Lately, it might feel like your thoughts are stuck in low gear. Conversations blur, decisions take longer, and even remembering what someone just said can feel like a stretch.

This kind of brain fog can be especially frustrating when it shows up alongside anxiety – which it often does. It’s not dramatic or loud like a panic attack. It creeps in slowly, building over days or weeks until things that used to feel simple suddenly seem effortful.

This episode looks at what’s really going on beneath that fog. It breaks down how constant anxious thinking can wear the brain down, making it harder to concentrate, solve problems, or feel mentally sharp. There’s also an interesting look at how the brain shifts into “survival mode” when stress sticks around too long, pulling energy away from clear thinking.

A helpful distinction is made between memory issues and attention issues – because often, it’s not that something was forgotten, it’s that it was never fully registered in the first place.

For anyone trying to make sense of that spaced-out, cloudy feeling, this conversation offers both explanation and relief.

(This is an AI-generated episode inspired by my YouTube videos. I personally moderate these to share insights more efficiently, keeping the content informative yet completely free.)

Key Takeaways:

• Introduction (00:00)
• Brain fog is more than tiredness (00:18)
• Anxiety amplifies worries about mental clarity (02:15)
• Anxiety shifts brain energy away from logic (04:02)
• You must address anxiety to clear brain fog (04:39)
• Automatic tasks highlight the focus issue (05:59)
• Treat anxiety to lift brain fog (06:24)

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➡️ To accelerate your recovery journey, book a call to see if the mentorship with Shaan's team will help your specific situation

➡️ Get access to the Desensitization Blueprint

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It all started with a phone call.

A family member she wasn’t speaking to called her to say they were going to end their life – and that it would be Sofia’s fault. Then they hung up.

At that moment, Sofia Pfister was 16. And the call flipped a switch.

By the end of the night, Sofia was having her first full-blown panic attack. Everything felt unreal. Her body went numb. Her thoughts were racing. Over the next few weeks, things got worse – daily panic attacks, agoraphobia, intrusive thoughts, DPDR. She couldn’t leave the house without breaking down.

She thought she was definitely going crazy. So she turned to the Internet for answers. But nothing helped – until she came across my YouTube channel. That was the first time she felt understood.

She downloaded the blueprint about the aware process and started studying it relentlessly. At 18, she joined our Light Program and treated it like a college course.

Her symptoms didn’t disappear overnight. But little by little, things changed. She started learning how anxiety really works. And what’s most important, she began responding instead of reacting. The panic faded. Her confidence came back.

Today, Sofia is thriving. In this episode, one of our mentors Kaylee sits down with her to talk through the journey – how she got out, what truly helped, and what she’d tell her younger self now.

Don’t miss this one.

Key Takeaways:

• Intro (00:00)
• Intrusive thoughts and DPDR were the worst symptoms (01:14)
• Traumatic phone call from family member (04:01)
• From the first panic attack to constant daily battles (06:13)
• Discovering Shaan's program on YouTube and joining it at 18 (09:42)
• Applying learned concepts to various aspects of life (16:20)
• Avoid online forums and 'Dr. Google' (22:46)

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➡️ To accelerate your recovery journey, book a call to see if the mentorship with Shaan's team will help your specific situation

➡️ Get access to the Desensitization Blueprint

➡️ FREE E-BOOK

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I used to think recovery from anxiety was just about pushing through until the symptoms disappeared. Get to the other side — then life could start.

But the longer I was in it, the more I realized that mindset was keeping me stuck and exhausted… constantly waiting for the day I’d wake up and finally feel like myself again.

What I didn’t expect was that recovery had less to do with fighting anxiety symptoms. It was a lot more about how I saw myself, what I believed, and the habits I carried every single day.

Turns out, some of the things I thought were helping me were actually slowing me down. And one mistake in particular — if I could go back — I’d fix it in a heartbeat.

This episode breaks all of that down:

• The lessons I still use now, years later.
• The regrets.
• The mistakes that cost me time.

It’s not the stuff most people talk about. But it’s the stuff that changed everything.

Catch the full episode — you’ll see exactly what I mean.

(This is an AI-generated episode inspired by my YouTube videos. I personally moderate these to share insights more efficiently, keeping the content informative yet completely free.)

Key Takeaways:

• Introduction (00:00)
• Question your anxious thoughts with humility (00:13)
• Stop identifying with anxiety or your thoughts (02:52)
• Gratitude helps shift focus from the negative (05:02)
• Integrity builds real self-respect and peace (07:09)
• Trusting the process through uncertainty (08:27)
• Boundaries protect your energy and well-being (11:17)
• Feel emotions fully, but don’t feed them (12:07)
• Happiness and anxiety can coexist (14:44)

Additional Resources:

➡️ To accelerate your recovery journey, book a call to see if the mentorship with Shaan's team will help your specific situation

➡️ Get access to the Desensitization Blueprint

➡️ FREE E-BOOK

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