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Welcome to Susie Larson Live.

Always so honored to get to spend this time with you.

In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single

day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk, that deep in your understanding of God's

word and that heightens your awareness of this very real presence in your life. Well, we're hearing

a lot lately about anxiety levels being at an all-time high, but could some be misinterpreting

their symptoms and reading it wrong?

Could what feels like anxiety maybe be a cortisol spike from a food allergy?

And also a real hard pivot here.

It's the most wonderful time of the year.

So how does giving gifts impact the mind, body, and spirit?

And are we created to give good gifts to others because

it's in our spiritual DNA because we're image bearers of God? Do those sound like the most

unrelated topics you've ever heard in your life? Well, they sort of are, but they tie together

because our friend Dr. Troy Spurrell is on our show every month to talk about health and the healing

process. When I asked him what he wanted to talk about,

he wanted to talk about giving gifts and the impact on our bodies, our health, and our relationships.

I wanted to talk about this idea of blood pressure spikes, cortisol, anxiety. How are they connected?

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