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 to be such a public figure on her popular and informative Tik Tok account. For more information on Dr. Julie Smith and her book please visit: https://doctorjuliesmith.com and you can follow Dr....

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 Dysphoria. For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link and to get the takeaways for this episode please visit:...

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 Professor in Medicine at Keck Medicine USC. To read Sharon's article about anxiety in elderly patients go here:...

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 signs of Burnout. For more info on Liz Fosslien go here: https://www.fosslien.com For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link and to...

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 working on the link between emotion, memory, and the brain since the 1990s. He's credited with putting the amygdala in the spotlight and making this previously esoteric subcortical brain region a...

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 positive psychology coaching approach, or some good old fashioned cognitive behavioral therapy around anxiety in all stages of life. To find out more about Ken's podcast, public speaking, and his...

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 Community Project. Get the book here: https://bookshop.org/books/invisible-storm-a-soldier-s-memoir-of-politics-and-ptsd-9780358674313/9780358658962 Jen and Jason talk about the symptoms of PTSD that...

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 polyvagal theory and how it plays into our daily life, and why certain people annoy us. For more information on Deb Dana go to: https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/about-deb and for her latest book...

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 To Heal" go here: http://drhabib.ca/ayvn-book-page/ For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link and to get the takeaways for this...

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 for more information on Dr. Claire Weekes go here: https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0294b.htm For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here:...

Jen talks to Dr. Stephanie Faubion, M.D., M.B.A, author of "The Menopause Solution" and Penny and Bill George Director for Mayo Clinic's Center for Women's Health and medical director for The North American Menopause Society - about how anxiety, stress & worry can spike during the 7-10 year perimenopause period and what to do about it. For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link and to get the takeaways for this episode...

Jen talks to Alison Seponara about how to build an "anxiety tool kit", good distractions, and Jen gets a mini therapy session about her resistance to making a vision board. Alison Seponara, MS, LPC is a licensed therapist, author, podcast host, anxiety educator, and holistic healer. Along with her private practice, Alison is the CEO of a health and wellness community on Instagram and is known as The Anxiety Healer (@theanxietyhealer) Alison is the author of The Anxiety Healer’s Guide: Coping...

Jen talks to Judy Gold about growing up with undiagnosed anxious parents, being an anxious mom, the anxiety that being gay and closeted as a teenager caused, the lingering anxieties from being bullied and how to handle bad days. Judy Gold is a stand-up comedian, star of critically acclaimed one woman hit Off-Broadway show. She's the author of "Yes I Can Say That: When They Come For The Comedians We're All In Trouble" and host of the mental-health-positive-podcast Kill Me Now. Judy has acted...

Jen talks to ADHD coach Kristen Carder about the 8 Executive Functions that people with ADHD struggle with, why ADHD-ers often get later in life diagnosis, and why you hate doing laundry. To learn more about Kristen's workshops and her podcast "I Have ADHD" go to her website: https://ihaveadhd.com For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link and to get the takeaways for this episode please visit:...

Jen talks to therapist and OCD specialist, Kimberley Quinlan about Exposure Therapy and Response Prevention (ERP) for intrusive thoughts, and how nothing you've ever thought could shock an OCD therapist. For more information on Kimberley's online CBT School please visit: https://www.cbtschool.com/store To get Kimberley's book “The Self Compassion Workbook for OCD” go here: https://www.newharbinger.com/9781684037766/the-self-compassion-workbook-for-ocd/ For more information on Jen Kirkman,...

Jen talks to therapist and author of "Toxic Positivity", Whitney Goodman. They talk about how positive thinking and believing that you can manifest things can bring a sense of control which causes more anxiety in people eventually and that the opposite of "positive thinking" is not "negative thinking." For more information on Whitney Goodman - to get her book or follow her on social media go to her website: https://sitwithwhit.com For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety...

Jen talks to Dr. Nina Vasan about how entrepreneurs can change future of anxiety recovery, the experience of "compassionate search" online, and the Biopsychosocial model for anxiety recovery. Dr. Nina Vasan is the Chief Medical Officer of Real, a mental health care company building a new therapy model. Outside of her work at Real, she is a psychiatrist and professor at Stanford, where she is the Founder and Executive Director of Brainstorm: The Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation. She...

Jen talks to award-winning research psychologist, Michael Addis PhD, about his book "Invisible Men: Men's Inner Lives and the Consequences of Silence" as well as his personal and clinical experience with anxiety in men due to the epidemic of men being taught to stay silent about their feelings and vulnerabilities. For more information go here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429974066/invisiblemen For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here:...

Jen talks to Dr. Robert Meisner, MD, the founding Medical Director of The McLean Ketamine Service about developments in Ketamine for Anxious Depression but how ultimately there is no miracle drug for anxiety and the goal is to get people well enough to see benefits from mindfulness practices for anxiety. For more information on Dr. Robert Meisner, MD please go to: https://www.mcleanhospital.org/profile/robert-meisner For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go...

Jen talks to author, Sarah Fay, about her new book "Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses" and why the DSM (The Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) isn't always accurate. Sarah Fay is an author and activist. Her writing has appeared in many publications, just to name a few, the New York Times, The Atlantic, and the Paris Review where she served as an advisory editor. For more information on her book "Pathological..." and her work go to: https://sarahfay.org...

Jen reads and discusses listener emails about the Sunday Scaries, how to find a therapist, and more!

Jen talks to Dr. Zachary Rosenthal, clinical psychologist and Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. He is Director of the Center for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation (CMER), where he leads a team conducting research, providing education, and developing clinical care pathways for Misophonia.

Jen talks to certified intimacy educator, Shan Boodram about how people can handle anxiety around sex.

Jen talks to Anxiety Recovery podcaster and author, Drew Linsalata, about how his panic attacks started out of nowhere, how he licked his anxiety and it "came back" ten years later even bigger, and how he was agoraphobic and had to work from home before it was cool.