Part One with Dr. Russell Kennedy- Anxiety MD

01/08/21 • 34 min

We were beyond excited to have a conversation with Dr. Russell Kennedy, The Anxiety MD! There is so much good content in this interview that we split it into 2 parts so you can take time to really absorb the message of hope that Dr. Russ offers to those who deal with anxiety. Come back next week for Part 2!
Consider yoga and/or qigong to help reconnect mind and body. Tears are an adaptive mechanism. Listen to learn more!
Quotes:
“The healing isn’t in the explanation of it, it’s in the feeling of it, it’s in that reconnection with yourself”.
“If you don’t trust love, and that’s the only thing that heals anxiety, you’re always going to be anxious”.
“If you keep pushing it away, you’ll never get to metabolize it or process it”.
“While you see yourself as a victim, you can’t heal”.
“If you block yourself from tears, you’re really blocking yourself from healing”.
"Childhood wounding was less about individual childhood events, and more about chronic, continuous unmet needs- either unmet emotional needs or unmet safety needs. It was about wounded child parts stuck in a painful past".

Resources:

Find Dr. Russ: website
YouTube
His book Anxiety Rx
Dr. Nicole LaPera website
Tonglen info
The Body Keeps the Score book
A General Theory of Love book

Contact Us!!
Counseling with Hope
Email: [email protected]
Twitter

Resources:

Find Dr. Russ: website
YouTube
His book Anxiety Rx
Dr. Nicole LaPera website
Tonglen info
The Body Keeps the Score book
A General Theory of Love book

Contact Us!!
Counseling with Hope
Email: [email protected]
Twitter

Previous Episode

2020 Wrap and Season 3 Review

We sit down together to reflect on the last 2 guest episodes and to review some aspects of 2020. Katie gives us a great quote from Becky! Random topics include audio sound quality and figuring out if our coping techniques are falling in the healthy or unhealthy category. We hope you enjoy the HopeCast wrap of 2020 and that you'll join us in the new year for Season 4!!!
Major Quote: “Any advice that is not asked for is just criticism”.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
Lifequake podcast (story about grief)

Dance of Anger book

Jennie Allen Life Inventory

Ben Higgins interview
Contact Us!!
Counseling with Hope
Email: [email protected]
Twitter

Next Episode

Part Two with Dr. Russell Kennedy- Anxiety MD

Join us for the rest of our conversation with the Anxiety MD! Topics include how worry can be come an addiction and how screens affect our children. We also learn about JABS and the 3 Ws of worry: warnings, what-ifs, and worst-case scenarios.

Quotes:
"The face is the only place in the human body where the muscles are attached directly to the skin... and that’s to show each other emotion".
"You cannot beat thoughts on their own turf".
Resources:

Find Dr. Russ: website
YouTube
His book Anxiety Rx
Somatic Therapy

Contact Us!!

Counseling with Hope
Email: [email protected]
Twitter