Performing, Panic, & Perseverance
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10/13/21 • 57 min
Jen talks to retired actor, Lisa Jakub, who is now an author and mental wellness advocate. Jen finds a kindred spirit in Lisa as someone who gets super HAPPY talking about their panic attacks. Lisa tells all about what it was like to walk away from acting after having been in movies like Mrs. Doubtfire and Independence Day and walk into the unkonwn and eventually into a career where she helps others who have anxiety, panic, and even helps war veterans with PTSD.
Show notes:
Find Lisa Jakub at https://hellolisajakub.com
Her latest book is: "Not Just Me: Anxiety, Depression and Learning to Embrace Your Weird" available here: https://hellolisajakub.com/not-just-me and her podcast titled "Embrace Your Weird" can be found here: https://hellolisajakub.com/podcast
Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.
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Jen talks to retired actor, Lisa Jakub, who is now an author and mental wellness advocate. Jen finds a kindred spirit in Lisa as someone who gets super HAPPY talking about their panic attacks. Lisa tells all about what it was like to walk away from acting after having been in movies like Mrs. Doubtfire and Independence Day and walk into the unkonwn and eventually into a career where she helps others who have anxiety, panic, and even helps war veterans with PTSD.
Show notes:
Find Lisa Jakub at https://hellolisajakub.com
Her latest book is: "Not Just Me: Anxiety, Depression and Learning to Embrace Your Weird" available here: https://hellolisajakub.com/not-just-me and her podcast titled "Embrace Your Weird" can be found here: https://hellolisajakub.com/podcast
Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Anxiety Bites - Performing, Panic, & Perseverance
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This is the Anxiety Bites podcast and I am your host, Jen Kirkman. Today I am talking to all around anxiety expert Lisa Jacob, who also has anxiety and panic herself. Lisa was a child actor and she's most famous for her roles in Mrs. Doubt Fire and Independent State, two movies that came out in the nineties. I'm sure you're familiar no matter how old you are, but I wanted to talk to Lisa about making a change in your career now. She chose to leav
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