In the original Calm Living Blueprint podcast, I spoke about presence as an antidote to anxiety — not as a concept, but as a lived experience.

In this revisited reflection, I return to that teaching with a deeper understanding of how anxiety lives in time, how the body learns safety through attention, and why presence isn’t something we force, but something we allow.

This episode explores what it truly means to be here now — not as effort or technique, but as a return to life as it’s happening.

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Work with me → https://candiceesposito.com/Support this work → https://ko-fi.com/candiceespositoIn the original Calm Living Blueprint series, I explored what happens when we stop fighting painful feelings and begin opening to them.Ten years later, I return to this teaching with a deeper understanding of how fear moves through the body, why resistance intensifies it, and how presence allows the energy to complete itself.In this episode, we revisit the NAME practice — Notice, Acknowledge, Make space, Expand awareness — and explore what it means to create room for fear without collapsing into it.

The original Calm Living Blueprint episode taught a simple idea: you don’t have to live inside every thought that appears.

Ten years later, I’m revisiting that teaching with a deeper understanding of why thoughts feel so powerful — and how to gently step out of their grip.

In this reflection, we explore what actually “hooks” us, why resistance keeps thinking loops alive, and how awareness dissolves identification with the mind.

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