#121 Dr. Russell Kennedy: A New Prescription for Anxiety Relief
The Gabby Reece Show
Dear Media
4.8 • 954 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2022
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
My guest today is Dr. Russell Kennedy. Dr. Kennedy's new book is out now, Anxiety Rx: A new prescription for anxiety relief from the Doctor who created it.
Dr. Kennedy grew up with a schizophrenic father who attempted suicide when Russ was a young teenager. This experience, along with other episodes, created deep anxiety that the neuroscientist could not figure his way out of. Journeys to India, yoga, and meditation did not do the trick. When Dr. Kennedy finally figured out how to manage, improve, or even heal from parts of his anxiety, he was inspired to refocus all of his work to help others. His ability to explain the science with the compassion of somebody who has genuinely been there makes this a highly impactful conversation.
If you have anxiety or are trying to help someone with anxiety, Dr. Kennedy has a lot of useful tools. I also believe that if you find yourself constantly feeling stressed out that the ideas he discusses are also beneficial. Dr. Kennedy wants to help you figure out the way to get the anxiety out of your mind and connect with what you are feeling. After all, as he explains, anxiety is not a feeling; it lives in the mind. He understands that anxiety is unavoidable, but he wants suffering to be optional. It's not often you meet a neuroscientist who's going to be as equal parts linear as he is mystical. Enjoy
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| 0:32.2 | I'm Gabby Reese and welcome to the show. |
| 0:36.1 | My guest today is Dr Russell Kennedy. |
| 0:38.4 | His new book is called Anxiety Rx, |
| 0:41.7 | a new prescription for anxiety relief from the doctor who created it. |
| 0:46.0 | I really love this book. I've actually read it a few times. |
| 0:49.0 | This was my second interview with Dr. Kennedy. |
| 0:52.0 | Our first one got botched, and so I had a chance to |
| 0:54.7 | really take in all of the material and what he does so incredibly is takes hard |
| 0:59.6 | science, he was a neuroscientist, and then compassion because this is somebody who grew up with a schizophrenic father who eventually ended up committing suicide and had attempted so when Russell was about 13. And so he's got the two living side by side. |
| 1:15.8 | Like he really understands because he lived it and went through it and couldn't figure out how to |
| 1:20.7 | manage or you know get rid of his anxiety but he also has this scientific |
| 1:26.8 | linear approach which is like well what is happening and I love the book |
| 1:31.2 | because there's 109 bite-sized chapters if you will. |
| 1:35.0 | So it's a great tool like if you read a chapter and you think, |
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