How to Settle a Racing Mind and Get Some Sleep

Welcome to this week's Anxiety Slayer podcast my name is Shann Vander Leek. My partner and I came together and decided it would be a great idea to make some podcast recordings of things that we've learned about anxiety and stress and offer some tips and pointers to help you get through those stressful and anxious times.

I'll begin with my own story: Last night anxious feelings reminded me of how important it is to relax and unwind before going to bed. My heart began racing about midnight after 30 minutes of coaxing myself to fall asleep. It was the night before a crazy busy week filled with a shit load of personal and professional obligations. Like the revving of a race car's engine, my mind was ready to go.

One giant mental checklist on a repetitive track of past, present and future thoughts. I was a driver in a cut throat mental speedway, without the option of slowing down. Green flag waved, the Shanny 500 was underway.

Here's a little bit about how the race began. I'd finished watching an old episode of Lost, snuggled under the covers and began thanking the Universe for so many blessings. Time to rest...

Falling off to a deep sleep would have been lovely if it weren't for the voices in my head, after resting in bed for a while the reality of the upcoming week began to unfold along with remnants what happened in the prior week.

You can listen to the rest of Shann's experience and how she used a simple breathing technique to calm down here...

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