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How to Calm Anxiety Fast: 5 Tools to Use Before Fight-or-Flight Takes Over

22 min · 23 de jun de 2026
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How to Calm Anxiety Fast: 5 Tools to Use Before Fight-or-Flight Takes Over If anxiety tends to hit fast and hard, this episode will give you 5 practical calming tools to use before fight-or-flight fully takes over. Karen Donaldson breaks down simple in-the-moment techniques to regulate your nervous system, calm your body, reduce overwhelm, and interrupt anxious spirals before they escalate. From the physiological sigh and butterfly hug to grounding tools and progressive muscle relaxation, this episode is packed with actionable ways to calm anxiety fast and get back into response mode.

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