Anxiety is not always our identity. Sometimes it is a signal pointing toward something deeper.

Gabriel Andreson joins Steve Adams for an honest conversation about panic attacks, hidden pressure, trauma, performance-based identity, control, therapy, and healing.

Gabe shares how his first panic attack at 30,000 feet became the beginning of a much deeper journey. Along the way, he discovered that lasting peace is not found by controlling every circumstance, but by learning to live with greater trust, presence, honesty, and steadiness in Christ.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why anxiety may be revealing deeper wounds
• How control and performance can intensify fear
• The role of therapy, medication, exercise, and community
• A practical way to identify lies and receive God’s truth
• Why stillness, Scripture, and journaling can help restore peace
• What it means to believe that God genuinely likes you

Gabe is the author of UnAnxious: A Practical Guide to Calm Your Mind and Reclaim Your Peace in an Anxiety-Filled World.

Learn more at:
https://gabeandreson.com/

Visit Embracing Brokenness Ministries:
https://embracingbrokenness.orgBuy Unanxious on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0eiAttcO

CHAPTERS

00:00 God Doesn’t Just Love You—He Likes You

00:57 Anxiety May Be Pointing to Something Deeper

02:45 Welcome, Gabriel Andreson

04:20 Faith, Family, Business, and Marketplace Ministry

11:41 A Panic Attack at 30,000 Feet

16:00 When Anxiety Returned After Writing the Book

18:29 Anxiety as a Signal—and What May Be Beneath It

24:27 Turning Personal Pain Into Help for Others

26:23 Performance, a Father’s Approval, and Our View of God

29:28 Therapy and the Safety That Unlocked Healing

31:54 “God Talks”: Identifying Lies and Receiving Truth

35:15 “Isn’t It Great to Be Reminded Who You’re Not?”

39:03 Leadership, Burnout, Delegation, and Control

42:26 God Loves You—and He Actually Likes You

44:35 Silence, Scripture, Journaling, and Honest Venting

47:59 The First Step Out of Survival Mode

49:18 Where to Find Gabe and UnAnxious

50:24 Closing