30/03/2026
Whether it’s ice water, cold showers, shaking, breathwork, or any other nervous system tools you see online, there’s a legitimate reason these things exist.
Anxiety doesn’t live purely in the mind. It’s not something to be thought through, reframed, or mentally overridden into submission.
It’s a biological response, happening in your body, driven by your nervous system, and your nervous system responds to physical inputs just as powerfully as psychological ones.
Building tolerance to the discomfort of anxiety is important. But supporting your physiology can rewire parts of your nervous system to recognise safety when it is safe.
What often gets overlooked is how deeply body-based anxiety can be. Your nervous system isn’t waiting for your thoughts to catch up. It’s responding to signals, sensations, and physiological cues in real time, and it can be reached through the body just as powerfully as through the mind.
This is a big part of what I work on with clients, because understanding the biology of anxiety changes everything about how you approach it.
If you want to understand why you may be stuck in an anxiety cycle, sign up for my free masterclass, Breaking the Anxiety Loop.
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