As a physician, neuroscience expert, somatic intuitive, certified yoga instructor, meditation teacher, and a professional stand-up comedian who struggled with crippling anxiety for decades and has finally healed…I’m here to personally guide you through non-traditional treatments for anxiety. What was really useful was to hear someone say what I’d been saying, that you can’t think your way out of anxiety. Author speaks of reverting back to our innocent disposition, we are born with; a pure clean slate—I believe he is talking about Fitra. I don't know, I just don't think that that entire part of the book was at all necessary; I think his insights would have stood up without going on and on about LSD.

If you ever feel anxious, whether that’s a low-level worry, a sudden fear, or full-on panic, can you sense where it’s coming from in your body? I’ve read a few reviews from some people who say they didn’t finish the book ‘cause they found his writing to be slow and repetitive and were “anxious”(haha) to get to the answer or exercises that will help. One of the most beautiful parts of this masterpiece is the way Doctor Russell Kennedy let's us into his personal life, so absolutely moving, his candour is appreciated and his tenacity is truly inspirational, not to mention I laughed so much throughout the read too, pure comedy gold! The self-awareness and aliveness it evokes is sheer magic, the way you connect back to yourself, namely the younger self, the younger wounded self, that still lives in your energy field as residual energy, just waiting to be processed and addressed, waiting for the attention and needs that weren't met in the past by our caregivers, to be met now, by the more wiser part of you. It has no real identifiable structure within each part, and it feels like one person droning on about his own personal experiences.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

I soon fell asleep, soothed and curious about this new method, and in the morning purchased Anxiety Rx.That night, as I left my clinic in my usual chronic state of anxiety, I wondered if life was worth living. this interview today is so revolutionary, it's forever changed the way I think about my anxiety and my relationship to it. This book has revolutionised the way I deal with being triggered, I don’t get it right every time but I’m getting a better handle on my anxiety and alarm. What is in this book has changed my life very much for the better, and I know it will do the same for you. she made me promise to access EMDR and I had started my own path to recovery through Breathwork therapy, I also tried mushrooms and DMT and accessed an inner child wounding course.

I will reread many sections so I can truly grasp the depth of his uncover truth to anxiety and worry that no other book has done for me. I've read so many amazing books on trauma recovery / anxiety and depression and ADHD/autism spectrum. This helps me stick to the present moment, slow down and lean into the sometimes painful but never deadly uncertainty of life. It presses on the idea that everything is perception and we can alter our perceptions through faith and gratitude. I've gone from being a hapless victim of my anxiety, never knowing when it would end, to having a path that helps me every single time anxiety comes up.

When alarm strikes, ask yourself three questions: am I safe right NOW, what am I thankful for, where in my body am I safe? This is my life’s work and the ultimate book of high-impact solutions for escaping the trap of chronic worry. All in all, if you struggle with anxiety, I think you will probably benefit from reading this, as I have, but be prepared for a long read and a lot of eye rolling along the way. And also representations on what is take to build trust and build faith for ourselves so we can reintegrate our bodies and our minds and minimise our reactions and create space for responses. Without being steeped in the concepts and drilling them over and over, a real shift in a lifetime's worth of negative thought patterns would not be possible.

Integration of the self—your inner child and adult self—by embracing its fractured parts and directing compassion towards it. Dr Kennedy suffered with anxiety growing up with a schizophrenic father and my dad was bipolar, so I could relate immediately to a parent who was compromised. This book has helped me see everything I needed to understand these feelings and gain a deeper understanding of myself.Instead of your anxiety completely controlling you, I will show you how to completely control your anxiety. I would recommend listening to this book if you are experiencing feelings of anxiety because it does work if you work it. But we don't have to do LSD, because we can just take his word for it that what was revealed to him is applicable to us. Despite asserting it hundreds of times, he never defines what it means for anxiety to be 'in the body', let alone back up the idea with any scientific evidence.