Guided Meditation for Letting Go of Anxiety

Letting Go of (Biodegradable) Balloons: ACT Meditation for Letting Go and Releasing Stress, Worry, and Tension

The most searched term that lead to our website this month was “Letting Go Meditation” - meaning LOTS of people need help letting things go. This makes sense.

It is really hard to let things go sometimes - especially when you have anxiety or anger issues.

Anxious minds are focused on protecting you from bad things - even if those bad things aren’t going to happen - so they get obsessed with the little things that don’t go the way you want them to.

When you have anxiety, it’s also challenging to let things go because your brain wants to figure out what happened and how it should have gone differently. Your brain is thinking, “If I figure this out, it won’t ever happen again,” or, “If they had just acted THIS way, I never would have exploded!” But we can’t change what happens to us, or how people respond to us. We’re not in charge of the world around us. We’re only in charge of ourselves.

Today’s guided meditation for letting go is all about gently recognizing this, and putting our worries aside for now.

Instead of pushing something away or trying to fight these thoughts, worries, and stresses, we want to just let them gently float away from us. This meditation is a little longer, at around 10 minutes, so settle in, get comfy, and press play:

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If you have trouble letting go of your thoughts, fears, or anxiety, you might want to consider anxiety counseling or therapy with a therapist you can trust.

It takes time to learn how to let things go. If you often find yourself obsessing over things, or having difficulty moving on from stressful or disappointing events, it may be time to call in an expert.

Anxiety therapists are trained in identifying those thoughts and help you reframe them or let them go, with the help of evidence-based therapies like CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) or ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy).

(Read more about ACT right here: How to Banish ‘Toxic’ Thoughts)

Want to meet with a therapist at Compassionate Counseling St. Louis?

Our anxiety team is trained on identifying your anxiety and helping you to release it, move forward and, dare I say it, let it go. We’re all about teaching you or your child as many strategies as possible to manage the anxiety and overwhelm that naturally comes up for all of us.

Learn more about our team:

Art Therapist Erin Kirpatrick

Art Therapist Susie McGaughey

Anxiety Therapist and Author Kelsey Torgerson Dunn

Behavioral Therapist Molly Shaffer

Kelsey Torgerson, MSW, LCSW is a top-rated anxiety specialist in St. Louis, working with kids, teens and college students to help them manage their overwhelming thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. She works in Clayton with families throughout Creve Couer, Town and Country, Ladue, University City, and Webster Groves. Learn more and schedule a call on our website at compassionatecounselingstl.com/contact