Dr. Russell Kennedy is a neuroscientist specializing in anxiety treatment, physician, and an author.
Why is anxiety so common now? It once helped us survive, like when we were being chased by lions. But today, we feel it even when there’s no real threat. So what’s going on? What does science say about this ancient emotion, and how can we manage it in the modern world?
Expect to learn why anxiety is so common nowadays, the neuroscience of why we worry, the big differences between anxiety and worry, the biggest triggers of anxiety and how to manage them better, how to undo-chronic anxiety and how anxiety shows up differently for men and women, if it is it a blessing or a curse to feel things deeply, where people pleasing come from neurologically and much more…
Mentioned Books
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
- How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett
- Anxiety RX by Dr. Russell Kennedy
- Helplessness: On Depression, Development, and Death by Martin Seligman
- Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
- Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
- Transcend by Scott Barry Kaufman
- Beyond the Pleasure Principle by Sigmund Freud (Essay)
- Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins