The Jess Connolly Podcast Shalom Season | Episode 112: Peace in Our Bodies with Nick Connolly
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Mar 23, 2026 Nick Connolly, pastor and author who candidly shares his experience with anxiety and faith. He describes how anxiety shows up physically and what pursuing peace in the body looked like. They talk about balancing health stewardship without becoming consumed, how community and prayer matter, and shifting from striving to receiving God’s love.
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Two Different Seasons Of Anxiety
- Nick experienced two distinct anxiety seasons and found the second differed from the first in triggers and symptoms.
- The first involved sleeplessness and spiritual intensity; the second started with bodily stress, waking with racing heart and recurring panic at night.
Fight Anxiety With Every Tool
- Anxiety can be simultaneously spiritual, physical, mental, and theological, so fight it using multiple tools.
- Nick and Jess used prayer, counseling, medical approaches, therapy, and community rather than relying on a single method.
Receive Rather Than Earn Peace
- Receive God's love instead of trying to earn peace through performance.
- Nick intentionally shifted from striving with scripture recitation to simply asking to receive the Father's presence and help.
