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November 2nd, 2025

1190: How To Find Calm Within: Building Your Inner Sanctuary For Anxiety Relief

  1. 1190: How To Find Calm Within: Building Your Inner Sanctuary For Anxiety Relief Gina Ryan 17:36

In today’s episode, Gina shares a technique for creating calm within yourself: developing your own inner sanctuary. The strength of this inner sanctuary lies in its perpetual presence within us, we can go to it any time, any where. Breathing practices to help enter your inner sanctuary are provided, as are visualizations for making your inner sanctuary as calming and relieving as possible. Listen in and discover your super power: your inner sanctuary!

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Quote:

Peace is all around us—in the world and in nature—and within us, in our bodies and our spirits. Once we learn to touch this peace, we will be healed and transformed.

-Thich Nhat Hanh

Chapters

0:26 Introduction to Inner Peace

2:43 Constructing Your Inner Refuge

5:38 Breathing Into Calm

8:26 Strengthening Your Sanctuary

10:50 Filling Your Sanctuary with Nourishment

13:23 Caring for Your Inner Space

14:39 Returning to Your Calm Center

16:25 Conclusion and Reflection

Summary

In this episode of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast, I delve into the concept of finding calm within ourselves by constructing a personal inner sanctuary designed specifically for anxiety relief. I explore the notion that the safest and most peaceful space we can inhabit is always accessible, regardless of external circumstances. My aim is to guide you in recognizing and nurturing the inherent peace that resides within you, often overshadowed by the distractions and chaos of daily life.

We unpack the societal tendency to seek solace outside ourselves, pointing out how this quest can lead to a perpetual state of frustration and anxiety. The illusion of external control can be exhausting, pulling our attention away from the wealth of tranquility that already exists within. I emphasize that while life presents challenges and unpredictability, we can create a steady inner refuge—a sanctuary that offers steadfast calm amidst the storms of external chaos. This inner space allows us to cultivate resilience and strength, enabling us to respond thoughtfully rather than reactively to the world around us.

As we begin this journey of building your inner sanctuary, I invite you to take a moment to visualize what this safe space may look like for you. Through gentle breaths and mindfulness techniques, we focus on grounding ourselves and returning to our bodies, fostering a sense of safety in the present moment. I encourage you to engage with sensory details that evoke feelings of peace, whether through the sound of water, the warmth of sunlight, or simply the natural rhythm of your breath. Each element you envision becomes a powerful anchor that helps your nervous system recognize tranquility.

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Gina Ryan is the producer and host of the top 50 Mental Health shows on Apple Podcast -The Anxiety Coaches Podcast. Gina is a Nutritionist and coach who, in 1993, opened New Health Natural Products in NY and also struggled with stress, anxiety, and panic for over 20 years.

Before the internet, she was able to climb out of her fear and panic to peace, calm, and well-being by finding what did and did not work. She now teaches thousands of others how to do the same in a fraction of the time.

After moving to Maui in 2005, Gina spent 12 years as a nutritionist/consultant for the Intensive Outpatient Eating Disorder Center and, the only Residential ED Facility in Hawai'i. She shared her compassion, along with her knowledge and wisdom of the mind-body-spirit connection, helping clients clear their food-related anxiety, obsessions, and compulsions.

Gina is dedicated full-time to anxiety-clearing, coaching, writing, and teaching clients worldwide. She considers her work her calling and lives a mindful and compassionate life.