The Anxiety Compass Podcast
Welcome to The Anxiety Compass Podcast, where we help you navigate the messy, magical, and maddening world of anxiety. We believe anxiety isn’t a defect but a teacher — a compass pointing you back to your True North.
Hosted by Clinical Nutritionists Sammy Barnett (author of Anxiety: The Best Teacher You Never Asked For) and Natalie Antoine, this show goes beyond quick fixes to explore the real roots of anxiety. Each week we explore a different point of the compass:
🌿 Chemical & Nutritional
💬 Emotional
⚡ Nervous System
🌀 Hormonal
🌍 Environmental
💪 Physical
✨ Spiritual
Through personal stories, humour, and practical tools, we show how anxiety is not a problem to “fix” but an invitation to slow down, listen, and reconnect with yourself. If you’re ready to see anxiety in a new light, learn real-life strategies, and feel less alone in the messy middle, this podcast is for you.
The Anxiety Compass Podcast
When Anxiety turns from a whisper to a MEGAPHONE
SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING. the mention of childhood sexual abuse, miscarriage and infertility are in this podcast. We don't go into detail, but please take care while listening and feel free to skip ahead if you need to.
Anxiety doesn’t usually show up out of nowhere... it starts as a whisper. A little nudge from your body saying, “Hey, something’s not right.” Maybe it’s worry, oversensitivity, or that constant feeling of being on edge. But when we’re busy, distracted, or numbing ourselves, we often ignore those whispers. And what happens when we keep ignoring them? One day they turn into a full-blown megaphone we can’t escape.
In this episode, we share our personal stories of when those whispers got too loud to ignore, ranging from panic attacks to organs starting to shut down after years of running on overdrive.
We explore how the body is always speaking to us, why it matters to listen before it screams, and how tuning in early can prevent whispers from becoming a scary megaphone.
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