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Calm Anxiety and Worry

July 09, 2025

Calm anxiety and worry with a simple shift in how you breathe. When anxiety strikes, it often shows up in our bodies—tight chests, shallow breaths, a sense of suffocation. But as Dr. David Carbonell explains in the audiobook The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It, these symptoms aren’t signs of danger—they’re just your body sounding a false alarm. In this excerpt, he shares a practical belly breathing exercise to ease physical discomfort and help you feel grounded again.

Today, we’re featuring an excerpt from the audiobook The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It by Dr. David Carbonell. If you’ve ever felt like you “can’t catch your breath” during anxious moments, this powerful breathing technique is a great place to start. It’s a gentle, effective way to calm anxiety and worry—and to begin building a more peaceful relationship with your thoughts.

What’s in this episode?

In this episode, we’re sharing an excerpt from the audiobook The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It by Dr. David Carbonell that reveals how anxiety disrupts your breathing—and what you can do about it. You’ll learn a simple, science-backed belly breathing technique to calm anxiety and worry, ease physical tension, and regain calm and clarity.

If you like what you hear today, the audio version of “The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It” is available on Audible, and you can listen to it for free as part of your premium Spotify membership.

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Note that the information in this episode is of a general nature and is furnished for your knowledge and understanding only. If you have symptoms, including but not limited to any that resemble symptoms described in this episode, you should visit your doctor or health care provider for a full evaluation.

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