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Not Another Anxiety Show

Ep 172. Epigenetics and Neuroplasticity with Dr. Sarah Sarkis

Not Another Anxiety Show

Kelli Walker

Therapy, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Health, Alternative Health, Mental Health, Anxiety, Claireweekes, Counseling, Brenebrown, Research, Meditation, Panicattacks, Science, Selfhelp, Stress

4.8 β€’ 655 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Join Kelli and guest Dr. Sarah Sarkis as they talk about two different but inherently related topics when it comes to anxiety, neuroplasticity and epigenetics, which are a fancy way of saying you can teach an old dog new tricks and your genes are NOT destiny.

https://www.drsarahsarkis.com/blog/2019/1/25/new-tricks-for-old-dogs-the-power-of-epigenetics-and-neuroplasticity

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0:00.0

Hey, guys, welcome to not another anxiety show.

0:14.9

I'm your host, Kelly Walker, and joining me today is guest, Dr. Sarah Sarasakis.

0:19.1

Hey, Sarah.

0:20.0

Hi.

0:23.4

Thanks so much for hopping back on the show again.

0:28.9

It's so good to be back. It was too long. We do. We love having you. And I always get emails and requests for Sarah to come back on. Oh, that makes me feel very special. Yeah, yeah.

0:36.3

Now, even though you've been here before, do you mind if I

0:39.1

share a little bit more about you with our listeners? Of course. Yeah, please. Wonderful.

0:44.4

Dr. Sarkis is a licensed psychologist living in Honolulu, Hawaii, originally hailing from Boston

0:49.6

Mass. Yay. She has a private practice where she works with adults in long-term insight-oriented therapy.

0:55.9

Dr. Sarkis earned her master's from Boston College and doctorate from George Washington University.

1:00.7

She approaches psychological wellness from a holistic and integrative perspective.

1:05.0

Her therapeutic style is based on an integrative approach to wellness, where she blends her strong

1:09.1

psychodynamic and insight-oriented training

1:11.3

with more traditionally behavior and or mind-body techniques to help patients foster insight, change,

1:17.3

and growth. Dr. Sarkas studied extensively the use of mindfulness, functional medicine, hormones,

1:22.8

and how food, medicine, and mood are interconnected. Dr. Sarkis is also a writer.

1:30.1

You can check out her blog, the padded room, on her website,

1:35.0

www.w.org, sarah sarcas.com.

1:42.6

So, Sarah, today we're going to chat about two separate but inherently related concepts known as epigenetics and neuroplasticity, which are just two

1:47.1

fancy words for saying you can teach an old dog new tricks, right?

1:50.4

Kind of like the title of your blog there.

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