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Anxiety is a protective strategy, often involving physical clenching, against an underlying feeling or emotion.

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Body-based3 MIN3-2-1 OrientingA sensory grounding exercise to reduce overwhelm and anxiety by engaging with your environment.Open card ↗Body-based3 MINGrounding Belly-SighAn emergency calming technique using deep-belly breaths against physical resistance.Open card ↗Emotional5 MINInterrupting ReactivityA framework for catching and interrupting reactive patterns: Catch, Curious, Choose.Open card ↗

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Guides on Rewire Anxiety

12 curated entries across podcast conversations and Nervous System Mastery masterclasses.

Podcast guides

PodcastOCD and Self-Exploration: Stay Curious Without Feeding RuminationA practical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Dan Shipper on OCD, rumination, ERP, medication, self-exploration, and finding a personal metaphor that makes inner work less forceful.Read guide →PodcastPublic Speaking Anxiety: Build Confidence Without Memorising a ScriptA practical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Tristan de Montebello on public speaking anxiety, impromptu confidence, nervous-system safety, and learning to speak before overthinking.Read guide →PodcastLeadership and Belonging: Lead Without Projecting Your Unfinished WorkA practical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Jerry Colonna on radical self-inquiry, belonging, psychological safety, ancestral stories, power, and the nervous-system work of humane leadership.Read guide →PodcastSelf-Development Is Flawed: A Practical Guide to Self-Unfoldment with Steve MarchA tactical guide from Jonny Miller’s conversation with Steve March on why self-development can reinforce deficiency, how self-unfoldment works, how to meet parts without a change agenda, and how to use the four depths as practical nervous-system moves.Read guide →PodcastThe Pathless Path & The Magic of Non-Doing with Paul MillerdA tactical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Paul Millerd on leaving the default path without recreating it, using non-doing as a nervous-system reset, testing aliveness through small experiments, and designing work around autonomy, spaciousness, and play.Read guide →PodcastMindfulness and Procrastination: Diagnose the Real Block with Arthur WorsleyA tactical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Arthur Worsley on mindfulness, language learning, meta-learning, and the four causes of procrastination: clarity, courage, motive, and energy.Read guide →PodcastProductive Disagreement with Buster BensonA tactical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Buster Benson on turning conflict avoidance into productive disagreement, using head-heart-hands questions, mapping another person's perspective, and regulating enough fear to let curiosity return.Read guide →PodcastEmbracing Uncertainty and Radical Curiosity with Leo BabautaA tactical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Leo Babauta on turning toward fear, training uncertainty, practicing radical curiosity, loosening rigid goals, and replacing optimization with devotion to what matters.Read guide →PodcastHow to Transform Fear Into Excitement and Work With the Stress Response with Brett KistlerA practical Nervous System Mastery guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Brett Kistler on transforming fear into excitement, working with the stress response, separating real danger from identity pressure, and using honest self-inquiry to make cleaner decisions under pressure.Read guide →PodcastBreathwork for Anxiety: How Breathing Changes ThinkingA practical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Edward Dangerfield on anxiety, breath patterns, nervous system regulation, and why changing the breath can change the mind.Read guide →

Masterclass guides

MasterclassMaster Public Speaking Anxiety Without Over-ScriptingA practical guide to Tristan de Montebello’s Nervous System Mastery public speaking masterclasses on training expression, confidence, and nervous-system safety through live practice.Read guide →

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