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11/08/2026

It's possible to grieve without anxiety when we experience loss in life.

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Experiencing grief and anxiety together can feel crushing, but you ...

10/08/2026

Anxiety is just temporarily surging energy streams.

Stop fearing panic attacks and anxiety by playing this 90 sec reset three times, or stay as long as you want :)

Panic and anxiety often feel dangerous, but they are actually just harmless energy surges and streams caused by adrenaline. This video explains why your body tricks you into feeling threatened and how to shift back to a relaxed state.

Download full guided floating practices below.

Anxiety Masterclass Recordings & Guided Practices here: https://openchange.com.au/anxiety-tool-shop/

Watch the full Anxiety Cure series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRWr4VF71u_8jsOLbTX5n1P647oEl0z0b

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10/08/2026

You are not anxious because of what happens

Most people assume that external events dictate how they feel throughout the day. However, this video clarifies that your suffering is actually a product of the internal narrative you build around those events which are fueled by stress hormones. If you find yourself trapped in a cycle of worry, you are likely suffering because of your judgment of a situation rather than the situation itself.

Access Guided Practices to help move through the suffering (link in comments)

Stop overthinking by realizing that your own mind (through sensitis...

05/08/2026

Panic attacks are temporary energy surges

Stop fearing panic attacks and learn to manage anxiety symptoms effectively.

Panic and anxiety often feel dangerous, but they are actually just harmless energy surges caused by adrenaline. This video explains why your body tricks you into feeling threatened and how to shift back to a relaxed state.

Download full guided floating practices below.

Anxiety Masterclass Recordings & Guided Practices here: https://openchange.com.au/anxiety-tool-shop/

Watch the full Anxiety Cure series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRWr4VF71u_8jsOLbTX5n1P647oEl0z0b

Book your 1-to-1 coaching session with Samuel Eddy: https://openchange.com.au/booking/
Subscribe for anxiety & depression recovery updates: https://openchange.com.au/anxiety-coaching/

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29/07/2026

If you've had a setback in your anxiety recovery, I want you to hear this: it's not a setback.

Recovery moves in cycles, not straight lines. You'll get a stretch of good days, then low mood creeps back in and it feels like nothing's changed. That's not proof you're failing. It's the same pattern as seasons changing, a warm day shows up, cold comes back, but over time the warm days start winning more often.

Your nervous system learnt the anxiety habit through repetition. The body still treats it as essential, even though the survival response it was built for isn't needed anymore. The job now is to let those cycles come up without reacting to them the way you used to. Each time you react less, the pattern loses a bit more of its grip.

Have you noticed your own recovery moving in cycles like this, rather than a straight climb?

Watch the full anxiety cure playlist in our bio to understand this process properly.

27/07/2026

It doesn't matter how many years your nervous system has been on the flames of life. You can still recover from anxiety.

It won't be easy. It might be highly unpleasant. But it's not serious, and that's an important difference.

The simple part is just taking the lid off the pressure. The hard part is that most of us have spent years training ourselves to do the opposite. We avoid. We repress. We resist any sign of discomfort the moment it shows up.

Recovery is learning new tools. Slowing down. Letting the sensations happen instead of fighting them. Taking the lid off a little more each time the symptoms bubble up.

It gets easier the more you practice it.

What's the habit you've noticed yourself falling into when anxiety shows up, avoiding, repressing, or resisting?

20/07/2026

There's a fork in the road every anxious person hits, usually without realising it.

Something triggers you. A thought, a symptom, doesn't matter which. Your body reacts with fear. That part isn't a choice. It's automatic, built from years of the same pattern firing.

What happens next is where it splits.

One path is coping. You grit your teeth. You tense up. You try to lock the feeling down and wait for it to pass. That's the moment second fear gets added on top of the first.

The other path is recovery. You notice you've reacted. You go loose instead of tight. You let the wave run its course instead of fighting it the whole way through.

Same trigger every time. The difference is what you do in the seconds right after.

Which path do you usually find yourself on when anxiety hits?

Watch the full anxiety cure playlist in our bio for more on this.

13/07/2026

Here's something I don't think gets said enough. ADHD and anxiety get treated like two different things. A lot of the time they're not.

Look at what ADHD diagnosis actually asks about. Can you sit still. Can you focus. Can you wait your turn without jumping in. That's not a separate condition. That's an agitated nervous system, the same thing driving anxiety.

Nobody's asking about nervous system sensitization on the checklist. I think that's a gap, and I think it matters, because if you only treat the surface behaviour you miss what's actually running underneath it.

Learning to notice the discomfort instead of fighting it is where real change starts.

Have you noticed anxiety and ADHD showing up together for you?

Full playlist on the anxiety cure series in our bio.

10/07/2026

A morning meditation is a great start to your day. It won't rewire your anxious brain on its own.

Real change happens in the moments fear shows up. On the train. At your desk. Wherever it hits.

Here's what to do next time a flash of panic hits. Take a breath. Remind yourself: this is just adrenaline.

Unpleasant, not serious. Let it happen as best you can.

Do that enough times and your brain builds new pathways. The panic response stops being the default.

Have you noticed a moment where practicing in real time helped more than any planned meditation?
Watch the full anxiety cure playlist in our bio.

06/07/2026

Is there a link between anxiety and digestion? Absolutely.

Anxiety is just a tired, sensitised nervous system stuck in flight, fight or freeze. Every day it reacts like there's a tiger about to eat you. And when that response is on, your body suppresses whatever it decides isn't essential for survival. Digestion is one of the first things to go.

You don't need to perfectly digest your food while your body thinks it's fighting for its life. But if this keeps happening with no recovery time, things get out of balance. That's often where bowel and digestion issues come from.

The body always wants to find its way back to balance. It just needs the right conditions to do it.
Have you noticed your gut acting up during stressful periods?

Full anxiety cure series in bio.