Calm it Down
by Chad Lawson
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About this podcast
Helping you calm the mind in a world full of noise.
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- Calm It Down Conversations: When There’s Nothing Left to Fix, with Jeff Krasno · 36 minWhat do you do when someone you love is hurting, and there's nothing you can do to make it better? For Jeff Krasno, co-founder of Wanderlust and Commune, that question became…
- The Quiet People Leave Behind · 12 minHave you ever walked into an empty house and immediately turned on the TV? Not because there's something you want to watch. You just want to hear someone. It's funny how a…
- The Hobby With No Future · 3 minPermission to have an interest that remains an interest, without turning enjoyment into a business or a bigger plan.
- Nothing to Show for It · 14 minWhat did you do today? If the honest answer is "not much," you're not alone. The list hasn't moved since 8 a.m. Meanwhile someone online has journaled, cold-plunged and started…
- Why We Sit in the Driveway · 13 minEver sit in the driveway for a minute before going inside?Sometimes we’re not avoiding home. We’re trying to figure out what version of ourselves is about to walk through the…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - The Blank Space · 3 minAn invitation to stop filling missing information with a frightening story and allow the blank to remain open.
- Wide Awake at 2 A.M. · 17 minAt two in the morning, even the smallest worry can suddenly need its own microphone.This week, we look at why the things we carry get louder when everything else gets quiet, what…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - Everything Feels Truer at 2 A.M. · 3 minA reflection on the strange certainty of nighttime worries and the wisdom of letting morning reconsider them.
- The Day After: When the Mental Health Posts Move On · 13 minLast weekend, everyone was talking about mental health. The posts, the green ribbons, the reminders to check in. Now the feed has moved on. But whatever you were carrying is…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - The Room You Enter as Yourself · 3 minA reflection on entering a room without turning your presence into an audition.
- Letting Go of the Guilt of Doing Nothing · 12 minHave you ever finally sat down, only to immediately think of six things you should probably be doing instead? The laundry suddenly looks urgent. That email feels strangely…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - The Weather Report in Your Head · 3 minA reflection on separating what fear predicts from what is actually happening right now.
- The Puzzle of Self-Identity (Encore Episode) · 14 minEver feel like you’re just going through the motions, unsure of who you really are beneath the labels and expectations?In this episode, we’ll explore how to reclaim the missing…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - Where Your Mind Keeps Going · 3 minA reflection on noticing where your mind wanders and gently inviting it back to the life in front of you.
- The Art of Being Wrong (Encore Episode) · 13 minHave you ever argued over something completely absolutely trivial, like the “correct” way to load a dishwasher, as if everything depended on it?We get oddly attached to being…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - Growth Without an Announcement · 3 minA reflection on the growth that becomes visible only after it has quietly blended into everyday life.
- The Puzzle of Grief (Encore Episode) · 18 minGrief. Even the word bears a heaviness like no other.We've all had a loss in some way or form. But perhaps there's a different way of looking at the word 'grief'.Because in order…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - The Pace That Looks Boring · 2 minA reflection on the quiet strength of choosing a pace that leaves room for the rest of your life.
- Someone Was Thinking of You · 17 minSomeone thought about you today. You probably won’t ever know it.Maybe a song came on. Maybe they passed a place you used to go together. Maybe you just popped into their head…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - Before the Inbox · 3 minA reminder that you are already a person of value before the inbox opens and the work begins.
- The Last Five Percent · 15 minYou’re almost done with it. The email, the application, the project you’ve been staring at for weeks. There’s barely anything left to do, and somehow that tiny bit feels heavier…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - The Familiar Cup · 3 minA reflection on the familiar rituals that quietly help you return to yourself.
- Borrowing Tomorrow · 16 minYou’re sitting on the couch on a perfectly ordinary Sunday, but somehow your brain is already living on Tuesday. It’s in the meeting that hasn’t happened. Reading the result…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - The Day You Didn’t Plan · 3 minAn invitation to meet the day that actually arrived rather than measuring it against the one you imagined.
- The Shelf in the Closet · 14 minRaise your hand if you have a shelf, drawer, or folder where unfinished things quietly collect. It's okay...no one's looking :) Well, we do the SAME thing emotionally, setting…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - The Unopened Bud · 3 minA reflection for the things that may be growing quietly, long before there is visible proof.
- Running Late · 15 minYou had plenty of time, and you still moved through the morning like the building was on fire. You are up and tidying before the credits finish, and you call it being busy.But…
- Calm it Down Podcast - Morning Affirmations: The First Sip · 3 minAn invitation to be fully present for one of the small pleasures you usually hurry past.
- The Almosts · 13 minYou passed the exit again. The road toward the city you almost moved to, the job you almost took, the person you almost stayed with.It is strange how clearly you can picture that…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - The Body Keeps Showing Up · 2 minA reflection on meeting your body as a loyal companion rather than another project waiting to be improved.
- The Empty Chair · 12 minSometimes it only takes one text message to change an entire evening. Plans get cancelled. The calendar shifts. And somehow, the empty chair across the table begins telling a…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - Anger Is Telling You Something · 2 minA start to the week about reading anger as information—a signal about a crossed boundary or a value that matters.
- The Second Draft · 13 minHave you ever replayed a conversation from years ago and suddenly known exactly what you should have said? Maybe you're not really trying to rewrite the conversation. Maybe…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - The Emotion You Talk Yourself Out Of · 3 minA start to the week about how quickly you dismiss your own feelings—and what it would be like to let one simply exist.
- The Weight of Being the Reliable One · 15 minYou're the one everyone counts on. The one who remembers, follows through, and quietly carries more than anyone realizes. But what happens when being dependable becomes the only…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - The Apology You're Avoiding · 2 minA start to the week about the unspoken apology you keep hoping will quietly expire AND choosing to open the door instead.
- Bad at Receiving · 13 minSomeone compliments you, and before they’ve even finished, you’re already brushing it aside. Someone offers to help, and even though you’re overwhelmed, you say, “I’ve got…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - The Edited You · 3 minA start to the week about the cost of only ever showing people the polished, edited version of yourself.
- When Help Isn't Helpful (From the Archive) · 16 minThis week's episode comes from the Calm it Down archives. It's one of those conversations whose message feels just as relevant today as when it first aired.Have you ever tried to…
- You're Allowed to Choose Wrong · 3 minA start to the week about freeing yourself to decide without the guarantee that it'll turn out perfectly.
- The Long Game · 8 minHave you ever looked at your life and wondered why, after all the effort, nothing seems different? You keep showing up, doing the things you're supposed to do, waiting for some…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - The Vote You Forgot You Had · 2 minA gentle start to the week about remembering that your own opinion gets a full vote in your own life.
- The Things That Hold You · 8 minWhat do you reach for when everything else feels uncertain? Not the big things. The small things. The familiar coffee mug, the same road home, a favorite song, a familiar voice…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - What's Actually Urgent · 2 minA gentle start to the week about distinguishing real urgency from the manufactured kind.
- Tender · 7 minYou've learned to keep it together. To be the strong one. The steady one. The one who doesn't let things get to them. So you build walls. You thicken your skin. You tell yourself…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - You Don't Have to Resolve This Today · 2 minAbout releasing the pressure to resolve every tension immediately.
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - You're Allowed to Feel Different Than Them · 2 minAbout claiming your own emotional experience even when it differs from theirs.
- The Company You Keep · 7 minYour phone is always there. Someone is always one click away. There’s always noise, distraction, or something to scroll. But then you turn it all off. And suddenly it’s just……
- When the Plan Falls Apart · 7 minWhat happens when life doesn’t go according to plan? In this episode, we explore the grief, confusion, and unexpected freedom that can come when the future you imagined suddenly…
- Calm it Down Podcast: Morning Affirmations - You Don't Owe the Version They Expect · 2 minAbout showing up as you are instead of the version people expect.
