What if one small boundary could free your nervous system and regulate your anxiety today?

Join Philippa on this solo episode of the 4D Human Being Podcast as she translates the science of anxiety into daily habits. Calm your body, tidy your thinking and reclaim your ability to choose.
You will learn:

• Why anxiety often masks deeper feelings like shame or fear and how it shows up across physical, emotional and intellectual dimensions
• How fight or flight hijacks pace and decisions, and why overthinking keeps the loop alive
• The “capacity bucket” test for overwhelm
• A simple physical hack to down-regulate fast: slow your movements, speech and breath so your body leads your brain
• Why we tend to rely on overthinking to overcome, when it actually it's our body that is the secret doorway to escape the trap
• When anger and confusion can be helpful signals for change

Try this today. Walk slower, make the coffee slower, speak slower. Notice how your system follows. Then ask a better question than “why am I like this?”. What does this feeling want? Safety? Belonging? Love?
Start giving those to yourself rather than chasing them in the next task or Inbox Zero.

Listen for grounded, 4D tools you can use immediately to move from anxious reaction to intentional action.

Disclaimer:
While the tools shared in this episode can be helpful, they are not a replacement for professional care. If your anxiety is intense, long lasting, or impacting your wellbeing, please seek guidance from your GP or a qualified healthcare professional.

How can you make hope truly hopeful? Whenever you have hope, make sure there is also action.

Ready to move from fingers crossed wishful to front foot purposeful? This episode shows you how to make hope not just passive, but intentional and actionable.

You will hear practical ways to:

• Treat hope as a doorway, then walk through it with action
• List your top ten hopes, pick your top three, and set simple intentions for each
• Use the 4D model to power progress through environment, relationships, and your physical, emotional and intellectual habits
• Replace passive language in teams with ownership and next moves
• Find micro moments each day that build momentum

See it in practice. Trainers ready by the door. A gym buddy expecting you. Or a living room arranged to bring people together. Tiny environmental and language cues shift how you feel and what you do.

By the end of the episode you will have one concrete move to take today. Write ten hopes, circle three, book the first step in your calendar, tell one person who will hold you to it, remove one energy drain, and take a five minute action now. You can do it!

What happens when you stop negotiating with the universe and start engaging with it?

Start 2026 with a calm, practical reset as Philippa and Penelope explore a 4D take on Stoicism you can use without reading a single philosophy book. You will hear how to meet delays, detours and difficult people with intention so you suffer less and choose more.

You will learn:

• Self-reflection that turns rumination into learning
• Premeditatio malorum planning for what could go wrong so your nerves are ready and your plans can breathe
• The view from above to widen perspective and cool hot emotions
• Negative visualisation to grow gratitude for what you already have
• Micro moments that compound into real change by next January

Picture the airport queue, the family hiccup, the tricky email. One steady breath. One kinder interpretation. One choice that the future you will be proud of. Notice how your physical, emotional and intellectual presence shifts when you stop negotiating with the universe and start engaging with it.

Try it this week. Name one likely snag using premeditatio malorum, prepare a simple response, and practise it once. Then spot the gift inside the next setback and take one step your future self will thank you for.