Healing Beyond Health Anxiety
A calming space to explore recovery, resilience, and life beyond health anxiety. Guiding you from fear to freedom, stories, insights, and support for healing health anxiety.
Episodes
My Personal Health Anxiety Journey - How I Got To Where I Am Now
Get In Touch!In this episode, I talk about my own journey with health anxiety after my diagnosis in 2018 and how it completely changed the way I related to my body. I share how fear, symptom scanning and the need for certainty slowly took over my life, and why nobody explaining the nervous system side of health anxiety left me feeling stuck for years.I also talk about one of the biggest shifts in
Finding Safety in the Present - Visualisation Session
Get In Touch!In this calming guided visualisation, I gently guide you through a moment of safety, softness, and nervous system regulation for those struggling with health anxiety. Together, we explore breathwork, body awareness, and visualisation to help you reconnect with trust in your body rather than fear.Through a peaceful safe-space journey, compassionate affirmations, and soothing relaxation
Unveiling Inner Trauma Through Somatic Intuition with Lesley Turner
Get In Touch!In this episode, I sit down with Lesley Turner, a somatic practitioner and intuitive coach who previously worked for 11 years as a naturopathic doctor before finding her calling. We explore what somatics really means, moving away from logic and into the body to notice sensations, emotions, memories, images, or even phrases that may be connected to symptoms. Lesley talks about the impo
Navigating Health Anxiety in a World of Instant Answers
Get In Touch!In this episode, I share my own experience as a former health anxiety sufferer turned coach, and break down one of the biggest patterns I see keeping people stuck… the urgent need for immediate answers.I talk about how the world we live in has conditioned us to expect instant information at the touch of a button, and how this trains the brain to treat normal bodily sensations as probl
Inhaling Calm: The Breathwork Revolution in Health Anxiety With Gemma Kelly
Get In Touch!In this episode I sit down with Gemma Kelly, a women’s wellness and breathwork coach. Gemma shares how her own experience of health anxiety after finding a breast lump led her to discover box breathing, which then sparked a deep dive into breathwork training and daily practice. We talk about how breath awareness is such a foundational tool for regulating the nervous system, helping sh
Exploring Hypnotherapy: A Path Beyond Health Anxiety with Steve Woods
Get In Touch!In this episode, I introduce a conversation for anyone struggling with health anxiety as I sit down with hypnotherapist Steve Woods to explore how hypnosis can support anxiety recovery.Steve shares how he got into hypnosis and explains it as a natural state of high focus that we all experience. He reassures us that most people can be hypnotised, and that stray thoughts or distractions
The Two-Step Solution for Moving Beyond Health Anxiety (That No-One Talks About!)
Get In Touch!In this episode, I talk about something that was a huge turning point in my own recovery from health anxiety: understanding that you can’t calm the mind without also calming the body.For years I thought the solution was purely mindset work. I tried to challenge my thoughts, question the worst-case scenarios, and logic my way out of the fear. Sometimes it helped briefly, but the anxiet
Embracing the Present: Shifting Away from Overthinking
Get In Touch!In this episode, I explain why overthinking becomes so chronic for people with health anxiety ... and more importantly, how it can be unlearned.I walk you through a series of gentle, practical tools I use both personally and with my clients. These include learning how to neutrally label anxious thoughts instead of engaging with them, anchoring back into the present moment when the min
The Benefits Of The Outdoors - Conversation With Katie Biggs Outdoor Therapist
Get In Touch!In this episode of the Healing Beyond Health Anxiety podcast, I’m joined by Katie Biggs, a psychotherapist who specialises in outdoor therapy.Katie shares her journey from working as a flight attendant to training as a psychotherapist, and what led her to take therapy out of the traditional room and into nature. We talk about why working outdoors can feel so much less intense than sit
Google, Panic, Repeat: Rob Prime's Journey Beyond Health Anxiety
Get In Touch!In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, I’m joined by Robert Prime, a former health anxiety sufferer and the author of Google Panic Repeat.Rob shares his personal journey with health anxiety and how it slowly crept into his life without him fully realising what was happening. What started quietly soon began to consume his day-to-day existence, with constant symptom scanning,
Guided Meditation for Easing Health Anxiety
Get In Touch!In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, I’m guiding you through a gentle meditation designed specifically for health anxiety.If meditation has ever felt intimidating, frustrating, or like something you’re “bad at,” I want you to know this straight away ... this isn’t about emptying your mind or doing anything perfectly. It’s about calming your nervous system and beginning to
Unveiling Holistic Healing with Sierra Smits
Get In Touch!In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, I’m joined by Sierra Smits, a chronic illness-informed naturopath, and we have such an important conversation about what it’s really like to live with chronic illness alongside health anxiety.Sierra shares her own journey... from battling severe health issues herself to becoming a naturopath ...and we talk honestly about the challenges
A Calmer Christmas: Managing Health Anxiety During the Holidays
Get In Touch!In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, I’m diving into something that feels especially loud this time of year ... the pressure of Christmas when you live with health anxiety.I open up about the years I genuinely lost to fear at Christmas… those days where I was physically there but mentally trapped in symptoms, what-ifs, and body checking. If you’ve ever felt that knot in y
Bryan Smith The Walking Man - The Journey With Mental Health
Get In Touch!In this podcast, I interview Bryan Smith, a long-term mental health sufferer and author of 'The Hardest Walk.' Bryan recounts his decades-long struggle with mental health and how he eventually became known as 'The Walking Man from Bristol.' He describes his efforts to raise mental health awareness through walking and hiking while connecting with others dealing with
Unlocking Gut Health: An In-Depth Conversation with Rachel Montero
Get In Touch!In this episode, I chat with Rachel Montero, a nurse practitioner and holistic gut health specialist, about the powerful connection between gut health, anxiety, and overall well-being. Rachel opens up about her own experience with gut issues and anxiety, and how it led her to move from conventional to functional medicine to better understand the mind-gut connection.We dive into how re
Embracing Uncertainty in Health Anxiety Recovery
Get In Touch!In this episode of 'Healing Beyond Health Anxiety', I delve into the core concept of uncertainty and its profound impact on those suffering from health anxiety. I discuss the brain's natural aversion to unpredictability and how it fuels the anxiety cycle. By understanding the brain's fear response, listeners will learn practical steps to build tolerance for uncerta
Helping Others Understand Health Anxiety
Get In Touch!In this episode, we address the challenging and often isolating experience of living with health anxiety. Amy provides strategies to help in effectively communicate your feelings and experiences to partners, family, and friends. Emphasising the importance of compassion and understanding, the episode explores why health anxiety is often misunderstood, how it manifests, and ways to fost
Understanding and Managing Catastrophic Thinking in Health Anxiety
Get In Touch!In this episode, we delve into catastrophic thinking, a common issue for those dealing with health anxiety. We explore what catastrophic thinking is, why it happens, and how it affects the body and mind. The episode features real-life examples from clients who have experienced catastrophic thoughts and shows how they have learned to manage them. Practical coaching tools and journal pr
Exploring Energy Healing & Holistic Practices With Joff Talbot
Get In Touch!In this episode of 'Healing Beyond Health Anxiety,' I am joined by holistic mindset coach Joff Talbot. Together, we discuss practical tools and techniques to overcome health anxiety and improve overall well-being. Joff shares his journey into energy healing, the impact of spiritual awakenings, and how modalities like numerology and quantum touch energy healing can facilitate
Safety Behaviours - What Are They? And How Are They Holding Us Back?
Get In Touch!In this episode, we will delve into safety behaviours. These are the very things that keep you stuck - but how do you even spot the,m let alone try and stop performing them?I'll explain how - giving real life examples and using my personal lived in experience.Connect & Work With MeIf you’re ready to move beyond health anxiety and start truly healing, I’d love to support you.A
Overcoming Health Anxiety and Managing Menopause with Nutrition Expert Lauren Benser
Get In Touch!Overcoming Health Anxiety and Managing Menopause with Nutrition Expert Lauren BenserIn this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, host Amy Caldwell welcomes registered dietician and nutritionist Lauren Benor to discuss the significant impact of nutrition on mental and physical health, especially during menopause. They delve into how diet can influence anxiety, blood sugar levels,
The Fear Loop – How Thoughts, Symptoms & Reassurance Keep You Stuck
Get In Touch!In this episode of Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, we're diving deep into the fear loop...the cycle that keeps so many people trapped in anxiety about their health. Amy will walk you through how a simple sensation in the body can spiral into catastrophic thoughts, trigger fear responses, and lead to the compulsive need for reassurance, keeping you stuck in a loop of fear and doubt
Episode 1 - Understanding Health Anxiety - Your Pathway Forwards
Get In Touch!This first episode addresses the root of why we can suffer from health anxiety. Amy explains that symptoms and fears are normal and not indicative of mental weakness. She explains that health anxiety, previously called hypochondria, is a deeply ingrained pattern of fear and hyper-awareness intended to protect but often traps individuals in a cycle of anxiety. Key points include recogn
