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Stop Anxiety Through Acceptance And Letting Go
With Charles Freligh
Alan Watts once said, “Allowed anxiety is no longer anxiety.” I believe this to be deeply true, but to put this saying into practice is much easier said than done. It may even be one of the hardest things to do, to actually, genuinely, allow my anxiety to be here. I may attempt to accept it in order to get rid of it, but then, I am not truly accepting it. This five-session course is meant to help you realize the true meaning of Allowing, of Openness, and thus move into a new relationship with “anxiety" in which the word may not even make sense anymore, or find a whole new definition. You may already know the path through anxiety lies in its acceptance, but your body may not believe it yet. I’ll share my training and experience in the worlds of psychology, philosophy, and spirituality, and my own personal experience with crippling social anxiety, to help your body believe and feel, that Allowing is the way. In the first three sessions, you will receive a core message, an experiential practice based on that message, and a takeaway lesson to play with in your life. And in the final two sessions, we will focus on practices to help you extend this course to daily living. I hope you join me and please feel free to share any and all of your thoughts and questions in the course comments. Thank you for being here.
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5 Days
16.3k students
4.8 stars
19 min / day
Anxiety
English
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This course includes 154 community questions and 44 audio replies from Charles Freligh. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.
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Recent Reviews
Jing
January 23, 2026
Loved it! Love the analogies, the approaches. Will take again.
Emily
December 11, 2025
I found everything about this practice grounding and useful.
Deirdre
December 4, 2025
This course was kind of confusing to me. The last day was the most confusing of all.
Mary-Lou
November 30, 2025
Great course. One that I will return to. Charles has a way of explaining things in a simple manner.
Hannah
November 1, 2025
So illuminating. Insightful AND practical. A new way of being.
Dylan
October 24, 2025
Phenomenal course. The last lesson was especially helpful. I wish I had a way to save that specific one along with a visual to print out to go with it.
Sarah
September 27, 2025
Absolutely love the snow metaphor.
Kelli
September 26, 2025
Incredible course. I will come back and review the tools regularly.
Lisa
August 29, 2025
Thank you Charles for this course 🙏Each lessons has valuable insights on approaching anxiety with practical non judgmental practices to help us observe, recognise, avc
Maurya
July 20, 2025
I really like the pictures he created to help the learning. Using the snow and skiing , and the quotes.
Gabriela
July 9, 2025
This was exactly what I needed! Loved to learn all the new techniques and ways of actually honoring and understanding my anxiety. Love the falling snow ❄️ visual and it has definitely made an impact on my mental state and health. Thank you 🙏🏼
Jeff
July 3, 2025
Fantastic course. Life-changing for someone with crippling anxiety.
Golnaz
May 3, 2025
Great amazing course , learned so much and will repeated over and over
Lisa
April 28, 2025
Awesome course with relatable material and metaphors!
Jim
April 27, 2025
Accepting my sensations of anxiety as a caring protective mechanism is much easier than the pursuit of ridding myself of these uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. And so my journey continues. Thank you for your insight and reframing techniques of the feelings and thoughts around anxiety.
Ondřej
April 22, 2025
It really helped me to on the most elememtary level of dealing with anxiety. Thank you Charles.
Robin
April 22, 2025
☮️💟
Greg
April 8, 2025
Beautiful ! Very helpful and kind. A bit of a scientists and engineers feel to it – very practical and effective. I really like his style of teaching.
Rhenton
April 4, 2025
You’re the man Charles, I’ve done 3 of your courses and each one of them has helped me tremendously. The tools you provide are intuitive and are relatively easy to implement
Steve
March 15, 2025
This was the 2nd course I’ve done, really helpful and informative!
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