What up family, it's episode 222 of The Genius Life.

What's going everybody? Welcome, new and old listeners to another episode of The Genius Life.

I'm your host Max Lugovier, filmmaker, health and science journalist, and author of The New York Times

bestselling book Genius Foods and The Genius Life.

I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind our choices, including what we eat,

and how we live, affect our cognitive and physical performance,

how we feel, and our health span and risk for disease.

This podcast is all about how to live in that optimal state, which I call living like a genius.

Today on the show, we have Dr. Ellen Vora. Dr. Vora is a Columbia University grad,

which is where she went to medical school, and she also received her BA in English from Yale

University. She's a board certified psychiatrist, acupuncturist, yoga teacher, and she's the author

of The New Book, which I highly recommend, The Anatomy of Anxiety, understanding and overcoming

the body's fear response. What a great title. On today's episode of the show, we are going to talk

about the difference between anxiety and depression, and how getting off a diet-induced

blood sugar rollercoaster can help improve symptoms of both. We're going to talk about why you should

rethink your relationship with coffee if you're prone to anxiety, and how to wean off caffeine slowly

to reduce withdrawal symptoms. We're going to discuss how depression and anxiety are not always

physically rooted, and the importance of asking yourself the right questions to figure out which

needs in your life are not being met. The importance of sleep cannot be overstated. We're going to

share hacks for reducing the impact of circadian rhythm disruption, and how to not get thrown by

middle of the night wakeups. This episode of the show spans about an hour and 15 minutes. I love

talking to Ellen. She is full of wisdom. She's so sweet. I think this is her second time on the show.

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