The 18 Minutes Podcast

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  Anxiety, PTSD, and Surrendering 18.09.2026 57min

  My friend Austin and I had a great conversation about his experience with mental health. We get into generalized anxiety, PTSD and trauma, acceptance and surrender, and even a crazy ketamine treatment story. If you experience anxiety in any capacity, I think you'll find this episode informative and encouraging. Enjoy! Get your FREE Fear to Freedom Guide here! TikTok: @heyamandaklay Instagram: @heyamandaklay YouTube: @heyamandaklay Email: [email protected]
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  "Do I Have To Have Anxiety Forever?!" 11.09.2026 26min

  If you've lived with intense anxiety for any period of time, you've asked yourself this question. "Do I have to live with anxiety forever?!" I've asked it myself hundreds, if not thousands of times. Today I'm going to walk you through why I believe you DON'T have to live with anxiety for the rest of your life, and a specific recovery method that's backed by neuroscience. Enjoy! Get your FREE Fear to Freedom Guide here! TikTok: @heyamandaklay Instagram: @heyamandaklay YouTube...
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  Overcoming Agoraphobia 04.09.2026 35min

  Do you feel anxious every time you're in a situation you can't easily get out of? You might have agoraphobia! I suffered with this fear for YEARS, and learned some really effective techniques for overcoming it and getting to live the life I had only ever dreamed of. In today's episode I share my story and the easy-to-follow steps I took to gain back my freedom. Enjoy! Get your FREE Fear to Freedom Guide here! TikTok: @heyamandaklay Instagram: @heyamandaklay YouTube: @heyaman...
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  Maintaining Anxiety Progress with Marc Musselman 28.08.2026 52min

  Episode #2 with my dad! In episode 42, I sat down with my dad and we had a fun conversation about his recent anxiety wins, and what he did to get there. We also talk about maintaining the progress we've already made, and how to live healthy, full lives during and after recovery. Enjoy! Get your FREE Fear to Freedom Guide here! TikTok: @heyamandaklay Instagram: @heyamandaklay YouTube: @heyamandaklay Email: [email protected]
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  How I Built A Tolerance For Anxiety 21.08.2026 29min

  I worked myself into disordered anxiety by avoiding discomfort and the feelings of anxiety at all costs. Real, lasting change started happening for me when I learned how to build up my tolerance for discomfort around anxiousness again. Today's episode is full of practical tips you can use to start building your tolerance for fear, anxiety, and discomfort, and start getting your life back. Enjoy! Get your FREE Fear to Freedom Guide here! TikTok: @heyamandaklay Instagram: @hey...
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  High-Functioning Anxiety 14.08.2026 32min

  Today we're talking all about high-functioning fear and anxiety. What's behind the choices we're making, and how do we live a more free and open life? Living with high-functioning anxiety can hide some of our motives from even ourselves, and today's episode highlights what that can look like and how to get out of the loop. Enjoy! Get your FREE Fear to Freedom Guide here! TikTok: @heyamandaklay Instagram: @heyamandaklay YouTube: @heyamandaklay Email: amanda@amandaklay....
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  How I Overcame Health Anxiety 07.08.2026 21min

  Today's episode is an overview of my experience with health anxiety. I went from being agoraphobic and stuck in my house to traveling the world, and you can do it, too! I'll talk about what my experience with severe health anxiety was like, and the specific steps I took to make my way out of it. Enjoy! Get your FREE Fear to Freedom Guide here! TikTok: @heyamandaklay Instagram: @heyamandaklay YouTube: @heyamandaklay Email: [email protected]
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  Exercise and Anxiety 31.07.2026 16min

  You've heard that exercise is good for stress a hundred times, but did you know that exercise and fear feel almost identical in our bodies?? In this episode I get into how movement is beneficial for anxious people, how I started with the tiniest bits of movement when I could barely leave the house, and how to tell when exercise has tipped from self-care into a safety behavior. Enjoy! SOURCES: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12926410/ (Structured exercise used as exposure treatment; ...
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  Using AI When You're Feeling Anxious 24.07.2026 24min

  We've all done it. Waking up anxious at 2am and pulling up ChatGPT to ask it our burning questions. Are we ok? What can we do to calm down? How do we keep this from happening again? Today I'm talking about my own AI use and what I learned from it. I cover the limitations and risks of using chatbots as therapists, and how we can use it thoughtfully to help us grow. Enjoy! Get your FREE Fear to Freedom Guide here! TikTok: @heyamandaklay Instagram: @heyamandaklay YouTube:...
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  The Fear of Dizziness 17.07.2026 17min

  If you struggle with the fear of dizziness, this episode is for you! Today I talk about why it's such a common fear among sufferers of disordered anxiety, what the causes are, and what we can do to overcome it. Enjoy! SOURCES: https://birchgrovementalhealth.com/would-anxiety-cause-dizziness/ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/6422-dizziness Get your FREE Fear to Freedom Guide here! TikTok: @heyamandaklay Instagram: @heyamandaklay YouTube: @heyamandaklay E...
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  How Avoidance Keeps Us Stuck 10.07.2026 18min

  Today's episode is all about my favorite fear trap: avoidance. It feels like coping, but isn't actually helping us the way we think it is. In this episode I walk through six ways avoidance can be keeping you stuck (often without your realizing it). Enjoy! Get your FREE Fear to Freedom Guide here! TikTok: @heyamandaklay Instagram: @heyamandaklay YouTube: @heyamandaklay Email: [email protected]
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  Fear Is Good For You 03.07.2026 21min

  This week we're flipping the script on fear. Fear is not just the enemy we've been treating it as for years. In this episode of The 18 Minutes podcast I walk through the reframes that helped me come to love this work, including how fear builds your tolerance for discomfort, what it actually takes to move through fear (instead of around it), and how fear shows us what really matters to us. Plus a quick update on how the very first RECLAIM cohort is going (spoiler: incredible). Enjoy! Get...
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  Moving From Fear to Freedom 26.06.2026 19min

  This episode is the heart of everything I talk about on the show: the path from fear to freedom. I share some of my own story and then walk you through the four shifts that made all the difference for me: learning that we can actually change, that we are more capable than we've been told, what real bravery actually looks like, and how confidence and feeling empowered get built. If you've been peering around every corner and prioritizing comfort and you want a change, this one's for you. &nbsp...
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  Why Facing Your Fears Isn't Working 19.06.2026 23min

  If you're doing the work and feel like your exposure practice isn't paying off, this one's for you! I walk through what I think are some of the most reasons facing your fears might not be moving you forward. Plus a couple of reminders most of us need to hear (recovery is measured by what you're doing with your life, not by how anxious you feel doing it!). Most "stuck" exposure routines just need a small adjustment, and this is where to start. Plus: sign-ups are open for the RECLAIM cohort kic...
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  Healthy Anxiety Habits Gone Wrong 12.06.2026 20min

  Some of the most common "healthy" habits in the wellness and anxiety recovery world (breathing exercises, grounding techniques, meditation) can actually be the thing keeping you stuck. In this episode I walk through five of them, the genuine pros of each one, the trap each one falls into when it turns into a safety behavior, and the simple way to tell whether a habit is helping you or holding you in place. The line is almost never the habit itself, it's your intention. Get your FREE Fea...
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  Who Are You Without The Anxiety? 05.06.2026 18min

  What's left when the anxiety finally subsides? In this episode I talk about a part of recovery I LOVE: when anxiety has been part of you for years, you get to actually rediscover who you are without it. I share how anxiety became the center of my own identity, why losing it can feel disorienting, and the practical work of reclaiming the person underneath the fear. Plus - a few things I discovered I love on the other side of the fear. If you've ever wondered who you'd be without anxiety making...
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  What To Do When Anxiety Comes Back 29.05.2026 25min

  What do you actually do when anxiety comes back after you thought you'd put it behind you? In this episode I talk about why recovery was never a straight line to zero, and why I measured my own recovery by "widening the gaps" between panic attacks instead. I get into why a single anxious moment usually isn't the "setback" you think it is (and what a real setback actually is), the science of why anxiety can resurface even years later, and a story from a trip well into my recovery when panic sh...
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  What Partners of Anxious People Need to Know 22.05.2026 24min

  If you love someone with disordered anxiety, your most loving instincts are often what's keeping their disordered anxiety alive. I unpack the research on family accommodation, why reassurance is a long-term harm even when it feels kind in the moment, and the caregiver burden conversation we shy away from. Includes real examples from my own recovery and how my partner showed up alongside me. If you're an anxious person who has been trying to figure out how to talk to your partner about all thi...
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  Agoraphobia 101: What It Is and How To Recover 15.05.2026 23min

  Has your world been gradually getting smaller? Fewer places you'll go, more cancellations, a mental map of where it feels safe and where it doesn't? You might be dealing with agoraphobia. In this episode I unpack the real definition (it's not "fear of open spaces"), the panic-and-avoidance loop that builds it, a little entry-level neuroscience on what your amygdala and sympathetic nervous system are doing along the way, and exactly how recovery works using a four-phase framework I created for...
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  Overpreparing Is Making You Anxious 08.05.2026 22min

  Overpreparing might be the most socially acceptable safety behavior there is. It doesn't always look like anxiety, it looks like being responsible! In this episode I unpack what overpreparing actually is, why our brains love it so much, and the mental and physical cost we pay for it. Then we talk about how to gradually let go of it without flipping your whole life upside down, and what life looks like on the other side. If you're tired of running the worst-case version of every situation in y...