Float: The Anxiety Podcast with Dr John Eaton PhD

This episode explains a gentle, three-step approach to working with anxiety without trying to force it away.
Dr. John Eaton guides you to first label the experience, then observe thoughts and sensations mindfully, and finally "float" with the feelings as they change or dissolve.
The method helps break the anxious loop and lets you re-engage with your commitments without resisting unwelcome experiences.
If this episode was useful, the full method is set out in my book, FLOAT: Exiting the Anxiety-Stress Loop, available now on Amazon. Most podcasts have a companion link on the blog at reversethinking.co.uk. If you'd like to talk directly, either about what's covered here or about working together, email drjohneaton@reversethinking.co.uk or book an initial session at reversethinking.co.uk/make-an-appointment.

This episode explains that panic attacks are an automatic alarm response from the brain, not a literal danger, and that trying to stop or avoid them often prolongs the experience.
Dr. John Eaton outlines the FLOAT approach - awareness, allowing, witnessing, and letting time pass - so the body’s arousal can peak and naturally fall, teaching the brain the situation is safe.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If your panic attacks are disabling and your safety is at risk please seek medical advice, or structured, supportive therapy before considering the advice on this podcast.
If this episode was useful, the full method is set out in my book, FLOAT: Exiting the Anxiety-Stress Loop, available now on Amazon. Most podcasts have a companion link on the blog at reversethinking.co.uk. If you'd like to talk directly, either about what's covered here or about working together, email drjohneaton@reversethinking.co.uk or book an initial session at reversethinking.co.uk/make-an-appointment.

Quick Awareness Exercises For a Busy Workday
In this episode Dr. John Eaton guides listeners through seven short, one-minute micro-practices designed to interrupt anxious thought loops and bring calm and presence into busy lives. Each exercise  including grounding, focused breathing, body relaxation, sensory noticing, and a brief witnessing practice - is simple, practical, and can be done alone or combined.
These quick tools are meant to be used throughout the day to reset your nervous system, increase awareness, and help you move from reactive anxiety to a steadier, calmer state.
If this episode was useful, the full method is set out in my book, FLOAT: Exiting the Anxiety-Stress Loop, available now on Amazon. Most podcasts have a companion link on the blog at reversethinking.co.uk. If you'd like to talk directly, either about what's covered here or about working together, email drjohneaton@reversethinking.co.uk or book an initial session at reversethinking.co.uk/make-an-appointment.

Dr. John Eaton explains why you can wake up already anxious even when nothing obvious has gone wrong: your brain’s over-sensitive threat detector, predictive processing, and a habit of alarm-jumping fuel a persistent loop of worry.
He outlines the Float approach - noticing and allowing anxious states without resistance, shifting your relationship to anxiety through observation rather than fighting it - and how second-order change helps the nervous system calm over time.
Based on the Book Float: Exiting The Anxiety-Stress Loop
14 minutes.
If this episode was useful, the full method is set out in my book, FLOAT: Exiting the Anxiety-Stress Loop, available now on Amazon. Most podcasts have a companion link on the blog at reversethinking.co.uk. If you'd like to talk directly, either about what's covered here or about working together, email drjohneaton@reversethinking.co.uk or book an initial session at reversethinking.co.uk/make-an-appointment.

An introduction to the process given in my new book - Float: Exiting the Anxiety-Stress Loop.
Explains basis of the process in my own experiences with Anxiety, and my later discoveries as a therapist.
Concludes with a brief summary of Float - Awareness, Acceptance and Witnessing.
14 minutes long.
For your free 10-page guide email me on drjohneaton@gmail.com
If this episode was useful, the full method is set out in my book, FLOAT: Exiting the Anxiety-Stress Loop, available now on Amazon. Most podcasts have a companion link on the blog at reversethinking.co.uk. If you'd like to talk directly, either about what's covered here or about working together, email drjohneaton@reversethinking.co.uk or book an initial session at reversethinking.co.uk/make-an-appointment.

A short Awareness exercise in which thoughts and feelings are accepted and allowed to be what they are - as they appear and fade in awareness.
Links to the exercise in Chapter 1 of Dr John Eaton's new book - Float.
4 minutes and 38 seconds in duration.
 
If this episode was useful, the full method is set out in my book, FLOAT: Exiting the Anxiety-Stress Loop, available now on Amazon. Most podcasts have a companion link on the blog at reversethinking.co.uk. If you'd like to talk directly, either about what's covered here or about working together, email drjohneaton@reversethinking.co.uk or book an initial session at reversethinking.co.uk/make-an-appointment.