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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 self-diagnose, begin to treat, and how to live easily with everyday anxiety and panic – and at the very least – giving an interesting, relatable, calming listen.

Anxiety Bites

Comedian Jen Kirkman who has Panic and Generalized Anxiety Disorder brings her life-lessons, questions, humor & hope to a podcast that’s for talking honestly about our anxiety. 

 
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Introducing: Anxiety Bites

Jen talks to NY Times Bestselling Author, MD, PhD, Dr. Jud Brewer and finds out how our fingers can help us during a panic attack, sometimes neuroscience puts out the fire of anxiety better than therapy, and why the hell haven't our brains evolved beyond thinking we're in danger when we're not?

Dr. Jud's website: https://drjud.com

Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

 
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Anxiety Is Old Habit!

Jen talks to retired actor, Lisa Jakub, who is now an author and mental wellness advocate. Jen finds a kindred spirit in Lisa as someone who gets super HAPPY talking about their panic attacks. Lisa tells all about what it was like to walk away from acting after having been in movies like Mrs. Doubtfire and Independence Day and walk into the unkonwn and eventually into a career where she helps others who have anxiety, panic, and even helps war veterans with PTSD.

Show notes:

Find Lisa Jakub at https://hellolisajakub.com

Her latest book is: "Not Just Me: Anxiety, Depression and Learning to Embrace Your Weird" available here: https://hellolisajakub.com/not-just-me and her podcast titled "Embrace Your Weird" can be found here: https://hellolisajakub.com/podcast

Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

 
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Performing, Panic, & Perseverance

Jen talks to world renowned meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg about why people are so resistant to being told to meditate. Sharon also breaks down the myth that meditation is about clearing your mind of thoughts - that wouldn't make any sense with her preferred practice, Mindfulness Meditaton.

Sharon also tells her story of how meditaiton helps with her anxiety and her propensity towards catastrophic thinking.

Sharon is a New York Times bestselling author of 11 books. Her latest is: "Real Change" available here: https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/realchange/

Listen to Sharon's podcast "The Metta Hour Podcast" here: https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/metta-hour-podcast/

Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

 
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Meditation is Portable

Jen talks to the leading expert on anxiety disorders among Black Americans, Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett about some of the topics in her book 'Soothe Your Nerves' such as why the stereotype of a "strong black woman" causes anxiety, the myth that prayer alone should cure anxiety if your faith is strong enough, why joy and music are such an important part of anxiety recovery - and how she tells black women, just like how a hairdresser needs to know how to do black hair, an appropriate therapist needs to be culturally competent.

Dr. Angela says she only wants to promote good mental health but you may find her book here: https://tinyurl.com/4cf3nrfu

Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

 
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My "Nerves" Are Bad

Jen talks to psychotherapist Dr. Luana Marques - president of the Anxiety & Depression Association of America, author of 'Almost Anxious' about how needing reassurance is a form of avoidance, how anxiety is a spectrum, and how to tell someone that you think they have anxiety.

Dr. Luana Marques is President of the adaa.org, the author of “Almost Anxious” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Almost-Anxious/Luana-Marques/The-Almost-Effect/9781616494476 and to read more about her work please visit her website https://drluana.com/

Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

 
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Almost Anxious

Jen talks to former ABC newsman and current podcast host of "Ten Percent Happier" Dan Harris about his famous panic attack on air on ABC news in 2004, how a Type-A workaholic went from embedded war reporting to becoming the host of a podcast about meditation, and how stress does not help us succeed.

Watch Dan's famous panic attack on air here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qo4uPxhUzU

Get Dan's books "10% Happier" and "Mediation For Fidgety Skeptics" here: https://www.tenpercent.com/dan-harris-books

and listen to Dan's hugely popular podcast Ten Percent Happier here: https://www.tenpercent.com/ten-percent-happier-podcast

Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

 
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Ten Percent Less Anxiety

Jen talks to clinical psychologist Dr. Jennifer Contarino Panning about her work with adolescents with anxiety. They also discuss the rise in anxiety among college students and how simple things like nature and building a life work well along with therapy in curbing anxiety.

Dr. Panning also coined the term "Trump Anxiety Disorder" and was a contributer to the 2017 book: 'The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President.'

For more information on Dr. Panning's work click here: https://www.evanstonpsychologists.com/our-evanston-therapists/dr-jennifer-contarino-panning-evanston-psychologist/

Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

 
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Getting A Life

Jen does a solo episode chronicling her history with having a phobia of air travel in honor of the release date of this episode, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving - usually the busiest travel day of the year. Jen talks about writing wills on airplanes, running to try to stop the pilot from a take-off, medication mishaps, and finally the recovery from fearful flyer to fearless flyer. The episode ends with a guided Progressive Muscle Relaxation from Jen. 

For more information on Jen Kirkman - the host of Anxiety Bites - go here: jenkirkman.bio.link

Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

 
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Fear of Flying

Jen talks to therapist, renowned grief expert, and author of 'Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief' Claire Bidwell Smith about how unexpressed grief can cause anxiety, how we cope with grieving while also living our lives, and why there is no such thing as closure.

For more about Claire Bidwell Smith and her books and podcast go to: https://clairebidwellsmith.com

For more information on host Jen Kirkman go to: https://jenkirkman.bio.link

Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

 
 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
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Anxiety and Grief

Jen talks to psychotherapist Joshua Fletcher - who is also very well known as @anxietyjosh on Instagram. 

In addition to having a practice in the UK, Josh is an author and podcaster - and self-described "Anxiety Nerd" who across many mediums helps people with their anxiety symptoms. 

Josh talks about the lesser talked about anxiety symptoms like "Derealization" and "Depersonalization". 

For more information on "Anxiety Josh" visit his website here: https://www.thepanicroom.co.uk 

For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: jenkirkman.bio.link

Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

 
 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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