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Staying Together While Apart
Welcome to another episode of the Anxiety Rx podcast! Today, we have a very special guest - my beloved wife and trauma therapist, Cynthia Solylo Kennedy who brings her expertise and compassion to this...
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Healing Anxiety: Embracing the Alarm
In this episode, we explore the profound connection between anxious thoughts and the ALARM sensation stored in our bodies since childhood.
Surprisingly, that very ALARM sensation is your inner child or younger...
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Breaking the Silence: Exploring Hidden Trauma in ”Good” Childhoods
Many people I encounter express that their childhoods were positive, yet they continue to experience trauma. There are a couple of reasons why this might occur.
Firstly, some people may have difficulty recognizing the...
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Escaping the Echoes: Overcoming the Repetition Compulsion
Have you ever found yourself trapped in an endless loop of negative spirals? Do you constantly find yourself engaging in the same maladaptive behaviors, seeking out similar types of relationships, or being stuck in an...
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Banned from the ’Gram: My Unexpected Path to Embracing Uncertainty
📢 Hang on tight for an intriguing episode of Anxiety Rx! Find out how Instagram banned me out of the blue, leaving me bewildered and intrigued. No politics, no scandal—just a mystifying ban.
Join me as I navigate the...
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From Anxiety to Empathy: A Father’s Day Reflection
On this Father's Day 2023 I talk about my father and the role his mental illness played in my own anxiety and how he is a driving force in my desire to help others with emotional pain.
I talk about the role of our...
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Embracing Innocence: The Path To Healing Anxiety
Developmental psychologist Dr. Gordon Neufeld says that "All anxiety is separation anxiety", and I add that it's fundamentally a separation from within yourself.
Stress and trauma in childhood that is not resolved by...
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Unveiling the Alpha Child: Healing People Pleasing, Over-Responsibility and Anxiety
Sorry i've been away for the last few weeks.
I've been in Europe doing some promotion for the book and the MBRX program and then I got sick...Â
This week's episode I delve into the topics of over-dependence,...
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Healing Anxiety: Uncovering The Roots and Finding Permanent Relief
Do you feel like you're constantly living in fear and worry, unable to escape the grip of anxiety? I understand how you feel, and I want to offer you a solution that will heal the root cause of your anxiety. After...
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How Responsible Are You For Others Emotions?
Many people with anxiety and alarm have a common trait of feeling overly responsible for the emotions of others.
As someone who has experienced this myself, I know it can stem from childhood experiences where we felt...
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Orienting To Pleasure For Growth
When we have trauma as children our nervous system often learns that life is about avoiding pain as opposed to attending to pleasure.
In other words, we adopt an unconscious strategy of chronically seeking survival...
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The Anxious Duo: A Father-Daughter Journey to Overcoming Anxiety
I have had some people question how bad my anxiety was if I could do stand up comedy and work as a physician.
In this episode, my daughter Leandra joins me to share her firsthand account of what I was like back then....
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