In this episode we learn how to make friends with anxiety. It impacts on us all and is sometimes useful, but it can take over our lives. Psychotherapist and author Owen O’Kane helps us to understand anxiety, embrace it as part of our body, and explains how to stop it from ruling our minds and our bodies.

If you are in distress or despair and would like directed to help and support, please visit bbc.co.uk/actionline. This podcast series is presented by Cate Conway and Vinny Hurrell. The producer is Vinny Hurrell. Contact the team via email at [email protected].