Nervous System & Anxiety Podcasts
The nervous system plays a vital role in how we experience anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm. In these podcast episodes, I talk about how our body reacts to stress, how anxiety shows up in both the body and the mind, and what practical steps can help with regulation and recovery.
You will learn about how your body handles stress, ways to calm the nervous system, and how anxiety affects everyday life. Each episode blends therapeutic insights with practical exercises, so you can not only learn but also experience new ways of supporting your wellbeing.
Whether you’re curious about polyvagal theory, looking for embodied approaches to managing panic, or simply want compassionate advice on living with anxiety, this collection brings together a range of conversations and practices to help you feel more at ease and connected.
If you are searching for mental health counselling in Bristol, or simply want to explore embodied approaches to anxiety, these episodes are here to support you. Created and presented by Shelley Treacher, Bristol-based psychotherapist, series offers both understanding and practical guidance for managing anxiety and strengthening your nervous system.
“Your nervous system isn’t broken. It’s doing its best to protect you. With care and practice, it can also learn to feel safe and at ease.”
🎧 Featured Episodes
Podcasts to support anxiety and nervous system regulation from Shelley Treacher, offering mental health counselling in Bristol
Coping with Anxiety: 10 Somatic Ways to Calm Overthinking
Learn 10 practical ways to cope with anxiety and overthinking using your body/ somatic therapy, breath work, and self-compassion.
How Do I Stop Overthinking?
Discover how getting out of your head and into your body can quiet the mental noise and bring more calm.
Reset Your Autonomic Nervous System
Easy body-based exercises to support your nervous system and mental health.
Why Procrastination Isn’t About Willpower
Procrastination isn’t a lack of willpower.
It’s often a sign of overwhelm, shutdown, or a nervous system that’s already under strain.
Somatic Therapy for Low Self-Worth
Explore how low self-worth fuels anxiety, and how embodied psychotherapy can ease both.
What Feeling ‘Triggered’ Really Means
Learn what being ‘triggered’ really means, how it fuels anxiety and defensiveness, and how understanding your reactions helps you calm your nervous system.
Grounding Practice
A gentle grounding exercise to calm your nervous system, release stress, and feel safer in your body. This somatic therapy practice includes breath, sound, and awareness to help you reconnect and reset.
8 Ways to Self‑Soothe
Learn simple, effective ways to calm your nervous system and care for yourself when emotions feel too much.
Embodiment: The Best Way to Handle Anxiety
Paying attention to your body can help stop feelings of fear and help you to feel safer.
Why Insight Isn’t Enough to Change
Reflections on anxiety, change, and the nervous system, grounded in somatic psychotherapy and real lived experience.
How do you Heal Shame?
How shame fuels anxiety and holds us back, and ways to meet it with compassion.
Why is Grief So Hard?
Exploring how grief can heighten anxiety, and ways to support your nervous system through both.
Break Free from Perfectionism
Perfectionism isn’t just pressure.It’s a form of anxiety that keeps us trapped in over control.
Avoidance and Fear of Dependency
How avoidance in relationships fuels anxiety and what it reveals about our nervous system and relationship attachment patterns.
For further resources on understanding the nervous system and anxiety, you may also find NICABM’s work on the nervous system helpful
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