FUCK ANXIETY: For High Functioning Women Ready to Heal Anxiety with Hypnotherapy

Ep.67 Why Do I Feel Emotionally Numb? The Subconscious Program Inside

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2311510/fan_mail/new] Are you feeling emotionally numb and you don't know why? Are you doing all the right things, and feel exhausted? This episode is for you. You're not falling apart. You're not in crisis, but just going through the motions and feeling nothing. That is a subconscious program running the show, and that's not a I need to be doing more problem. And if you're a mom, there's a good chance your kids are running a version of all of this too. EPISODE SUMMARY: Sari opens with a real life recent story, coming home exhausted, being reactive with her oldest daughter, and the conversation the next morning that changed everything. Her daughter was doing all the things. Good grades, chores, helping out. And she still was feeling unloved. She believed her younger sister was loved more, because she saw that her sister didn't have to earn it. Sound familiar? In this episode, Sari unpacks the subconscious agreement that so many high-functioning, anxious women are looking through life without realizing it: if I do more, I'll be loved more. She breaks down how this belief was formed in early childhood, why it keeps running on autopilot no matter how much you accomplish, and why 95% of your daily thoughts are recycling the same quiet story you made up about yourself when you were small. She also speaks directly to moms: your children often mirror the subconscious program you modeled during their earliest years. Learning to see the agreement in them, and ask the right question instead of reacting to the behavior, is one of the most powerful things you can do for yourself and for them. She closes with a guided breathing and visualization exercise to help you meet the younger version of yourself who first made that agreement — and begin to choose something different. This is not about doing more. It is about finally seeing the lens you have been looking through. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: * Why you feel emotionally numb even when you're doing everything right — and the subconscious program driving it * What the agreement or belief you're looking through life actually is — and how to identify yours * How subconscious programs get formed between birth and age eight and why they keep running without you knowing * Why your children often mirror the agreements you modeled during your most anxious years — and how witnessing theirs can heal both of you * The difference between conditional love (earned) and unconditional love (already yours) * Why self awareness is the first crack of light — and why it is not enough on its own * Why hypnosis and subconscious work reaches what conscious effort and surface-level tools cannot * A simple breathing and visualization practice to meet the younger version of yourself who made the agreement REFLECTION: 1. What is the agreement or belief you are looking through life right now? What lens are you seeing everything through? 2. When did that agreement start? How old was the version of you who made it? 3. If you replaced that lens with unconditional love, how would you move through your day differently? 4. For the moms: what subconscious belief might you be watching play out in your child that you recognize from your own story? If anxiety feels like a constant hum of "not enough no matter what I do,"  Grab the free 5-Minute Nervous System Reset.  [https://thegrowthgoddess.net/reset] It's a tool to bring you back to yourself when the autopilot takes over.  And if you're ready to stop collecting insights and actually feel the shift in your body. Book a Free Freedom Roadmap Session [https://link.thegrowthgoddess.net/widget/bookings/freedomroadmapsession]  It's just a conversation. No pressure.   You're not broken. You're not behind. And you're not alone. If you made it here, that means something. 5 minute nervous system reset ad for midroll

Ep.66 Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn: What's Your Survival Response?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2311510/fan_mail/new] If you've got so much on your plate that part of you secretly wants to burn it all down and quit everything, this episode is for you. You're not falling apart. Your anxiety just found a new way to talk to you. And once you learn the language, you get your power back. EPISODE SUMMARY This week Sari shares a real time story of anxiety showing up in a way she'd never felt before. After years of chronic panic attacks, she thought she knew her pattern, the fight response. Then she overcommitted herself into the ground, PTA, a leadership role, clients, the podcast, managing mom life and hit a wall where the only answer her body could find was quit it all. In this episode she breaks down the four survival responses, fight, flight, freeze, and fawn, and how anxiety presents differently depending on which one is running. She talks about why high functioning women keep filling the void, where control sneaks in, and why honoring your no is the most regulating thing you can do for your nervous system. Anxiety is the messenger. This is how you start listening before it becomes a Mack truck. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN * Why your anxiety can show up completely differently than it used to, even years into healing * The four survival responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn) and how to spot which one is yours * Why high functioning women overcommit, and the real question underneath the busyness * How control shows up when you believe you have to carry everything alone * Why awareness alone doesn't change you, but choice does * How honoring your no actually settles your nervous system * What happens in the subconscious mind when we sit down and have a conversation with the pattern instead of fighting it REFLECTION When your anxiety gets loud, which response do you reach for first, fight, flight, freeze, or fawn? And what would change if you treated it as a messenger instead of an enemy? Free 5 Minute Nervous System Reset If your nervous system feels strung out and you need something that actually helps right now, grab the Free 5 Minute Nervous System Reset [https://thegrowthgoddess.net/free-meditation]. Something you can use tonight. And if you're ready to stop white knuckling your way through and have someone help you talk to the pattern underneath it all, book a Freedom Roadmap Session [https://link.thegrowthgoddess.net/widget/bookings/freedomroadmapsession]. This is the work that gives you freedom from the very thing keeping you stuck.  You're not broken. You're not behind. And you're not alone. If you made it here, that means something. TIMESTAMPS  00:02 Welcome in, and why anxiety shows up in so many different ways  02:24 The real question underneath overcommitting: what void are you trying to fill  04:47 Carrying it all alone, and where control actually comes from  07:10 The week it all caught up: Warrior Women, the missed episode, freeze and flight  09:35 The four survival responses explained: fight, flight, freeze, fawn  11:14 When the answer becomes "I quit everything, burn it all down"  12:47 Sitting in your emotions, and anxiety as the messenger  15:03 Your power and your choice: how long do you actually need to feel it  17:31 Giving yourself space, and why the coaching call landed so differently  19:52 Honoring your no, the Oracle card, and finding your own pattern  22:00 Hypnosis: having a real conversation with the program that's been protecting you 5 minute nervous system reset ad for midroll

Ep.65 Perfectionism is Just Anxiety | Calm Your Nervous System with Hypnosis

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2311510/fan_mail/new] If you wake up every morning already knowing how the day is going to go, bracing for the same feelings, the same version of you, the same feeling as the day before, this episode is for you. You haven't run out of options. You've run out of permission slips. And that's exactly what we're talking about today. EPISODE SUMMARY: What if the thing keeping your anxiety alive isn't your schedule, your relationships, or your past — it's the version of perfect you've been quietly chasing since someone else decided what that meant? In this episode, Sari shares what an unexpected movie day with her daughter  taught her about optimism, worthiness, and how deeply we shrink ourselves to fit into someone else's idea of who we're supposed to be. She gets real about waking up as the anxious version of herself: the one who started bracing for the next panic attack before her feet even hit the floor. She talks about what it looks like to break that pattern, not with a 10-step routine, but with 1% of willingness to do something different. If your anxiety is wrapped up in perfectionism, needing approval, or a quiet belief that the way you are just isn't quite right.... this one will open something up for you. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: * Why waking up expecting the same day keeps you locked in anxious patterns * How perfectionism and anxiety are more connected than you think * What your need for control is actually trying to protect you from * Why your uniqueness isn't the problem, it might be the exact thing that sets you free * Whose rules of "perfect" you've actually been following (and where they really came from) * The 1% shift that can start changing everything — starting tomorrow morning TIMESTAMPS:  00:02 — Sari opens: being human and using her tools every single day  01:27 — Letting her youngest take a mental health day; the STAAR test; being in her luteal phase  03:54 — The UglyDolls movie story begins; why she said no to it years ago  06:19 — Waking up expecting the same anxious day; bracing for panic attacks before getting out of bed  07:18 — The optimist UglyDoll character; being a pessimist from anxiety and stagnation  09:20 — Judging by the outer layer; how control showed up in a simple parenting moment  11:57 — Reflection: how did you wake up this morning?  12:48 — You get to decide right now; shaking up your morning  15:16 — Are you willing to stand up and do something different?  15:26 — Worthiness of a new experience; the perfect doll vs. the ugly doll  17:50 — How anxiety shows up when you feel like you don't fit in; birthday suit metaphor  19:54 — Stop being ashamed of how you look  20:13 — Question what perfect even means  20:18 — Changing your idea of perfect = a permission slip to be yourself  21:43 — The insecurities behind the people who built these standards  22:15 — Finding real freedom by letting go of what other people think  23:51 — How perfectionism kills your ability to have fun; the painting class story  25:15 — Your uniqueness is what makes you shine REFLECTION QUESTIONS: * Where in your life are you waking up expecting the same thing — and quietly believing you're not worthy of something different? * Whose definition of perfect have you been carrying around that was never yours to begin with? * What would it look like to give yourself a 1% permission slip today? 5 Minute Nervous System Reset [https://thegrowthgoddess.net/free-meditation] And if today's episode hit and you just need something that helps right now, grab the free 5-Minute Nervous System Reset. [https://thegrowthgoddess.net/free-meditation] [https://thegrowthgoddess.net/free-meditation] > You're not broken.  > You're not behind.  > And you're not alone.  > If you made it here, that means something. 5 minute nervous system reset ad for midroll

Ep.64 Why Has Nothing Worked for My Anxiety? A Client Shares What Finally Got to the Root

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2311510/fan_mail/new]  If you've tried the medications, the doctors, the counselors, and nothing is changing in your life, this episode is for you. Jen had tried it all too. And then she found what was actually underneath it, no more playing with symptoms and band aids. EPISODE SUMMARY: Jen Auchter is a functional medicine doctor. She knows all the science. She was doing all the "right" things. And she was still circling in high functioning anxiety she couldn't touch. Her health, her business, her relationships. Everything felt connected to one root cause she just couldn't reach. Doctors treated symptoms. Counselors talked in circles. Nothing was getting to the subconscious patterns that were running the show, and she knew something needed to change, she had the knowledge, but needed the how. In this episode, Jen shares what happened when she finally said yes to hypnotherapy and what shifted in her body, her nervous system, her hormones, and her life over eight weeks of working together. This is a real conversation with a real woman who came in ready to put in the work, went deep into her subconscious mind, reconnected with her inner child, and came out the other side breathing easier. Literally. If you've been wondering what hypnotherapy actually looks like, what holistic/alternative healing really means in the body, and whether any of it could work for you, this is the episode. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: * Why talk therapy often misses the root cause of anxiety and subconscious patterns * What hypnosis actually feels like from the inside (from someone who was scared of losing control) * How the subconscious mind gets built in childhood and why that matters for healing now * What inner child work actually does in the body * Why your physical symptoms like hormones, gut health, irregular cycles, and inflammation are connected to your fight or flight response and thought loops * What it means to stop being responsible for everyone else's feelings (and why that is a massive anxiety pattern) * Why holistic healing and nervous system regulation actually show up in your physical body * Why healing is not about becoming someone new. It's about peeling back to who you actually are. TIMESTAMPS: 00:52 — Jen shares why she started looking for alternative healing options in 2025 01:55 — What drew Jen to hypnotherapy and how she stopped overthinking the decision  03:44 — Sari reflects on witnessing Jen's growth  04:20 — What Jen thought the subconscious mind was before they started  06:35 — Jen describes hypnosis as a deep, personalized meditation (not what you think)  07:42 — Why Sari builds trust before going deep and what happens if you skip that step  08:38 — The inner child session: what it felt like and why it changed everything  11:43 — How hypnotherapy compares to traditional talk therapy  13:22 — The combination of conscious work and subconscious work  13:53 — The Panther meditation: reclaiming power you didn't know you gave away  17:22 — How personalized hypnosis makes meditation possible for people who "can't meditate"  19:00 — What to do when your mind wanders during a session  22:55 — Knowing you are the problem and not knowing how to change it  25:13 — How people in Jen's life noticed the shift before she did  26:38  The guilt and resentment loop: what Jen worked through and where she is now  29:18 — What it means to stop being a chameleon and start choosing for yourself  30:11 — Miracles happen when you stop pretending to be someone else  33:02 — What the mind does when we replay fake anxious scenarios on loop (and how that affects your health)  35:50 — Jen as a functional doctor on how thoughts directly affect hormones and physical health 36:56 — The parasympathetic state and what rest and repair actually does for your body  38:50 — The physical results: gut health, hormones, cycles, breathing  39:47 — Why giving yourself 20 minutes gives you so much more time back  42:21 — What Jen wants you to know if you are on the fence  43:20 — Sari on the ripple effect of doing this work  REFLECTION: 1. What in your life right now feels like it is all pointing back to one root cause you cannot quite name? 2. When did you last ask yourself what she actually needs, not what everyone around you needs? 3. If you stopped feeling out of control tomorrow, what would change first? FREE NERVOUS SYSTEM RESET [https://thegrowthgoddess.net/free-meditation]: If anxiety feels like it is running your day and you need anxiety relief right now, download the free 5-Minute Nervous System Reset to start giving your body what it has been asking for. Link in show notes: https://thegrowthgoddess.net/free-meditation [https://thegrowthgoddess.net/free-meditation] WORK WITH SARI: [https://link.thegrowthgoddess.net/widget/bookings/freedomroadmapsession] If you are ready to stop living in anxiety and want to finally get to the root of it through hypnotherapy and subconscious work, you can book a free discovery call. 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Ep.63 The Real Reason the Breathing "Isn't Working" for Your Anxiety

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2311510/fan_mail/new] If you've ever known exactly what to do for your anxiety and still couldn't make yourself do it... this one's going to hit. Because it's not about lacking the knowledge. It never was. EPISODE SUMMARY You've read the books. You've done the research. You know breathing helps. You know mindfulness is good for you. And yet — when the anxiety actually hits, you check out, go through the motions, and end up right back where you started. In this episode, Sari gets real about why knowing isn't enough. The anxious programs running in the background are designed to keep you safe — which means they are also designed to keep you exactly the same. The safety bubble feels comfortable. But it's a trap. She breaks down what actually has to happen in the moment anxiety shows up: the choice, the presence, the willingness to sit in the fire for two minutes without giving up. She talks about your nervous system, the vagus nerve, and why slowing down isn't "doing nothing" — it's the whole point. And she calls out the sneaky way we seek validation for staying stuck instead of asking what's working. This is a fired-up episode. And if you're someone who knows more than you're doing, it was made for you. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN * Why knowing what to do isn't enough to change your anxiety * How your safety bubble keeps you stuck in the same patterns every day * What it actually means to be present during a breathing exercise * Why seeking validation from others can reinforce the anxious identity * How the vagus nerve connects to your heart — and why that changes everything * What choosing a new identity looks like in a real, 2-minute moment * Why sitting in the fire isn't painful — it's just unfamiliar REFLECTION * What behavior or tool do you keep abandoning before giving it a real chance? * Are you looking for someone to tell you it's not working — or are you looking for what actually is? * When anxiety comes online today, what would it look like to stay in the room with it instead of checking out? FREE NERVOUS SYSTEM RESET  If anxiety has you checked out before you even start, download the free 5-Minute Nervous System Reset to help your body slow down in real time. https://thegrowthgoddess.net/free-meditation [https://thegrowthgoddess.net/free-meditation] WORK WITH SARI  Ready to stop doing the same thing every day and expecting something different? Book a free Freedom Roadmap Session and let's map out what it actually looks like to change. https://link.thegrowthgoddess.net/widget/bookings/freedomroadmapsession [https://link.thegrowthgoddess.net/widget/bookings/freedomroadmapsession] You're not broken. You're not behind. And you're not alone. If you made it here, that means something. Time Stamps 00:00 — Why Sari is fired up today  02:07 — The client who has all the knowledge but can't put it into motion  03:29 — How the anxious safety bubble keeps you doing the same thing on repeat 05:51 — Why breathing "doesn't work" (and what's actually happening when you try)  08:18 — Sitting in the fire: why discomfort is part of the process  10:38 — The hair salon story and how we seek validation to stay stuck  12:42 — Fight or flight, the amygdala, and why you can't think your way out of anxiety 15:09 — The vagus nerve: why your heart is leading more than your brain  17:17 — The first step: just admitting it  5 minute nervous system reset ad for midroll