The Anxiety Party by The Neuro Babe

Maybe you’ve already tried therapy and you’re wondering why nervous system coaching would be any different. Or maybe you know you need support, but you have no freaking clue whether you should be looking for a therapist, a coach, or something completely different. Either way, the real question is: what kind of support actually matches what you’re trying to change? In this episode of The Anxiety Pa...

What if the anxiety, overthinking, body checking, people-pleasing, perfectionism, boundary guilt, scarcity AND self-sabotage you’ve been treating like separate problems are actually coming from the same deeper pattern? In this episode of The Anxiety Party , Kerry breaks down how one survival pattern can show up in completely different areas of your life, making it feel like there’s always somethin...

What if what you’ve been calling anxiety, burnout, lack of motivation, or “just how I am” is actually high-functioning dissociation? In this episode of The Anxiety Party , Kerry shares her personal experience with dissociation, from freezing and losing access to her voice as a kid to becoming an extremely high-functioning woman who looked completely fine on the outside while feeling very different...

You might think you’re “not an angry person,” but what if you actually learned a long time ago that anger wasn’t safe to feel? In this episode of The Anxiety Party , Kerry breaks down five signs that trapped or suppressed anger may be keeping you stuck in anxiety, obsessive thoughts, chronic pain, physical symptoms, self-criticism, and constant irritability. Kerry also explains why immediately try...

If you’ve tried the restrictive diets, supplements, testing, functional medicine, and all the gut-healing things…but you’re STILL dealing with bloating, food intolerances, constipation, flare-ups, or feeling like your stomach controls your life, this episode is for you. In this episode of The Anxiety Party , Kerry sits down with her dear friend, former student, and now colleague Kora Burchard , an...

What if your pain is completely real…without meaning your body is still damaged? In today’s episode of The Anxiety Party , Kerry breaks down how chronic pain can continue after an injury has healed, why the brain and nervous system play such a huge role in pain, and how fear, body scanning, tension and even the language you use can keep the pain alarm turned up. Kerry also shares how she spent ove...

What if some of the things keeping your anxiety turned up have absolutely nothing to do with your thoughts? In today’s episode of The Anxiety Party , Kerry is breaking down 7 sneaky things that may be making your anxiety worse —including a few you probably have NEVER thought about. We’re talking posture. Fascia. Food. Overworking. Movement. Minerals. And even the way some of your “healthy” habits...

You are bone-tired. You KNOW you need to slow down. And yet the second you finally sit on the couch, take the day off, or try to do absolutely nothing…your brain speeds up, your body gets restless, and suddenly you’re thinking about the 47 things you should be doing instead. So what's actually happening? In this episode of The Anxiety Party , I’m breaking down why your body can actually resist res...

The 6 Non-Negotiables for Reversing Anxiety If you’ve been doing all the things for your anxiety but still feel like you’re managing it instead of actually moving past it, there’s probably a reason. In this episode of The Anxiety Party , I’m breaking down the six non-negotiables for reversing anxiety and getting your body and brain out of the same anxiety cycle for good. We’re talking about why ne...

Financial stress is real. Maybe your income has been inconsistent, debt is piling up, you’re worried about layoffs, or looking at your bank account instantly sends you into a panic spiral. But the state of your nervous system determines what you do next. When you’re stuck in survival mode, your brain becomes obsessed with problems. You overthink, catastrophize, make impulsive decisions, or feel so...

You can regulate every single day. You can have the perfect morning routine, go to therapy, do all the work, and still feel like you're bailing water out of a boat with holes in it. Because if your closest relationship is one of those holes, nothing you do on your own is going to hold. That's what this episode is about. Kerry is breaking down the piece of nervous system healing that almost nobody...

What if the scary thoughts in your head don't actually mean anything about you? If you've ever had a thought like... • What if I drive off the road? • What if something is seriously wrong with my body? • What if I gave my child the wrong medicine? • What if my relationship is over? ...this episode is for you. Today, I'm breaking down why intrusive thoughts happen through the lens of nervous system...

Have you ever wondered why depression can feel impossible to escape, even when life "looks fine" from the outside? In today's episode, Kerry challenges one of the most common beliefs about depression and introduces a different way of understanding what may actually be happening inside your body. Instead of viewing depression simply as a chemical imbalance, you'll learn how chronic stress, unresolv...

In this episode, Kerry covers how your nervous system controls your relationship with money. Your nervous system doesn't just run your anxiety, your thoughts, and your physical symptoms. It also decides how much money you're comfortable holding, the kind of relationships you allow yourself to have, and how big you let your life get. Kerry shares her own money story to walk through exactly how this...

If you've ever caught yourself thinking, "I've been feeling a little better lately, so maybe I don't need to do anything about this" — this episode was made for you. Kerry is back with a quick solo episode (recorded right before sprinting off to watch the World Cup — no spoilers) and she's dropping something that might completely shift how you've been thinking about your own healing. Here's what s...

If you are constantly scanning your body, monitoring every sensation, and quietly terrified of what might be going on inside you, this episode will be a game changer. Body hypervigilance is one of the most exhausting sides of anxiety. The constant background scanner. The 24/7 loop of: does something feel wrong, is this getting worse, can I trust my body? And here is the thing nobody is talking abo...

Episode Description: What if your anxiety, burnout, and mystery symptoms weren't signs that something is wrong with you, but signs that your nervous system is ready for more? In this episode, Kerry breaks down the five signs your nervous system is trying to get your attention and what it's actually asking you to do about it. Because anxiety was never the villain. It's the bouncer standing in front...

High-functioning survival mode is still survival mode. In this episode of The Anxiety Party, Kerry shares the truth most high-achieving women don't want to hear: just because you're getting everything done doesn't mean your nervous system is okay. If you're successful on paper but secretly exhausted, overwhelmed, anxious, emotionally drained, or dealing with chronic symptoms that won't go away, th...

If you've ever blacked out mid-presentation, spiral-texted someone at midnight, hyperventilated thinking you're dying, or convinced yourself someone's bad mood meant the relationship was over...this episode is for you. Kerry's pulling back the curtain on her panic party era: the hyperventilating on Grandfather Mountain, the Zoom workshop she clicked out of mid-panic attack, the rapid-fire texts sh...

You were doing so well. Making progress. Feeling better. Riding the high. And then one thing happened. A bad day. A physical symptom. A moment of anxiety you thought was behind you. And suddenly your brain is telling you that you were never healing in the first place. That you shouldn't have gotten your hopes up. That this is just who you are. This episode is about why that happens. And why it is...

If you've been calling yourself a people pleaser for years, this episode is going to change everything. Because people-pleasing isn't your personality. It's not who you are. It's a survival strategy your nervous system learned when you were young. And that distinction changes everything about how you heal it. In this episode, Kerry breaks down exactly why you say yes when you mean no, why setting...

If you've ever had a thought come completely out of nowhere and make you go — wait, WHAT was that, am I okay — this episode is for you. We're talking about intrusive thoughts. Not the "ugh I'm a little worried" kind. The vivid, intense, out-of-nowhere kind. The ones that scare you. The ones that make you wonder if something is wrong with you. Spoiler: nothing is wrong with you. In this episode, Ke...

If you've been living with health anxiety, you already know the exhaustion of it — the constant body scanning, the symptom spiraling, the hypervigilance that never, ever turns off. In this episode, Kerry gets real about health anxiety: why so many high-achieving women develop it, the mistakes she made trying to fix it (including the one that kept her stuck the longest), and what actually finally w...

If you've ever been handed a birth control prescription and told "there are no long-term side effects", this one is for you. Today I'm sitting down with Taylor Lechner, registered dietitian and founder of Nourished by Taylor, who specializes in helping women have a smooth transition off birth control and heal their hormone symptoms naturally using a functional, root-cause approach. And yes, she is...

If you've tried everything for your anxiety and you're still not healing, there's a good chance you're missing this piece (and it has nothing to do with finding the right therapy or the right supplement). It's boundaries. And no, not just "saying no more." The kind of boundaries that run so much deeper than that. In this episode, Kerry breaks down why it is literally impossible to heal your anxiet...