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Sep 2024
25m 30s

How can I calm my nervous system?

Shann Vander Leek & Ananga Sivyer
About this episode

#706: This week on the Anxiety Slayer Podcast we’re sharing tips for how you can calm your nervous system and regulate your emotional responses to all that life brings you.

 

This show is sponsored by BetterHelp 

What’s something you’ve always wanted to learn? As an adult, do you make time to learn new things as often as you’d like or do you put your interests off for another time?

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Therapy can help you reconnect with your sense of wonder, because your “back-to-school” era can come at any age. 

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