
Practical calm for anxious, busy minds.
The gist
The Calmer You Podcast is a warm mental-health show led by Chloe Brotheridge, with practical tools for anxiety, confidence, burnout, and everyday overwhelm. Episodes move between solo reflections and expert conversations, keeping the advice grounded in ordinary mornings, work stress, relationships, parenting, and rest.
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About The Calmer You Podcast
The Calmer You Podcast sits in the space between soothing reassurance and practical mental-health coaching. Chloe Brotheridge frames anxiety as something that shows up in ordinary patterns: an endless to-do list, dread before a specific situation, overthinking a relationship, or feeling unable to rest. The show is calm, but it is not vague. Episodes often land on a simple tool. A “done list” becomes a way to notice effort instead of measuring the day only by unfinished tasks. A five-minute future pace becomes a rehearsal for feeling steadier before public speaking, driving, parenting stress, or other feared moments. The language is accessible and personal without becoming confessional for its own sake. Chloe often brings daily life into the frame, including pregnancy, nursery runs, illness, tiredness, holidays, and family demands. That gives the advice a lived-in quality. The guest episodes widen the lens. Michelle Grosser explains nervous-system regulation and the difference between being activated, dysregulated, and able to return to baseline. KC Davis brings relationship boundaries, care tasks, codependency language, and the idea of over-functioning into the conversation. Bianca Best challenges hustle culture and speaks about impact, energy, burnout, and gentleness. Joshua Fletcher talks about anxiety, therapy, intrusive thoughts, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and the many forms a threat response can take. Across the feed, the show repeatedly asks what would help someone feel safer, clearer, and less ruled by fear. It does not promise a single breakthrough. It favors small adjustments that can be tried at home, on a busy day, with imperfect energy. Listeners who like warm guidance, mental-health vocabulary, and practical exercises will find the rhythm familiar. The podcast is particularly well suited to people who appear capable on the outside while feeling tense, behind, or overwhelmed inside. Its strongest quality is the way it makes calm feel like a practice, not a personality trait.
Made for: This show is for listeners dealing with anxiety, burnout, overthinking, people-pleasing, productivity guilt, or nervous-system overwhelm. It especially suits people who want gentle support paired with concrete exercises.
What sets it apart: The show blends Chloe Brotheridge’s coach and hypnotherapist perspective with grounded conversations about daily life, bodies, work, relationships, and self-trust. Its advice feels practical without becoming harsh or productivity-obsessed.
In their own words
Help for anxiety, with Chloe Brotheridge, expert hypnotherapist, coach and author of The Anxiety Solution and The Confidence Solution. Use the code PODCAST15 to save 15% in my shop www.calmer-you.com/shop or get your FREE High Functioning Anxiety Journal at www.calmer-you.com/journal . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This is the show that separates intuition from anxiety before your what-ifs appoint themselves chief counsel.
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- a calmer way to meet intrusive thoughts without treating every mental misfire as evidence
- practical language for boundaries that does not turn needing people into a personal failure
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Episodes
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Ep 205. Boosting Self-Belief
·22m - 2
Ep 241. Use this to overcome fear or nervousness
·13m - 3
Ep 240. Can your mind change your body?
·7m - 4
Ep 239. Comparing yourself to others? Remember this.
·5m - 5
Ep 238. Find it hard to switch off? Know this.
·5m - 6
Ep 237. Being Productive not Stressed
·18m - 7
Ep 236. Regulating the Nervous System with Michelle Grosser
·46m - 8
Ep 235. Relationships, Boundaries and Keeping House with KC Davis
·1h 1m - 9
Ep 234 Intuition vs Anxiety - how to know the difference
·29m - 10
Ep 233 Big Impact without Burnout with Bianca Best
·47m - 11
Morning Routines - why you need one and how to make it easy
·18m - 12
Ep 231. What I Learned from a Year of Fitness Tracking - Stress, Sleep and more
·17m - 13
Ep 230. Anxiety, therapy and dealing with 'What ifs' with Joshua Fletcher
·52m - 14
Ep 229. Taming your biggest fears with Anna Mathur
·50m - 15
Ep 228. Imperfectionism, imposter syndrome and feeling behind with Oliver Burkeman
·45m - 16
Ep 227. Things I've given up because of anxiety
·15m - 17
Ep 226. Create new habits with ease with this simple hack
·13m - 18
Ep 225. Politics, values and being kind vs nice with Siobhan Strode
·50m - 19
Ep 224. Get Well and Stay Well with Dr. Gemma Newman.
·47m - 20
Ep 223. People pleasing, health anxiety and pregnancy pressure with Lauren Bravo
·45m - 21
Ep 222. Self-compassion, imperfect parenting and confidence ebbs and flows with Hannah Jardine Youell
·50m - 22
Ep 221. Caring less what people think
·21m - 23
Ep 220. Coping with disagreement and conflict with Keri Jarvis
·49m - 24
Ep 219. Confidence at work: 4 things that help
·17m - 25
Ep 218. How to Deal with Fear
·18m - 26
Ep 217. 4 Things that Helped my Confidence Public Speaking
·18m - 27
Ep 216. 4 Ways to Develop a Success Mindset
·24m - 28
Ep 214. Navigating Relationships with High Functioning Anxiety
·17m - 29
Ep 213 6 Surprising Benefits of Hypnotherapy
·6m - 30
Ep 212. My Positive Birth Story
·49m - 31
Ep 211. Staying calm in early parenthood
·35m - 32
Ep 210. Finding Joy in the Daily Grind
·25m - 33
Ep 209. How to Develop a Growth Mindset
·23m - 34
Ep 208. Getting Unstuck and Raising Your Vibration
·26m - 35
Ep 207. Rebuilding Your Life After Breast Cancer with Rosamund Dean
·42m - 36
Ep 206. Neurodiversity, Self-care and Embracing Adaptability with Sarah Ann Macklin
·55m - 37
Ep 242. Make this list today to feel more accomplished
·11m - 38
Ep 204. The Biggest Factor in Your Success
·20m - 39
Ep 203. 11 Causes of Anxiety and How to Manage Them
·29m - 40
Ep 202. 8 Simple Steps to More Work-Life Balance
·30m - 41
Ep 201. Don't Make This Mistake When It Comes to Anxiety
·17m - 42
Ep 200. How to Hack Your Unconscious Mind for More Calm and Confidence
·30m - 43
Ep 199. 7 Ways to Boost Low Mood
·26m - 44
Ep 198. Myths and Truths About Hypnotherapy
·22m - 45
Ep 197. Self-Defence for Women with Eve Gracie
·50m - 46
Ep 196. Why You Should 'Do Hard Things'
·13m - 47
Ep 195. Why You Should Listen to the Inner Critic
·17m - 48
Ep 194. How to Sleep Better When You're Stressed
·19m - 49
Ep 193. Are You Resisting Rest?
·11m - 50
Ep 192. Dealing with Comparison
·21m - 51
Ep 191. 5 Reasons You Fear Public Speaking and How to Overcome Them
·27m - 52
Ep 190. Are You Anxiously Attached? with Jessica Baum
·46m - 53
Ep 189. Calm for New Mums with Anna Mathur
·50m - 54
Ep 188. Health Anxiety
·18m - 55
Ep 187. Getting Your Confidence Back in Times of Uncertainty
·23m - 56
Ep 186. 7 Things I've Learned About Anxiety
·19m - 57
Ep 185. Q+A (A Solo Episode Answering Your Questions)
·27m - 58
Ep 184. Pregnancy Anxiety
·35m - 59
Ep 182. How to Have Healthy Immunity with Dr. Jenna Macciochi
·52m - 60
Ep 181. Q+A - A Solo Episode Answering Your Questions
·35m - 61
Ep 180. Handling Burnout
·21m - 62
Ep 179. Handling Work Stress
·20m - 63
Ep 178. Mindfulness and Resilience with Dr. Greg Hammer
·46m - 64
Ep 177. The Confident Mind with Nate Zinsser
·48m - 65
Ep 176. Lessons on Love with Toni Tone
·49m - 66
Ep 175. Yoga, Sound Healing and Managing Comparison with Holly and Adam Husler
·1h 3m - 67
Ep 174. Climate Anxiety with Megan Kennedy-Woodard
·33m - 68
Ep 173. Eat More, Live Well with Dr. Megan Rossi
·47m - 69
Ep 172. All About ADHD with Jess from I am Paying Attention
·48m - 70
Ep 171. Stress and Libido with Irene Fehr
·47m - 71
Ep 170. Stolen Focus with Johann Hari
·1h 6m - 72
Ep 169. Christmas Anxiety
·28m - 73
Ep 168. Anxiety at Work; 6 Ways to Manage it
·24m - 74
Ep 167. Breathwork for Anxiety with Stuart Sandeman
·52m - 75
Ep 166. Anxiety, panic and why we need each other with The Anxiety Sisters
·43m - 76
Ep 165. The Power of Hypnotherapy
·25m - 77
Ep 164. Overcoming adversity with Limitless Em
·50m - 78
Ep 163. Anxiety disorders with Joshua Fletcher
·43m - 79
Ep 162. Handling work with Naomi Shragai
·43m - 80
Ep 161. 7 Signs of High Functioning Anxiety and how to manage them
·20m - 81
Ep 160. Life Stage Anxiety (Marriage! Babies! Houses!)
·19m - 82
Ep 159. How to work without losing your mind with Cate Sevilla
·37m - 83
Ep 158. Confidence in social situations
·23m - 84
EP 157. 4 Ways to feel more confident in meetings (or on Zoom)
·10m - 85
Ep 156. Fierce self-compassion with Dr. Kristin Neff
·42m - 86
Ep 155. Happy not perfect with Poppy Jamie
·40m - 87
Ep. 154 Think Big with Grace Lordan
·39m - 88
Ep. 153 Find your true voice with Emmy Brunner
·36m - 89
Ep 152. Burnout with Selina Barker
·41m - 90
Ep 151. Unwinding anxiety with Dr. Judson Brewer
·36m - 91
Ep 150 The inner child with Stefanie Stahl
·36m - 92
The Collective
·3m - 93
Ep 148. Fears to Fierce with Brita Fernandez Schmidt
·37m - 94
Ep 147. Power Hour with Adrienne Herbert
·38m - 95
Ep 146 Vulnerable AF with Veronica Kaulinis
·47m - 96
Ep. 145 Grief with Hope Edelman
·29m - 97
Ep 144 - Leadership and impostor syndrome with Fiona Buckland
·48m - 98
Ep 143 Strong like mum with Shakira Akabusi
·38m - 99
Ep 215. The Joy of Saying No with Natalie Lue
Chloe Brotheridge discusses anxiety relief and interviews Natalie Liu about overcoming people pleasing and perfectionism.
·52m - 100
Ep 183. Energize Yourself with Simon Alexander Ong
Chloe Brotheridge interviews Simon Alexander Ong about energy management over time management and his book Energize.
·46m - 101
Ep 242. Make this list today to feel more accomplished
Oct 20, 2025·11m - 102
Ep 241. Use this to overcome fear or nervousness
Oct 13, 2025·13m - 103
Ep 240. Can your mind change your body?
Oct 6, 2025·7m - 104
Ep 239. Comparing yourself to others? Remember this.
Sep 29, 2025·5m - 105
Ep 238. Find it hard to switch off? Know this.
Sep 21, 2025·5m - 106
Ep 237. Being Productive not Stressed
The Calmer You Podcast episode presents five ways Chloe Brotheridge stays productive without stress after having a child three years ago.
Jul 22, 2025·18m·1 clip - 107
Ep 236. Regulating the Nervous System with Michelle Grosser
Hidden gemChloe Brotheridge speaks with Michelle Grosser, an attorney-turned-nervous-system expert and host of The Calm Minds, about anxiety, overwhelm, and burnout.
May 21, 2025·46m·2 clips - 108
Ep 235. Relationships, Boundaries and Keeping House with KC Davis
Chloe Brotheridge interviews Casey Davis, creator of Struggle Care and author of Who Deserves Your Love?, about anxiety-driven overthinking in relationships.
May 13, 2025·1h 1m·4 clips - 109
Ep 234 Intuition vs Anxiety - how to know the difference
Hidden gemChloe Brotheridge explains how anxiety can make people confuse urgent, panicked thoughts with intuition and lose trust in their decisions.
Mar 27, 2025·29m·2 clips - 110
Ep 233 Big Impact without Burnout with Bianca Best
Hidden gemThe Calmer You Podcast features Chloe Brotheridge interviewing Bianca Best about her book Big Impact Without Burnout and the costs of frenetic productivity.
Mar 17, 2025·47m·3 clips - 111
Morning Routines - why you need one and how to make it easy
Mar 10, 2025·18m - 112
Ep 231. What I Learned from a Year of Fitness Tracking - Stress, Sleep and more
Nov 20, 2024·17m - 113
Ep 230. Anxiety, therapy and dealing with 'What ifs' with Joshua Fletcher
Chloe Brotheridge interviews therapist and author Joshua Fletcher about his book And How Does That Make You Feel?
Oct 21, 2024·52m·3 clips - 114
Ep 229. Taming your biggest fears with Anna Mathur
Oct 14, 2024·50m - 115
Ep 228. Imperfectionism, imposter syndrome and feeling behind with Oliver Burkeman
Oct 7, 2024·45m - 116
Ep 227. Things I've given up because of anxiety
Aug 12, 2024·15m - 117
Ep 226. Create new habits with ease with this simple hack
Aug 5, 2024·13m - 118
Ep 225. Politics, values and being kind vs nice with Siobhan Strode
Jul 29, 2024·50m - 119
Ep 224. Get Well and Stay Well with Dr. Gemma Newman.
Jul 18, 2024·47m - 120
Ep 223. People pleasing, health anxiety and pregnancy pressure with Lauren Bravo
Jul 4, 2024·45m - 121
Ep 222. Self-compassion, imperfect parenting and confidence ebbs and flows with Hannah Jardine Youell
Jun 24, 2024·50m - 122
Ep 221. Caring less what people think
May 28, 2024·21m - 123
Ep 220. Coping with disagreement and conflict with Keri Jarvis
May 13, 2024·49m - 124
Ep 219. Confidence at work: 4 things that help
May 8, 2024·17m - 125
Ep 218. How to Deal with Fear
Apr 25, 2024·18m - 126
Ep 217. 4 Things that Helped my Confidence Public Speaking
Apr 18, 2024·18m - 127
Ep 216. 4 Ways to Develop a Success Mindset
Mar 19, 2024·24m - 128
Ep 215. The Joy of Saying No with Natalie Lue
Mar 11, 2024·52m - 129
Ep 214. Navigating Relationships with High Functioning Anxiety
Oct 16, 2023·17m - 130
Ep 213 6 Surprising Benefits of Hypnotherapy
Oct 9, 2023·6m - 131
Ep 212. My Positive Birth Story
Oct 3, 2023·49m - 132
Ep 211. Staying calm in early parenthood
Aug 1, 2023·35m - 133
Ep 210. Finding Joy in the Daily Grind
Jul 24, 2023·25m - 134
Ep 209. How to Develop a Growth Mindset
Jul 17, 2023·23m - 135
Ep 208. Getting Unstuck and Raising Your Vibration
Jul 10, 2023·26m - 136
Ep 207. Rebuilding Your Life After Breast Cancer with Rosamund Dean
Jul 3, 2023·42m - 137
Ep 206. Neurodiversity, Self-care and Embracing Adaptability with Sarah Ann Macklin
Jun 26, 2023·55m - 138
Ep 205. Boosting Self-Belief
Jun 26, 2023·22m - 139
Ep 204. The Biggest Factor in Your Success
Jun 26, 2023·20m - 140
Ep 203. 11 Causes of Anxiety and How to Manage Them
Chloe Brotheridge discusses the causes of anxiety and offers science-backed suggestions for managing it.
Nov 28, 2022·29m - 141
Ep 202. 8 Simple Steps to More Work-Life Balance
Nov 14, 2022·30m - 142
Ep 201. Don't Make This Mistake When It Comes to Anxiety
Oct 31, 2022·17m - 143
Ep 200. How to Hack Your Unconscious Mind for More Calm and Confidence
Host Chloe Brotheridge introduces the podcast about overcoming anxiety and building confidence, with sponsor ads for weight loss and credit boosting.
Oct 17, 2022·30m - 144
Ep 199. 7 Ways to Boost Low Mood
Oct 3, 2022·26m - 145
Ep 198. Myths and Truths About Hypnotherapy
Sep 19, 2022·22m - 146
Ep 197. Self-Defence for Women with Eve Gracie
Sep 5, 2022·50m - 147
Ep 196. Why You Should 'Do Hard Things'
Aug 1, 2022·13m - 148
Ep 195. Why You Should Listen to the Inner Critic
Jul 25, 2022·17m - 149
Ep 194. How to Sleep Better When You're Stressed
Jul 18, 2022·19m - 150
Ep 193. Are You Resisting Rest?
Jul 11, 2022·11m