Megan Barrow

Unbuckle Your Fears | Agoraphobia Recovery

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Megan Barrow shares her lived experience of life long mental ill-health. Her journey includes anxiety, depression, suicidality, panic disorder, phobic disorder, agoraphobia and PTSD/trauma. Today she lives well and independently having learned to unbuckle her fears and embrace life and the challenges she cannot control. She is a speaker with Beyond Blue and R U OK? and is member of Evermind's Lived Experience Advisory Group. She is also a marketing consultant and lives in Melbourne, Australia. For more information, head to https://www.unbuckleyourfears.com/

Author

Megan Barrow

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Health

Podcast website

www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Jul 5, 2026

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Episodes

I had a Panic Attack (Part 2) - The Hormones & Peri Menopause Factor 05.07.2026

Message Megan direct In this episode of Unbuckle Your Fears, lived experience speaker and advisor Megan Barrow, shares Part 2 on her recent panic attack in relation to hormones (estrogen) and peri-menopause, and reflects on how hormones has affected her anxiety and panic disorder. For more information, head to https://www.unbuckleyourfears.com/ Follow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/unbuckl...

I had a Panic Attack (Part 1) - What Agoraphobia & Panic Disorder Recovery Actually Looks Like 27.06.2026

Message Megan direct In this episode of Unbuckle Your Fears, lived experience speaker and advisor Megan Barrow, shares her experience of having a panic attack last week, and reflects on how she didn't cope, what she "did wrong", but ultimately got back on track - and how that's her reality of agoraphobia & panic disorder recovery. For more information, head to https://www.u...

How Depression has Affected My Life - The Connection with Anxiety & Agoraphobia 08.06.2026

Message Megan direct In this episode of the Unbuckle Your Fears podcast, lived experience speaker and advisor Megan Barrow, shares her experiences of depression and how it has often correlated with anxiety & agoraphobia. Content warning: This episode discusses suicide. If it causes any distress, please reach out to your local 24/7 crisis support line. In Australia that's Lifeline 13 11 14...

The Difference between Anxiety, Panic Disorder & Phobic Disorder - A lived experience perspective 03.06.2026

Message Megan direct Message Megan direct (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2391031/fan_mail/new)  In this episode of the Unbuckle Your Fears podcast, lived experience speaker and advisor Megan Barrow, shares her experiences of the differences between anxiety, panic disorder and phobic disorder. As always, she leaves you with a question for you to consider. If you have any feedback, topic ideas or quest...

Why Panic Attacks & Anxiety is Not Failure or a Step Backwards - A Lived Experience Perspective 24.05.2026

Message Megan direct In this episode of Unbuckle Your Fears, lived experience speaker and advisor Megan Barrow, shares why having a panic attack and feeling anxious or panicky are not failures and do not mean you are taking a step backwards in your wellbeing or "recovery". As always, she leaves you with a question for you to consider. If you have any feedback, topic ideas or questions, e...

How Agoraphobia Taught Me To Be Brave & Do Scary Things 17.05.2026

Message Megan direct In this episode of Unbuckle Your Fears, lived experience speaker and advisor Megan Barrow, how agoraphobia and what she learned in recovery taught her to push through fear and do tough things in every day life. Megan shares her tips and the strategies she uses today to do things like start her own business, public speaking, appear on TV and radio, and finish Tough Mudder. Ulti...

Agoraphobia Recovery Part 2: Safety Zones to Freedom 09.05.2026

Message Megan direct In this episode of Unbuckle Your Fears, lived experience speaker and advisor Megan Barrow, shares Part 2 of her story of Agoraphobia Recovery from working but living within safety areas and behaviours and ultimate freedom.  Please note a content warning that Megan briefly discusses suicide. Megan shares a ~20 year period that follows from her returning to employed work and liv...

Agoraphobia Recovery Part 1: Housebound to Working & Independent Living 03.05.2026

Message Megan direct In this episode of Unbuckle Your Fears, lived experience speaker and advisor Megan Barrow, shares her story of Agoraphobia Recovery, focusing on the period of housebound to returning to independent work. She revisits where she was at in her agoraphobia, what she'd tried to recover, finding the right mental health specialist, their treatment plan of medication, CBT (Cognit...

Coping with Panic Attacks 18.08.2024

Message Megan direct In Episode 2 of Unbuckle Your Fears, Megan Barrow talks about coping strategies for panic attacks. She discusses some of the theory shared across socials and how some are not helpful, kind or compassionate, along with what her psychiatrist first taught her about getting through panic attacks. She also shares real life examples of how she coped through panic attacks and sets he...

A story of anxiety, agoraphobia, panic disorder, panic attacks, depression, suicide & PTSD 11.08.2024

Message Megan direct In this first episode of Unbuckle Your Fears, Melbourne based Megan Barrow shares her lived experience of anxiety, agoraphobia, panic disorder, panic attacks, depression, suicide & PTSD through to thiving with mental wellness. She also shares how important it is for those with mental ill health to not just define themselves by their health and challenges you on how you wou...

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