The TRUTH About ANXIETY And How To HEAL IT! | The Mel Robbins Podcast
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Everything you think about anxiety is wrong.
Yes, we’re starting there.
And yes, we’re going deep.
I know that this episode will change your life. It has done the same for mine.
It’s not a secret that I’ve struggled with #anxiety for pretty much my whole life. I swear I came out of the womb in a full-blown panic attack, and I was just warming up for a life of worry on a very elite, professional level.
I have been sharing my anxiety journey, and the tools that have helped me, for the past five years.
And in this episode, things go deeper than they have ever have before.
No exaggeration when I say that my takeaway from this interview today is so revolutionary, it’s forever changed the way I think about my anxiety and my relationship to it.
Which is why it’s my honor to introduce you to Dr. Russell Kennedy, MD
(@theanxietymd
I’m willing to bet that what you learn today you haven’t heard yet.
Like the real reason you’re anxious in the first place.
It’s not what you’re thinking.
No lie, I’ve been stalking Dr. Kennedy on Instagram for the past year because I just love his stuff.
Like me, he’s lived with his own anxiety since childhood. As a neuroscientist and a medical doctor, he also has the clinical experience to teach us how to HEAL our anxiety.
Did you catch that?
You don’t have to stop at managing your anxiety; you can actually heal it.
I see you if you’re living with a constant “nervous stomach.”
I see you if you can’t sleep.
I see you if your heart races and your muscles are often tense.
What Dr. Kennedy shares with you today has changed my relationship to anxiety, and I know it can do the same for you.
It will blow your mind when Dr. Kennedy tells you that we’ve been attacking this all wrong, and he’ll give you simple science and research-backed tools that will change your life immediately!
I ask all the questions you are thinking about anxiety and Dr. Kennedy and I get real with the answers.
You are not only going to learn how to deal with your anxiety in a very simple but effective way, you are going to learn why it’s there, what it’s trying to tell you, and how to heal it for good.
This episode has changed my life and I know it will do the same for you and your loved ones. Bookmark this episode and share it with those in your life who need it.
It’s time. You deserve what you’re about to learn.
Xo Mel
Time codes:
00:00 Intro
03:00 My history with anxiety: “I’m a life tested expert on anxiety”
12:45 Meet Dr. Russell Kennedy
15:50 What is anxiety, really?
21:00 Key Concept: Anxiety starts in your body, not in your thoughts
25:00 Key Concept: Parental mismatch
27:00 Key Concept: Anxiety is an alarm in your body
45:45 Key Concept: The feeling of anxiety starts before the thought
50:15 Tool: Find a safe place to go in your body
1:03:20 Key Concept: Connection to addiction
1:07:50 Tool: Regulate your body first
1:12:15 Key Concept: The reason you’re anxious is because you block love from yourself
1:20:30 Tool: The physiological sigh
#anxietyrelief #anxietytips
Resources:
Follow Dr. Kennedy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theanxietymd/
Dr. Kennedy’s podcast episodes that are very helpful:
- Do You Allow Yourself To Receive?: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/do-you-allow-yourself-to-receive/id1565897115?i=1000533965415
- Find Your Alarm: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/find-your-alarm/id1565897115?i=1000551530038
Dr. Kennedy gives a deeper explanation of JABS in his podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are-you-taking-jabs-at-yourself/id1565897115?i=1000522791401
Dr. Kennedy mentioned this book about how the body stores trauma:
- The Body Keeps The Score: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143127748/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_76JAB7TECK1SNZC6VA65
Fight, flight or freeze response explained in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEHwB1PG_-Q
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