Ep 53 Our Body is our Greatest Tool with Dr. Russell Kennedy - Anxiety MD
04/16/20 • 65 min
The pandemic that this world is currently experiencing is bringing fort the unwanted feelings of anxiety, and everyone is affected. In this beautiful episode, we dive deep in anxiety and how we can face it head-on with our guest, Dr. Russell Kennedy of the Anxiety MD. Dr. Kennedy is a unique physician, being one of the experts in anxiety, the same disorder he suffers from. He has degrees and advanced medicine, neuroscience, and developmental psychology, while also practicing yoga and teaching meditation. We talk about anxiety, how our younger selves’ trauma affects our emotions, and the ways we can cope and heal from anxiety. While under a therapeutic dose of LSD he discovered how he could heal himself from anxiety which he also shares in this podcast. Let’s discover how we can feel safe in our bodies amidst the chaos, breathe in the pain and transmute it into love and healing.
Key Points You Will Learn:
- Our childhood trauma is the cause of our anxiety
- The importance of talk therapy and physical touch
- The role of our immune system and self-care in healing anxiety
- How today’s pandemic affects our anxiety levels
Show Notes:
(0:00) Introduction
(2:00) Alarm versus Anxiety - what is the difference?
(4:33) Dr. Kennedy’s personal experience with anxiety at an early age
(8:47) What happens to the body when we are experiencing anxiety?
(10:00) Why do we tend to overthink and overachieve?
(16:24) The importance of having both talk therapy and focusing on your physical trauma or pain to overcome anxiety.
(21:24) Dr. Kennedy shares his insights on how being an empath starts with our parents and why great empaths tend to lose touch with themselves.
(27:40) The purpose of worry and anxiety in our self as a coping strategy
(28:27) The most useful methods of today that can help people heal and Dr. Kennedy’s personal experience in using these methods.
(36:39) Dr. Kennedy’s take on the role of the immune system and self-care in controlling anxiety.
(39:27) Dr. Kennedy shares the Social Engagement System and tips on how you can use it in this quarantine period
(45:30) Dr. Kennedy’s 3 W’s of Worry - What If’s, Warnings, Worst Case Scenarios
(49:30) Helpful tips and takeaways from Dr. Kennedy
(57:44) Dr. Kennedy’s insight on what is happening and why we are experiencing this pandemic today
Quotes:
(6:50) “I believe anxiety is more of an alarm of the body to tell us the anxious thoughts of the mind.”
(9:43) “We need to get back to the place where we feel and connect with ourselves in our body.”
(10:06) “The reason why we think so much is because it prevents us from visiting the place in our body that’s painful.”
(12:18) “When your brain goes to survival mode, we look for threats, and that’s the way we are designed.”
(14:00) “You need to fix the underlying issue to make the anxiety and thoughts go away.”
(16:24) “We need talk therapy but we also need to focus on our physical trauma and pain to overcome our anxiety.”
(20:00) “We need to make withdrawals from our alarm banks to get better.”
(26:56) “The more sensitive you are, the more love you need and the more sensitive you are to the absence of love.”
(27:42) “Worry serves an important purpose- it keeps us away from the feelings that are unbearable.”
(41:46) “Thinking is great but you really need to feel.”
(42:18) “Talk to yourself, about what you like in yourself, and make that connection with yourself.”
(44:30) “When you feel terrified, you can ask yourself “Are you safe in this bubble? Are you safe in this moment?”
(45:20) “Worry is all about the future, sensation pulls you back at the moment.”
(50:45) “Breathe in the pain and fear, transmute it to love and healing and breathe out the love and healing to every other human being who is experiencing the same anxiety.”
(1:03:00) “The brain is just a reducer, it’s your body that feels.”
Resources:
Dr. Kennedy’s upcoming book “The Anxiety Rx” will be released in June of 2020.
About Dr. Kennedy: https://dr-russ.com/about/
Connect with Dr. Kennedy:
On His Website https://www.dr-russ.com
On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theanxietymd/
On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/DrRussellKennedyTHEANXIETYMD
On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/russell.kennedy.988...
The pandemic that this world is currently experiencing is bringing fort the unwanted feelings of anxiety, and everyone is affected. In this beautiful episode, we dive deep in anxiety and how we can face it head-on with our guest, Dr. Russell Kennedy of the Anxiety MD. Dr. Kennedy is a unique physician, being one of the experts in anxiety, the same disorder he suffers from. He has degrees and advanced medicine, neuroscience, and developmental psychology, while also practicing yoga and teaching meditation. We talk about anxiety, how our younger selves’ trauma affects our emotions, and the ways we can cope and heal from anxiety. While under a therapeutic dose of LSD he discovered how he could heal himself from anxiety which he also shares in this podcast. Let’s discover how we can feel safe in our bodies amidst the chaos, breathe in the pain and transmute it into love and healing.
Key Points You Will Learn:
- Our childhood trauma is the cause of our anxiety
- The importance of talk therapy and physical touch
- The role of our immune system and self-care in healing anxiety
- How today’s pandemic affects our anxiety levels
Show Notes:
(0:00) Introduction
(2:00) Alarm versus Anxiety - what is the difference?
(4:33) Dr. Kennedy’s personal experience with anxiety at an early age
(8:47) What happens to the body when we are experiencing anxiety?
(10:00) Why do we tend to overthink and overachieve?
(16:24) The importance of having both talk therapy and focusing on your physical trauma or pain to overcome anxiety.
(21:24) Dr. Kennedy shares his insights on how being an empath starts with our parents and why great empaths tend to lose touch with themselves.
(27:40) The purpose of worry and anxiety in our self as a coping strategy
(28:27) The most useful methods of today that can help people heal and Dr. Kennedy’s personal experience in using these methods.
(36:39) Dr. Kennedy’s take on the role of the immune system and self-care in controlling anxiety.
(39:27) Dr. Kennedy shares the Social Engagement System and tips on how you can use it in this quarantine period
(45:30) Dr. Kennedy’s 3 W’s of Worry - What If’s, Warnings, Worst Case Scenarios
(49:30) Helpful tips and takeaways from Dr. Kennedy
(57:44) Dr. Kennedy’s insight on what is happening and why we are experiencing this pandemic today
Quotes:
(6:50) “I believe anxiety is more of an alarm of the body to tell us the anxious thoughts of the mind.”
(9:43) “We need to get back to the place where we feel and connect with ourselves in our body.”
(10:06) “The reason why we think so much is because it prevents us from visiting the place in our body that’s painful.”
(12:18) “When your brain goes to survival mode, we look for threats, and that’s the way we are designed.”
(14:00) “You need to fix the underlying issue to make the anxiety and thoughts go away.”
(16:24) “We need talk therapy but we also need to focus on our physical trauma and pain to overcome our anxiety.”
(20:00) “We need to make withdrawals from our alarm banks to get better.”
(26:56) “The more sensitive you are, the more love you need and the more sensitive you are to the absence of love.”
(27:42) “Worry serves an important purpose- it keeps us away from the feelings that are unbearable.”
(41:46) “Thinking is great but you really need to feel.”
(42:18) “Talk to yourself, about what you like in yourself, and make that connection with yourself.”
(44:30) “When you feel terrified, you can ask yourself “Are you safe in this bubble? Are you safe in this moment?”
(45:20) “Worry is all about the future, sensation pulls you back at the moment.”
(50:45) “Breathe in the pain and fear, transmute it to love and healing and breathe out the love and healing to every other human being who is experiencing the same anxiety.”
(1:03:00) “The brain is just a reducer, it’s your body that feels.”
Resources:
Dr. Kennedy’s upcoming book “The Anxiety Rx” will be released in June of 2020.
About Dr. Kennedy: https://dr-russ.com/about/
Connect with Dr. Kennedy:
On His Website https://www.dr-russ.com
On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theanxietymd/
On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/DrRussellKennedyTHEANXIETYMD
On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/russell.kennedy.988...
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Ep 52 Find Sanctuary with Our Breath Josh Trent & Wellness Force
In this Episode Jen shares guest Josh Trent is the Founder of Wellness Force Media and host of the Wellness Force Radio Podcast. Josh has spent the past 17 years as a trainer, researcher, and facilitator discovering the physical and emotional intelligence for humans to thrive in our modern world. In this Episode we talk about the importance of our Breath, our life force energy, how to live in the balance of logic and intuition, embodied true intelligence and healing our relationship with abundance. Everything starts with the breath, every breath is a new beginning.
Key Points you will learn:
The reality of where we are right now
How to take loving control of your state through breath
The balance of logic and intuition
The Embodiment of True Intelligence
Show Notes:
[00:00] Intro
[02:20] A powerful 4:40 minute breathing exercise
[07:15] About Josh and the mission of Wellness Force
[12:00] The reality of where we are and how to take loving control of your state through your breath
[15:30] The balance of logic and Intuition
[20:20] Start with where you are
[25:20] The Dream is the guidepost in Knowing vs. Doing
[28:05] The space between Purpose to avoid the soul decay
[36:36] How to gather, apply, embody True Intelligence on the middle path
[40:30] What mattes most right now
[45:45] The Nugget of Wisdom.. Just Decide
[50:00] Healing our relationship with abundance and money
Quotes:*
[12:30] “Taking loving control of your state through your breath, and then after that...... you get to decide where you think you are”
[13:55] “Mother Earth has shaken us to see who we have become”
*[14:42]There is a massive interplay between dark and light right now”
[15:34] “If we can look through the lens of truth, of our truth, what comes from our heart and head together, intuition and logic”
[18:38] “If we can transmute fear into love and darkness into light, think we can become”
[18:50] “Come home to our life force energy with our breath.”
[20:20] “Comparison is the thief of joy”
*[25:55] “The dream is your guidepost and If you don't know your dream, that is your path”
[27:30] “The first time I made a connection to God and he said there is more then life to this”
[29:30] “When you are willing to die for your dream, the universe provides”
*[33:30] “Embodiment can’t be faked”
[36:38] “Abundance is in the heart, a feeling of commitment and peace, Lack is the belief that you are not everything you need to be and that is in the mind”
[38:30] “Once you are aware of the extremes, seek for the middle”
[45:45] “If you just decide, and you just commit... you will make it, you will be provided for”
[53:30] Join us 4.20.20 Collective Breath work to reduce stress
Resources:
Join us on 4.20.20 for Collective Breathwork: www.wellnessforce.com/M21
About Josh: https://wellnessforce.com/about-us/
PODCAST DISCLAIMER:
This podcast is to educate, inside, and inform the listeners of various pathways to wholistic well being. This information is not to replace the advise of your physician, specialist, medical doctor, therapist, nutritionist or dietician. Please refer to full Medical Disclaimer Here.
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Ep54 Embodiment of Love with Emily Perkins
How much love have you shared today? In this podcast, we talk about receiving and sharing the love as well as acknowledging the shadows that we feel or experience. I am so happy to have Emily Perkins, a person who radiates and embodies love. Emily is a love-based holistic life coach and healer who shares all the shades of love to the people that she serves. For her, love has many colors and it is her passion to help other people discover and embrace the kind of love they have. She is also a Usui Holy Fire II Reiki Master, teaching reiki certification trainings to share and pass on the magic of this special healing art.
In this podcast, I urge you to open your heart, mind, and soul, and receive the gift of love as you listen to this episode.
Key Points You Will Learn:- Knowing more about love, truth, clarity, and the shadow of love.
- Giving and receiving love in a balanced way.
- How to share love and compassion with others.
- Learning how to give and share love wholly and fully.
(00:38) Intro
(5:35) Emily shares her insights on energy, frequency, and this pandemic.
(10:53) Getting to know about overgiving and the shadow of love.
(16:00) Why we feel unworthy and guilty when we start receiving?
(18:30) The Feminine Energy and the balance of giving and receiving.
(22:02) What love really means for Emily in the place we are right now.
(28:25) Emily shares how love and shadow need to be in balance and be in unity.
(33:38) Emily shares her way to come back to alignment, her exercise on how she goes back home.
(38:00) How writing a letter to yourself can change your view on loving yourself.
(43:00) Emily shares more about Distance Reiki.
(47:09) I encourage you to listen and receive the song and its message that Emily shared.
Quotes:(12:21) “As a healer and a coach, the responsibility that we feel can show up as our light and our shadow... And that shadow part is our ego.”
(18:30) “We need to give and also receive, otherwise our balance will be off.”
(22:05) “Our humanity is asking for the most compassion right now.”
(29:57) “Love has to be a reciprocal flow, to be given and received.”
(32:31) “Love is the inclusion of all feelings.”
(32:43) “Bringing unity to the human race is bringing unity to all the parts of ourselves that we fragment.”
(38:00) “It’s easier for us to see the ways that we need to love outwardly rather than the ways that we already have it.”
(38:50) “You have to love yourself wholly and fully to love someone else wholly and fully.”
Resources:Emily’s Website: https://www.lovelivingholistics.com/
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovelivingholistics/
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovelivingholistics/
On Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ph/lovelivingholistics/
On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn-7RiKLnp9DU9XyD7ic8hg
PODCAST DISCLAIMER:This podcast is to educate, inside, and inform the listeners of various pathways to wholistic well being. This information is not to replace the advise of your physician, specialist, medical doctor, therapist, nutritionist or dietician. Please refer to the Full Medical Disclaimer Here.
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