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July 21, 2025 20 mins

When anxiety won’t budge, it might be time to listen instead of fight. In this episode, we unpack a tool called anxiety curiosity—a method that works when nothing else does. Turns out, your anxiety might be running on outdated software. 
You’ll learn how to:
Spot when anxiety is rooted in childhood beliefs
Talk to the part of you that’s reacting like it’s still a kid
Use your “wise self” to separate signal from noise
I’ll walk you through a real example from my own experience with performance anxiety—and how digging into the mental archive changed everything.

Timestamps
00:30 – Introducing “anxiety curiosity” 
02:58 – Anxiety as a time traveler: when your brain is stuck in the past
06:47 – A case study from the piano bench 
11:38 – Reframing through the eyes of your adult self 
17:11 – Kindness narrative: An attentive scout master

Submit Your Kindness Narrative:
Share a moment of kindness that moved you or changed you. Email your story (written or audio) to calmyourcaveman@gmail.com or DM me on Instagram @CalmYourCaveman.

For full shownotes, including resources mentioned, go to: https://www.calmyourcaveman.com/episodes/what-your-inner-child-is-still-panicking-about

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