FVCK ANXIETY: For High Functioning Women Ready to Heal Anxiety with Hypnotherapy
FVCK Anxiety is a podcast for the woman who looks completely fine on the outside.
She shows up for everyone. She holds it all together. She answers “I’m good” on autopilot.
But inside, she’s white-knuckling every single day. Overthinking everything. Waiting for the next panic attack. Controlling her schedule, her relationships, and every outcome she can get her hands on — just to feel okay.
That’s high-functioning anxiety. And most women living with it have never heard those words applied to them.
This podcast exists for her.
FVCK Anxiety explores the real root of anxiety in women — the fear that got pushed down, the control that took over, and the nervous system that never learned it was safe to rest.
Through honest conversations, real-life stories, and practical tools, each episode helps you understand:
• Why overthinking, panic attacks, and the need to control everything are connected
• How high-functioning anxiety shows up in mothers, women, and high-achievers
• What nervous system regulation actually looks like in real life
• How to interrupt anxiety in real time — not just manage it
• What it takes to stop letting fear run the show
Hosted by Sari Cowsert — a mother, intuitive hypnotherapist, and someone who has lived this pattern firsthand.
This podcast is for women who are exhausted from pretending they’re fine — and ready to understand what’s actually happening inside them.
Because when a woman learns how to understand her anxiety instead of suppressing it…
She doesn’t just change her own life.
She changes the emotional inheritance of her daughters.
Episodes
61 episodes
Ep.61 How to Stop a Panic Attack Before It Spirals: The 120-Second Window
If you’ve ever had a panic attack that felt completely random, this episode is for you. It wasn’t random. Your body had been whispering long before it started screaming.EPISODE SUMMARYIn this episode, Sari shares a ...
Ep.60 Why Not Being Yourself, Makes Your Anxiety Worse (And How to Start Trusting Yourself Again)
In this episode of FVCK Anxiety, Sari is joined by mindfulness and manifestation coach Nikki Dean for a conversation about anxiety, overthinking, and what it really means to trust yourself again.They break down how anxiety often...
Ep.59 Why Social Media Is Making Your Anxiety Worse (And You Don’t Realize It)
If you’ve noticed your anxiety getting worse, your mind constantly racing, or feeling more overwhelmed after being on your phone, this episode is for you. What you’re consuming every day — especially on social media — may be increasing...
Ep.58 **START HERE** Why Anxiety Makes You Feel Out of Control (And How to Take Your Power Back)
Why Anxiety Makes You Feel Out of Control (And How to Take Your Power Back)If you’re a woman dealing with anxiety, overthinking, and the constant need to control everything just to feel safe, this episode is for you. Anxi...
Ep.57 Fuck Anxiety: Why I Refused to Let Fear Run My Life
If you’re a woman living with anxiety, overthinking, and the constant need to control everything just to feel safe, this episode is for you. Anxiety doesn’t just live in your head — it dictates your choices, your routines, your relatio...
Ep.56 Anxiety Is Trying to Tell You Something......Are You Listening?
If anxiety has been running the show and you feel exhausted from trying to control every outcome, you’re not alone.Many women live with anxiety not because something is “wrong” with them—but because they’re stuck in control mode...
Ep.55 I Hate My Body and I’m Anxious All the Time: Let’s Talk About Why
One comment. One comparison. One moment that quietly changes how you see yourself.In this raw solo episode, Sari opens up about a heartbreaking conversation with her 13-year-old daughter — and how body shame doesn’t usually start with se...
Ep.54 Feeling Stuck in Life? How Anxiety Keeps You Living the Same Day on Repeat
You wake up. Same alarm. Same thoughts. Same heaviness. You’re not lazy. You’re not unmotivated. You might just be stuck in an anxiety loop — where your nervous system keeps choosing the familiar over the free, even when the familiar i...
Ep.53 What Happens When You Finally Stop Hiding How You Feel
As this year comes to a close, this episode is an invitation to slow down and reflect — not on what you should have done, but on who you’ve been becoming.In this final solo episode of 2025, Sari reflects on what it means to shed...
Ep.52 Achievement Addiction Is the Real Disease (and It’s Killing You Quietly): With Dana Hunter Fradella
If you’re feeling like the world handed you a life plan that’s supposed to guarantee happiness, but leaves you anxious, wiped out, or just plain lost...... This episode of The Uncharted Way is for anyone who’s depleted from chasing som...
Ep.51 A Simple 4-Step Tool to Stop Anxiety, Overthinking, and Fear Spirals
You know that feeling, your palms are sweaty, you breathe a little heavier or uneven. Your chest tightens. Your thoughts race. You already “know” how the situation is going to end — and it’s not good.In this episode, Sari shares a simple...
Ep.50 Why Taking a Pill Isn't Enough!!! Unlocking Healing with Dr. Melissa Weiss & Dr. Jeanette Auchter
In this firecracker convo, I bring on Dr. Melissa Weiss and Dr. Jeanette Auchter — two women who have lived the chaos, the loss, and the chronic pain and decided to do things differently. These two functional medicine docs (and hosts of the
Ep.49 How to Stop Settling for “Just Enough” in Your Life
If you’ve ever asked for more in your life, more love, more peace, more support, more money, more ease, but then somehow only let yourself receive a tiny sliver of it… this episode will hit you straight in the truth.Because wanting more ...
Ep.48 Astrology, Human Design, Gene Keys, and Their Permission Slips with: Andie Thueson
If you’ve ever wondered why life feels harder for you than it seems for everyone else—why certain people drain you, why some paths feel natural and others feel like pushing a boulder uphill—this episode is going to hit different.T...
Ep.47 Why You Always Imagine the Worst-Case Scenario, and How To Ease This
Sari takes you inside the truth most women never say out loud: how easy it is to hear one scary story, one diagnosis, one moment from someone else’s life… and instantly believe it could happen to you. How your brain grabs it, loops it, fears it...
Ep.46 Are you "Fine"? Tired, Disconnected, and had Enough: with Jess Callahan
Book Your Freedom Roadmap SessionLet’s get real for a second: if you’re running on fumes, feeling disconnected from everything (including yourself), or wo...
Ep.45 When Fear Runs Your Life: How to Find Freedom Even When You’re Still Afraid
If your mind never shuts off — if you’re replaying the fight, the mistake, the diagnosis, or waiting for the next panic attack to hit — there is so much in this episode for you.Sari opens up about the years she spent living in fear: twel...
Ep.44 Why Asking for Help Isn’t Weak Shit, with Krista Rizzo
This isn’t another pep talk about self-care or “finding balance.” It’s an exposed nerve for anyone barely holding it together, clothes still on from work, kids screaming, marriage hanging by a thread, and a toxic job eating you alive. Krista Ri...
Ep.43 How to Stop Anxiety Without Medication
If you’ve ever whispered “I just want to feel normal again” — this one’s for you.You’ve tried everything — the meds, the books, the diets, the next relationship, the new city — but somehow the ache is still there. That hollow fe...
Ep.42 If Your Jeans Don't Fit, Maybe Your Life Doesn't Either: Paul Fishman, on Finding Freedom Beyond Body Image.
Book Your Freedom Roadmap SessionThis isn’t a feel-good chat about “body positivity.” It’s a mirror. A match. And a wake-up call.In this episode, Sari sit...
Ep.41 Why Your Anxiety Doesn't Come out of Nowhere: and How to Stop the Spiral
Book Your FREEDOM Roadmap Session Today!!!Ever felt like panic comes out of nowhere? One moment you’re fine, the next your chest is tight, your thoughts are spir...
Ep.40 Overachieving, Drug Trafficking, & Bliss: Finding Your Own Prescription with Melissa Minnich
If you’re sick of pretending you’re “fine” while your insides feel like an anxiety-ridden dumpster fire, this one’s for you. Maybe you’re burned out, trapped by old trauma, or chasing every fix you can—meds, self-help hacks, scrolling, even tho...
Ep.39 You Are Not Your Anxiety: How to Stop Letting It Define You
If you’ve ever felt trapped inside your own head—overthinking every conversation, replaying mistakes, snapping at people you love, and then drowning in guilt—you’re not alone. Anxiety isn’t always panic attacks or a racing heart. Sometimes it’s...
Ep.38 When Life Feels Empty: Choosing Travel That Heals Instead of Just Distracts with Zach Smith
Book a 1-1 Session with Sari today and Find Your FreedomFeeling stuck in a cycle of restless travel or overwhelmed by the same old vacation routines? Maybe you’re burned ...