One of the ways that I have found to be helpful in working through anxiety, is what I refer to has anxious progression. In the fitness world it is often referred to as progressive overload.
In terms of anxiety I like to think about the idea of taking things one is anxious about, and slowly progressing through it…one step at a time.
Essentially exposing one’s self to every increasing levels of anxiety, so that overtime it becomes normal.
I dive into this and tell some stories around it in this video.