Anxiety Bites
Anxiety Bites
Comedian Jen Kirkman who has had life-long Panic and Generalized Anxiety Disorder brings her life-lessons, humor, and hope to a show that’s about normalizing having anxiety so that we go from whispering dramatically, “I have anxiety” to saying out loud with a shrug, “Yeah, I have anxiety.” Jen will interview experts with anxiety be they PhD’s, creatives, or spiritual gurus for advice on how to sel…Social links:
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Why Has Nobody Told Me This?
Jen talks to clinical psychologist, Dr. Julie Smith about her best-selling new book "Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?" It's the ultimate guide to life for anyone - anxious or not. Jen and Julie talk about self-esteem, making mistakes, motivation, forgiving ourselves, and how it's been for Julie…
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More Thoughts On ADHD
The episode about ADHD got a huge amount of feedback from people who felt like they identified. Jen is doing a solo episode to talk more about what she's learned this year about ADHD symptoms like talking too much, being reactive, hyperfocus, not going to bed on time, and Rejection Sensitivity Dys…
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Anxiety In The Elderly
Jen talks to Dr. Sharon Orrange, MD about how anxiety shows up in the elderly and what adult children can do about it without being bossy as well as how anxiety symptoms in the elderly are different than in younger adults. Dr. Sharon Orrange, MD specializes in Internal Medicine and is an Associate…
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Big Feelings & Burnout
Jen talks to Liz Fosslien co-author and illustrator of the national best-seller Big Feelings and the Wall Street Journal best-seller No Hard Feelings and an expert on how to make work better. Jen and Liz really drill down into what it means to "sit with uncertainty" and how to notice the early sig…
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The Amygdala
Jen talks to acclaimed Professor of Neural Science, Joseph LeDoux about how memory shapes our emotions, the limitations of anxiety medication, why people are not getting it right when they call the amygdala the "fear center", and Joseph talks about his band The Amygdaloids. Joseph LeDoux has been …
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Therapy For Gay Men
Jen talks to psychiatrist Ken Howard - founder of Gay Therapy LA about his thirty years in working with gay men and their mental health. Ken talks about how to cope with "birthday anxiety", and he illuminates the different therapy approaches he uses with patients from working on trauma, or using a…
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Invisible Storm of PTSD
Jen talks to Jason Kander, President of the National Expansion at Veterans Community Project. Jason's new memoir is out now, "Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD." 100% of Jason's royalties from the book goes to fighten vetern suicide and homelessness through the Veterans Comm…
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Regulate Yourself
In the second part of the Vagus Nerve series, Jen talks to Deb Dana, LCSW, author & and one of the founders of the Polyvagal Institute about how everyone - even people without anxiety, need to learn how to regulate their nervous systems for better relationships in all area of life, what is polyvaga…
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VIva Las Vagus Nerve
Jen talks to Dr. Navaz Habib about the importance of "activating" the Vagus Nerve to bring down anxiety, inflammation, brain fog, and more - and how most adults aren't breathing correctly. For more information about Dr. Habib's book, "Activate Your Vagus Nerve: Unleash Your Body's Natural Ability …
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The Life of Dr. Claire Weekes
Jen talks to journalist and author, Judith Hoare, about her biography of panic attack pioneer Dr. Claire Weekes: "The Woman Who Cracked The Anxiety Code: The Extraordinary Life of Claire Weekes". For more information on Judith Hoare - go here: https://www.crackinganxiety.com/contact-judith and fo…
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