Confidence & Calm19 Aug 2026 · 10 minYou have already done the hardest thing today. You woke up, and you came back. No fanfare, nobody clapping — you just did it. And I wonder whether anyone has told you la…
  14. Solid Objects by Virginia WoolfBooks at Bedtime · 18 Aug 2026 · 20 minA calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the complete, unabridged short story Solid Objects by Virginia Woolf, narrated slowly and softly for anyone lying awake…
  15. What if Everything Goes Wrong - A Meditation for Overthinking and Anxiety18 Aug 2026 · 11 minIt isn't happening. Not yet, not today, perhaps not ever. And still you can see it in detail and in colour — the phone call, the conversation, the moment it all comes ap…
  16. The Mark on the Wall by Virginia WoolfBooks at Bedtime · 17 Aug 2026 · 27 minA calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the complete short story The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf, read slowly and softly for anyone lying awake in the s…
  17. Why Can't I Stop Anxious Thoughts - 10 Minute Daily Guided Meditation for Panic and Anxiety17 Aug 2026 · 11 minWhy can't I stop anxious thoughts? It is one of the most exhausting questions there is — the loop that starts on its own, runs all day, and picks up again the moment the…
  18. I Just Want to Switch Off — Sunday Anxiety Relief When Everything Feels Too Much16 Aug 2026 · 11 minIt's a Sunday, and somewhere out there the world is still going on with all of it. The arguing, the headlines, the things that are wrong and the people shouting about th…
  19. Kew Gardens by Virginia WoolfBooks at Bedtime · 15 Aug 2026 · 23 minA calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the complete short story Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf, read slowly and softly for anyone lying awake in the small hour…
  20. Anxious for No Reason - Nothing Is Wrong With You - 10 Minute Guided Meditation15 Aug 2026 · 11 minNothing happened today. Nobody was unkind to you, nothing went wrong, no letter came and no bad news arrived. And yet here it is — that low humming unease sitting just u…
  21. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Chapter 15Books at Bedtime · 14 Aug 2026 · 28 minA calming bedtime story to help you fall asleep — the fifteenth and final chapter of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read slowly and softly for…
  22. I Feel So Anxious Before Sleep - Night Time Meditation14 Aug 2026 · 11 minCan't sleep because it's too hot? You have turned the pillow over three times, the cool side lasted about forty seconds, and now your mind has decided the restlessness m…