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Anxiety Book Club

Anxiety Book Club

Josh Malina

Learn about mental health and anxiety through interviews with authors, academics, philosophers, mindfulness teachers, tech executives, therapists and more! Also check out my substack at https://anxietybookclub.substack.com/.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Anxiety Book Club episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Anxiety Book Club for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Anxiety Book Club episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Anxiety Book Club - Episode 35 - Am I Dreaming with James Kingsland
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08/01/22 • 65 min

In this episode, I speak with author and science journalist James Kingsland about his newest book, "Am I Dreaming?: The Science of Altered States, from Psychedelics to Virtual Reality, and Beyond". We discuss how our brains behave under the influences of these alternative realities, and what the scientific community has found about their therapeutic benefits.

Am I Dreaming?

Plastic Brain Blog

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Anxiety Book Club - Episode 34 - Unwinding Anxiety with Dr. Judson Brewer
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07/01/22 • 49 min

In Episode 34, we welcome Dr. Judson Brewer back to the podcast to understand anxiety and worry as a habit, and how to unravel them. Dr. Jud uses neuroscience to identify the ways that mindfulness can help us unlearn unskillful behaviors like worrying, and let curiosity disenchant our minds with the experience of ruminative habit loops

https://www.amazon.com/Unwinding-Anxiety-Science-Shows-Cycles/dp/0593330447

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Anxiety Book Club - Episode 46 - Real Life with Sharon Salzberg
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07/28/23 • 55 min

In this episode, I chat with Sharon Salzberg about her latest book, Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom.

We discuss how useful self compassion is, the difference between remorse and guilt, urge surfing, the limits of mindfulness, the practice of looking directly at difficult feelings, why we might not label hardships as gifts, and the difference between equanimity and resignation, among other topics. Enjoy!

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Episode 8 - A conversation on insomnia with Colleen Ehrnstrom, PhD. Break free from the struggle of insomnia with a CBT/ACT therapist with a terrific workbook on the subject, End the Insomnia Struggle.

The book

Colleen's Practice

Other links mentioned: Colleen Carney, Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia

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Anxiety Book Club - Episode 19 - Good Morning, I Love You
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03/26/21 • 32 min

Apparently, compassion and self-compassion are important parts of a mindful way of living. It's not just your attention that counts, but the quality of that attention. Is your focus like a deadly sniper? Or a loving teddy bear? Some strange combination of both?

In this episode, Shauna Shapiro, PhD helps us understand how the two are connected, and how she was able to cultivate both in her own life. We discuss the effects of mindfulness on physical and emotional pain, what it means to be "intentional", and how to get started with mindfulness and self-compassion with a very simple, morning practice.

Find the book here, or more about Shauna at her website or Instragram.

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Anxiety Book Club - Episode 28 - Chatting about Anxiety with Dr. Z
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12/01/21 • 50 min

In Episode 28, me and Dr. Z (aka Patricia Zurita Ona) discuss all things anxiety, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), the limits of positive psychology, how to get unstuck with a nifty grounding exercise, and her own origins and relationship to anxious thoughts. Also, we recorded a video!

https://contextualscience.org/

https://www.thisisdoctorz.com/

https://twitter.com/DrZ_behaviorist

https://amzn.to/32G7Skj

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Anxiety Book Club - Episode 29 - Group Therapy with Christie Tate
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02/01/22 • 50 min

Please enjoy my conversation with best selling author and memoirist Christie Tate as we discuss her book, Group: How One Therapist and Circle of Strangers Saved My Life. We discuss shame, secrecy, therapy, sex, and more. Books and other links from our conversation:

Christie's Book

Her reccomendations:

Chronology of Water

Heavy

Love and Trouble

Christie's Instagram

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Anxiety Book Club - Episode 26 - Relationship OCD
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11/01/21 • 44 min

In Episode 26, author and psychologist Sheva Rajaee helps us understand a theme of OCD known as Relationship OCD, which characterizes bouts of anxiety and stickiness around, you guessed it, relationships! We discuss the "Myth of the One", ERP and CBT for ROCD, the author's own personal history, and more. Please enjoy!

Things mentioned in today's episode:

Esther Perel https://www.estherperel.com/

Egosyntonic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egosyntonic_and_egodystonic

David Schnarch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Schnarch

Rajaee's clinical practice https://www.caocd.com/

The book! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684037913/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_4M39VSV32H8HQ6BC5QQT

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Anxiety Book Club - Real Love - Sharon Salzberg
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10/30/19 • 17 min

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Anxiety Book Club - Episode 12 - Getting Real with Dr. Susan Campbell
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08/01/20 • 58 min

Join me in a conversation with Dr. Susan Campbell, psychologist, relationship coach and author of this month’s books — Getting Real and Five Minute Relationship Repair. We talk about how to be authentic in our relation to ourselves and others through thoughtful, heartfelt speech that prioritizes our needs and helps us successfully navigate distressing situations with our friends, family and significant others.

Find out more about Dr. Campbell at her website

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FAQ

How many episodes does Anxiety Book Club have?

Anxiety Book Club currently has 55 episodes available.

What topics does Anxiety Book Club cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Mental Health and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Anxiety Book Club?

The episode title 'Is Fred in the Refrigerator with Shala Nicely' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Anxiety Book Club?

The average episode length on Anxiety Book Club is 51 minutes.

How often are episodes of Anxiety Book Club released?

Episodes of Anxiety Book Club are typically released every 30 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of Anxiety Book Club?

The first episode of Anxiety Book Club was released on Oct 30, 2019.

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