Ep 91. Out of the Woods with Brent Williams

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 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Join Kelli and guest Brent Williams, a lawyer that spent his career protecting and advocating for vulnerable people, as he shares his journey through depression and anxiety. His book, Out of the Woods, will be available October 20th, 2017.

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0:00.0	Hey, guys, welcome to not another anxiety show. I'm your host, Kelly Walker, and joining me today is guest Brent Williams. Hi, Brent. Hi, Kelly. Lovely to be here. Thank you. Yes, thank you so much for
0:23.3	hopping on the show. Do you mind if I share your bio with our listeners out there before we start chatting?
0:28.8	No, please, go ahead. Wonderful. A New Zealand native, as we can hear, right, Brent Williams is a
0:35.4	human rights lawyer, filmmaker, and author.
0:38.8	He built his career in community law, creating services and resources to help vulnerable people,
0:43.9	particularly children, young people, and victims of family violence.
0:47.6	He founded the Wellington Community Law Center, implemented the Care of Children Act in the
0:52.1	Parenting Through Separation Program for the Family Court in New Zealand,
0:55.9	and established the legal rights resource trust to produce books and videos on legal, health, and social issues.
1:02.7	As a filmmaker of educational dramas and documentaries, he won many awards for his work,
1:08.0	but in his late 40s, he became incapable of working. This was when
1:12.1	he was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. Out of the Woods is an honest account of what
1:17.2	Williams experienced and learned in his journey out of depression and anxiety. And we can find you
1:23.0	over at outofthewoods.co.n.z. Is that right? Correct. Yeah. And am I correct in saying that your book
1:31.1	hasn't been released yet, but will be on October 20th of this year? That's right. Yes.
1:37.6	Okay. Good. I just, in case people are going and looking for it, I don't want them to be
1:41.1	surprised if it's not available on Amazon yet.
1:52.2	No, good. Thank you. So, Brent, do you mind telling us a little bit about when did anxiety and depression start interrupting your work and kind of start hijacking your life? Okay. It wasn't until my
2:00.6	late 40s that it really, that it really hit, but it's interesting that it took me
2:05.3	a long time to realize what was going on. And now I look back and say, well, I actually
2:11.2	suffered from anxiety from when I was, I don't know, 10 years old.
2:20.1	I used to sit in exams and completely freeze,
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