{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Big Meaningful Life","title":"45. Why your mind worries — and what it needs instead","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":685,"description":"In this episode, I wanted to start the year gently.\nNot with pressure to fix yourself or push harder — but with a deeper, more compassionate look at anxiety and worry.\nAt the beginning of my pregnancy, and in many coaching conversations, I noticed how loud anxiety can become when life feels uncertain. New beginnings don’t always bring clarity. Often, they bring questions, responsibility, and a quiet sense of pressure we don’t talk about enough.\nIn this episode, I explore why anxiety shows up, what often sits beneath it at a deeper level, and why taking care of yourself doesn’t make you weaker — it actually strengthens your capacity to face life. We talk about trust, safety, self-care, and how anxiety may be less of an enemy and more of a signal asking for support.\n5 reflections you’ll walk away withA new way to understand anxiety — not as failure, but as a form of intelligence shaped by care and responsibility.Why worry often feels productive, even when it quietly drains the system.How trust (in life, in yourself, and in others) influences the intensity of anxiety.Why self-care isn’t optional when anxiety is present, but foundational to emotional intelligence.What it really takes to help the nervous system soften — without forcing positivity or control.Anxiety isn’t asking you to fight harder.\nIt may be asking you to feel safer.\nSo here’s the question I invite you to sit with:\nWhat would change if you stopped seeing anxiety as something to eliminate — and started listening to what it’s been trying to protect?\n-\nBook your discovery call.\nConnect with me on:\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sallymahamdeh\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sally_mahamdeh/\nJoin the newsletter here.\nSend me an email with ideas for future episodes: sally@hayatti.co\nMusic Credit:\nThis episode features ''Je n'y suis jamais allé'' by Yann Tiersen.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/uBaR-gDs98MjaXfqf0UX0sjMNn_V5UBzYw92xNsR3io/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80Yzlm/YmUwODIyMTQ1Zjg1/ZDU4Yjc4NTliODlk/NzIwNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}