If you’re ready for a brand new prescription that will guide you to heal your anxiety, not just cope with it, this is the book for you.

Despite asserting it hundreds of times, he never defines what it means for anxiety to be 'in the body', let alone back up the idea with any scientific evidence. In my 40’s after another emotionally unavailable affair I started having nightmares and would wake vomiting, my eldest child would often, as it’s all she knew, take care of me. My own mental health wasn’t the best I started with panic attacks as a teenager, and was sexually abused numerous times as a small child. Kennedy ever creates a teacher certification program I would definitely sign up, because it would be incredibly meaningful to help others overcome decades of emotional pain.And how our body and mind cope with trauma and overwhelm and how we operate while coping and also how we can recover. The self-awareness and aliveness it evokes is sheer magic, the way you connect back to yourself, namely the younger self, the younger wounded self, that still lives in your energy field as residual energy, just waiting to be processed and addressed, waiting for the attention and needs that weren't met in the past by our caregivers, to be met now, by the more wiser part of you. It’s going to take me endless times to reread highlights or certain chapters to help get out of the “alarm grooves. The only book to give a clear answer on how to actually get out of the cycle of chronic overthinking and anxiety. I would recommend listening to this book if you are experiencing feelings of anxiety because it does work if you work it.

By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. I have degrees and advanced training in medicine, neuroscience, and developmental psychology, but much of what I'll share came out of my experiences in very unscientific places.This book, in three weeks, has taken me from chronic anxiety, barely able to leave my house, to a functioning human being with a very low level of anxiety and alarm. I have struggled with anxiety(+ alarm) for many years, and this book has given me so much clarity, insight and hope that I can HEAL my anxiety and not live my life coping with it. I am a mental health therapist with my own trauma history and I have read more books on anxiety and trauma than I could possibly count. While the techniques described in the book are simple, it is not easy to change the way you think and approach situations that trigger anxiety.

The reason I am sharing this is because I knew I needed help and I have spent thousands on talking therapy and psychotherapy that helped short term. I've read so many amazing books on trauma recovery / anxiety and depression and ADHD/autism spectrum. The Holistic Psychologist On February 8, 2013, I was a highly anxious and burned-out fifty-two-year-old physician. This is good advice, though difficult to consistently do for folks like me who often have trouble settling into our bodies.As a physician, neuroscience expert, somatic intuitive, certified yoga instructor, meditation teacher, and a professional stand-up comedian who struggled with crippling anxiety for decades and has finally healed…I’m here to personally guide you through non-traditional treatments for anxiety. What Anxiety Rx did for me was to distill wisdom I had learned from other sources into actionable steps that I could implement immediately. ONLY talking about our challenges just adds to the incessant internal mental chatter we already are suffering from, but by going into the soma/body too, this allows us to discharge the energy/past experience which is fuelling the anxious thoughts, thus truly breaking anxiety loops we are stuck in. Initially, I was excited to hear an “alternative” perspective on anxiety as a mental health professional who leads an anxiety coping skills group for college students.

Download any episodes you want saved to your device so you can listen to them anytime (with or without wifi); otherwise, just hit play.The result is a revolutionary theory and approach that will have your controlling your anxiety instead of your anxiety controlling you. RUSSELL KENNEDY, MD is a physician, neuroscientist, certified yoga and meditation teacher, and a professional stand-up comedian.