Wild with Sarah Wilson BEST OF: MARTHA BECK - Only the most nourishing chat I’ve had about anxiety ever
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Dec 23, 2025 
In a captivating discussion, Martha Beck, a bestselling author and eminent life coach, delves into the role of anxiety as a guide rather than an enemy. She shares practical techniques to transform anxious feelings through creativity and compassion, including her K-I-S-S-E-D exercise. Martha emphasizes the importance of kindness towards our anxious selves, and discusses the concept of 'rage to master' as a pathway to purpose. Listeners will find her insights on reframing anxiety and utilizing right-brain creativity both enlightening and empowering.
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Left-Brain Storytelling Fuels Anxiety
- Anxiety often stems from left-hemisphere storytelling and a brain negativity bias that magnifies threats.
- Martha Beck links this to cultural left-brain dominance that narrows perception and fuels chronic fear.
Feedback Loops Make Fear Real
- Fear-driven narratives create feedback loops that make anxiety feel like reality.
- Shifting attention to right-hemisphere processes changes fear into curiosity, exploration and creation.
Welcome Your Anxiety To Calm It
- Do welcome the anxious part of you and invite it into a safe inner space rather than battling it.
- Ask it to tell its story and listen compassionately to reduce its charge and begin healing.
