I learned so much about myself after speaking with Dr. Russell Kennedy @theanxietymd today, and I hope you did too! If you enjoyed today’s episode please hit like and subscribe to get notified for future episodes!

To anyone struggling with their mind: I promise you It will be better, faster than you think, and better than you can imagine. You 100% are going to be ok and will live better moments filled with joy and happiness. You might not love yourself now but there are people that do, never forget that. Everyone around you is cheering for you. You are going to be ok. I love you ❤️

Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure out everything all at once. Breathe.You're strong. You got this . Take it day by day.

I lived my whole life in flight or fight. It’s very damaging to the adrenal glands. Now retired I live with a houseful of pets and I am happy and relaxed: people in the world make me nervous.

I suffer from Severe Anxiety and Insomnia for over 40 years. I finally got help and am doing much better now. These symptoms are no fun and I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy!

I've had panic disorder for 48 years. I'm crying listening to this. I don't know how to thank you both.

Mel Robbins interrupts to the point where I bailed on what could have been a first class interview. She is obviously smart and I appreciate her taking on this topic.

🎯💯 when Mel said, “I feel like I am observing life, but I’m not a part of it.”

I suffered severe anxiety and excessive alcohol use after I lost my dad 8 years ago. It’s just amazing how psilocybin mushrooms treatment saved my life honestly. 3 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

I’m 71years old and have suffered all my life with chronic anxiety and this is the first time I have understood what the heck is my problem . This podcast has been life changing Mel n Russ thankyou I feel I can now start living taking care of myself n not running away from myself 💖

29:00 you interrupt him at maybe the most crucial moment of the podcast as he begins to describe a step by step how to. Great podcast, but it would have been great to hear what he was going to say there. ❤

Psychedelic are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough.it's fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety..it saved my life

This is so telling. Mel talks and talks and talks and talks …… and then talks some more which is such a demonstration of her anxiety ……. Poor guest, he didn’t have much air space in spite of the fact that he is the expert guest …… Mel Is having a full-blown anxiety attack …. And I was really hoping to hear a lot more from the doctor. 1:30 hrs of listening to Mel was different from what I was hoping - it gave me anxiety listening to her dominate the conversation when I was hoping to learn from the doctor. Thank you for the demonstration lesson, Mel. Bless your heart.

I have felt anxious, nervous, and on guard my entire life, even my earliest memories as a child. The only time and place I feel at peace is when I am riding or hiking in the woods. I cannot connect with people, but I have strong bonds with animals and nature. I appreciate you so much, Mel. If I were to say I have a human friend, it would be you. You are the only one I trust. Thank you for being you and for these podcasts. I love you, Mel!!!

This doctor was SO patient, she wouldn't let him get a word in edgewise.

02:12 🧠 Anxiety begins as a physiological response in the body's amygdala, often referred to as the fear center of the brain. It triggers a series of physical reactions. 03:11 🗣️ Anxiety is often expressed in various ways, such as heightened vigilance, panic attacks, shortness of breath, frustration, anger, or withdrawal. 03:39 🤔 Recognizing anxiety as an alarm system in the body shifts the focus from just thoughts to the physical sensations, allowing for a more holistic approach to healing. 05:15 🔄 The anxiety-alarm cycle perpetuates when the mind creates a stream of worries in response to the initial physical alarm, resulting in a loop of escalating anxiety. 06:22 💡 Understanding anxiety as a form of separation anxiety reveals that it stems from a feeling of disconnection or separation, often from oneself or loved ones. This is a universal source of anxiety. 08:09 🔄 Separation anxiety, at its core, is a deep-rooted emotional issue that can be traced back to childhood. It manifests as an underlying sense of unease and fear. 09:51 🔍 Society tends to prioritize verbal communication and intellectual pursuits, often neglecting the importance of understanding and connecting with one's own body and emotions. 12:13 💪 Healing anxiety requires a holistic "neck down" approach, focusing on the body and its physiological responses, rather than solely addressing thoughts and mindset. 13:56 🩹 Dr. Russ Kennedy, an expert in anxiety and neuroscience, emphasizes the potential for individuals to heal their anxiety by addressing it from a bodily perspective. 15:35 📚 The five-second rule, a brain hack developed by Mel Robbins, offers a practical tool for interrupting anxious thoughts and feelings, providing a way to take control of the anxiety-alarm cycle. 24:06 🚸 Separation from parents can be a root cause of anxiety. When we feel disconnected from our parents, it triggers an alarm in our system. 25:40 🧩 "Parental mismatch" can lead to a sense of separation. Feeling different or disconnected from a parent, even if there's love, can cause alarm in a child's system. 27:20 🌊 Locating the alarm in your body: When feeling anxious, focus on physical sensations. Close your eyes, breathe, and pinpoint where you feel the discomfort. 29:48 🛌 Fear of facing the alarm: It's common to resist feeling anxiety. Acknowledging and comforting your inner child can help alleviate the alarm. 34:38 🚴‍♂️ Riding the emotional "motorcycle": Confronting the alarm directly, like riding a motorcycle for the first time, is crucial for acclimatizing to anxiety. 37:19 🔄 Don't solve anxiety with more thinking: Overthinking exacerbates the issue. Focus on the physical sensation, rather than diving into a cycle of anxious thoughts. 42:43 🧠 Understanding the root cause: Anxiety stems from the alarm in our bodies, not just our thoughts. Addressing this is key to healing anxiety. 46:19 🧒 The speaker shares a personal story about their son Oakley, who faced challenges with dyslexia, ADHD, and bullying at school, leading to heightened anxiety. 47:15 🦕 Oakley's anxiety manifests physically as butterflies in his stomach, leading to panic attacks and a cycle of avoidance. 48:21 🤗 The key intervention needed for Oakley was physical reassurance, validation, and hugs to calm his alarm system. 50:31 🖐️ Practicing regulating the nervous system through physical touch, finding a safe place in the body (e.g., breath near nose or neutral body part), and returning to the alarm is essential. 53:33 🧠 Coping with anxiety involves using thinking strategies, while healing involves addressing the root cause-the inner child needing to be seen, heard, and loved. 55:13 🪢 Chronic anxiety often coexists with addiction as individuals seek substances or behaviors to mute the alarm and feel connection or relief. 56:51 🏀 Practicing self-regulation techniques is crucial for success in high-stakes situations; it involves finding a safe place in the body and building that regulation over time. 59:23 🧒 Healing involves connecting with the wounded inner child, providing the love and support they lacked, ultimately addressing the root cause of anxiety. 01:06:00 🤔 The conversation challenges the current terminology of "mental health," suggesting a shift towards understanding anxiety as originating in the body, not just the mind. 01:08 🚨 Dr. Russ Kennedy emphasizes the importance of regulating the body first to calm the mind, rather than attempting to calm the mind to regulate the body. 01:08:46 🧠 Activating the somatosensory cortex, responsible for movement and sensation, can help shift focus from rumination in the mind to a sense of the body, aiding anxiety and focus. 01:09:25 💡 Anxiety often stems from a mind-body disconnect, with individuals avoiding confronting physical sensations in their body by staying in their thoughts. 01:09:53 🔄 Merely trying to fix anxious thoughts is insufficient, as anxiety is often rooted in an addiction to worrying. More emphasis on feeling, rather than thinking, is necessary for treatment. 01:10:19 🧒 All anxiety can be traced back to early experiences of separation, either from others or from oneself. This separation is at the core of anxiety. 01:10:31 🤝 In response to the alarm of anxiety, individuals often tend to further separate from themselves, exacerbating the issue. The key is to reconnect with oneself. 01:10:57 ❤️ When the alarm of anxiety goes off, it is actually a call for self-love and reassurance. Going into your body and soothing yourself is a powerful way to address anxiety. 01:11:37 🌟 A powerful affirmation to use when practicing the techniques is asking oneself, "Am I safe in this moment?" This anchors you in the present and provides a sense of safety. 01:12:20 🛑 Blocking love from oneself is often a root cause of anxiety. Recognizing and removing these blocks is crucial for healing. 01:13:17 🔄 Dr. Russ Kennedy uses intuitive methodsto identify blocks to self-love within a person's body, which, when removed, lead to a reduction in anxiety. 01:14:27 🔑 Addressing the root cause of anxiety through self-love and soothing is more effective than attempting to merely change thoughts. This approach provides profound healing.

This makes so much sense. I suffer from health anxiety, and every time I feel a symptom in my body my brain hyper thinks it. A headache, a tingling in my arm, heart palpitations, stomach pain… just anything I seem to magnify it by 100x! I suffer from GERD and other health issues so I’m expecting those symptoms. So I don’t understand that when I do feel it my body reacts the same every time… in a panic! It’s a horrible cycle. I see now I’m an absolute addict to WORRY. I can’t even exercise as I think I might push my heart too much and I’ll have a heart attack😞

"the reason why you are anxious is because you block love for yourself" funny but this is precisely the message I've been stumbling upon in so many areas of my life. "the reason you're judging this or that person is because you block love for that part within you - love it" So now it makes sense why I have so much anxiety in my life, just another puzzle piece. Thank you :)

This was good. I did get a little anxiety when Mel continued to interrupt his answers. I love her, but wish she would have allowed him to talk more. I will buy the book. 😂

The continual interruptions were making me anxious, lol!! Let the poor man talk!

Anxiety is real. Mine definitely stems from childhood. My father abused us & constantly critized us as worthless. Ne er praised us, and after beating us, bought us gifts, rewarding his behavior. ❤ stays with us for life Thanks for addressing this..

My daily practice is to cover my heart with my hand in meditation. I was feeling very upset today , so I moved my hand from my heart to just below where I was feeling the sensation, like he advised, and I burst into tears and unlocked the trauma that was making my thoughts spiral and connected to myself , I cried and cried and sent myself love. Afterwards, my thoughts stopped spiralling out of control, my body had calmed and I felt regulated. Thank you for this beautiful gift. I shared it to a group of women who I feel would benefit from it, also. ❤

My mother gave me Extreme anxiety. Never hugged me. Didn’t love me. Grew up in a dysfunctional family. I hate my anxiety! This has helped. Thank you!❤️

Anxiety rules my life, thanks for helping people like me

I watched this yesterday. Today I had to conduct some interviews and at one point I became very anxious and uncomfortable. I realised that my stomach was so tense. It was a lightbulb moment. It wasn’t my head, it was my stomach. I took a moment to relax my stomach and the anxiety started to melt away. Thank you so much for this.

This is my first time EVER hearing a professional address that anxiety starts in the body first - which is what I've ALWAYS felt. When I'm anxious people always ask, "Well, did something happen? Did you have a thought? What were you thinking about?" And it's like, no, I was just putting on my socks and I suddenly felt the pang of panic in my stomach and throat, and THEN I thought in my mind, "Well, I'm starting to feel anxious, why? Am I gonna throw up? Oh god, I have to drive for the next 15 minutes and I can't escape that easily"...and so on until I'm having a full blown panic attack. These ideas have really opened up my mind, and I actually feel confident they will help me, and I've never felt that way before. I've had crippling anxiety since I was very tiny, and also grew up with a severely mentally ill father. Wow.

Wow, this episode blew my mind. Thank you for the free therapy, I actually started writing a letter to 8 year old “me” little Miriam and told her how sorry I was for not loving her the way she deserved, I have never had a good relationship with my mom and it took me back to my childhood. I want to give my inner child a big hug 😭😭😭

What’s difficult to me and I imagine the most people that deal with health anxiety at least, is that I don’t have an answer to the “Am I safe right now?” question. That’s the reason that I’m having the anxiety or panic attack in the first place. Because I feel unsafe.

Over 40 years with anxiety being called chicken little and over thinker and I needed to love my inner child and listen thank you

Anxiety is not in any way ONLY separation or Love based. Some people have base physical disorders that go undiagnosed for years and this spawns anxiety. Other people have trauma from events. I was a soldier and unfortunately I suffer from both of these issues. It's a very complex problem and different for everyone.

I’m a 37 yr old single mother and my anxiety is preventing me from moving ahead in life. I recently turned down a job promotion due to severe anxiety that was crippling and it was easier to just stay where I’m at. That promotion would have been life changing. I gave up buying a house a few years ago for the same reason. I feel hopeless and unable to do anything I am just so scared of the unknown.

I love how Mel drills into her guest and asks that person everything we are thinking that we hope she asks them and for clarification on their conversation. She speaks for all of us. How refreshing!

Panic anxiety since age 18 in the military. Now 74 and got rid of a 30mg of xanax a day for 44 years. Got off it without medical help. Have been clean for a little over 3 years. Thanks you beautiful universe.

Thank you ,i have been so so dangerously depressed for almost a year with panic attacks .thank you for some kind of tools to stop this pain.

Anxiety is often caused from a separation of love (caused by ourselves or from others by a blocking from love). Anxiety is more of a alarm to heal your younger self. The anxiety is a feeling in the body being sent from your younger self. GIVE your younger self the attention and love it deserves. Hold the area in your body that is painful when experiencing anxiety/alarm and breathe into that painful area the energy of your full attention directed towards love, safety, and 100% acceptance.🙏 Regulate your body towards love, I am safe in this moment, gratitude, appreciation and acceptance and this helps to regulate the mind away from the pain of being blocked from love either by yourself or others in the past. Show your wounded younger self they are seen, heard and loved by you. Don't ignore anxiety it is up to us to heal and pay attention to these alarms that are showing up as blocks to love. We can remove and heal the blocks from love and Evolve and HEAL.💞

Bless this man's patience!

Love Miss Mel Robbins, but I do have some quibbles here with some things Dr. Kennedy is saying (and nothing personal-no nasty grams here). Around 57:40, Dr Kennedy says "No one is coming to save you." I think so much of people's anxiety (and mine at one time) is that we think we're on our own and it's all on us to fix ourselves, or we hang our hopes on a therapist, family member, etc. I do agree that there is a truly a vital part we play, but when I began to heal from anxieties in my life was when I began to understand that I wasn't alone: that Jesus was with me through EVERYTHING and He can heal the stuff that I never could solve when I invite Him in to do it. I also realized that He loved me unconditionally. I could never screw up too much that He wouldn't love me anymore. I didn't have to perform. THAT is a very secure place to be. He's also a confidant that I can go to with anything and everything. I wear family or friends out with my crap because they have their crap too and we're all finite people. But I can go to Him at any moment, day or night. He is there. Always. Listening. Ready. He knows my history. He knows the stuff I can't see in my blind spots about myself or things I can't see about a situation. And He knows exactly how to bring me into a place of wholeness. In this life, we are going to struggle with thoughts that try to kick our knees. But when those thoughts come, I have learned can say what God says about me instead (not mantras, but truth!). I can remind myself that He calls me beloved. I don't know how to describe that to someone who doesn't know Jesus, but He will heal you with His love, His wisdom, His power. He cares about YOU. He loves YOU. It was in this journey of learning to trust His love for me that I'm finding freedom like I've never had. I feel comfortable being me. I don't have to be like anyone else, not my mom or anyone. I'm an individual that God made to be me and He loves me: my personality, my gifts, what I look like, the sound of my voice (which I always disliked). He just loves me and loves being with me. And He helps me with every situation. I make mistakes at times like we all do, but I am learning and He isn't bashing me for my mistakes. He can empower me to do what I cannot do on my own. He is truly my supply. He is my Savior. And I am NOT alone, ever. Jesus did come to save me and He came to save you. He doesn't want us to be hurting. There's a lady named Nichole Marbach that I love to listen to because she found what I did in Jesus, and she was healed from PTSD, anxiety, bi-polar, etc. God's love for us heals. I can't explain that, but it just does. We were made for that love! If you'd like to listen to Nichole's weekly broadcast on KZfaq: you can find her here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdaPhaWUv9uoeKM.html If you're thinking I'm a religious nut, that's okay. But you can ask Jesus to make Himself real to you. Invite Him to introduce Himself to you. He's the most precious thing in my life and I want to share what I have with you. I don't consider this "religion" but relationship with Him! God bless each of you as you heal!

Thank you Mel! Your willingness to be vulnerable and see things and a different way is inspiring! I am very impressed at how well you understood and internalized this so quickly! You really got a great grasp of what I was saying (even if we had to steer away from the EGO hahaha) THANK YOU for giving my work exposure on your platform. I'm very grateful for you MEL ROBBINS!! XO

Before listening to this episode I thought gosh 90mins, I’m not really in the mood for such a long episode. But my anxiety was giving me a hard time and I felt like I’ve got no other choice. Now that I’ve listened to it all I can say is it’s been the best 90min podcast episode I’ve ever listened to. Thanks for sharing it with the world! ❤

I’m a retired mental health provider who has had free floating anxiety my whole 68 yrs, I sear. I was having a hard time relaxing to sleep tonight. I’ve tried EVERYTHING. This podcast addressed my “alarm.” I think I knew it was there, but hated it. Now I can hopefully work to give it the attention I NEED. The hard feeling I had in my chest eased tonight eased. It felt good. TY. I will share u.

Oh my gosh, why did I not meet you when I was a baby. That's how far back I go with my anxieties!! I am now 67 and anxiety has limited most of my life because of the debilitating effects of anxiety, and separation anxiety. Thank you Mel and your guests. I am just so grateful. Elaine from South Africa 🌹

Mel, you are single handedly saving my life right now. This podcast drop could not have happened at a better time in my life. My world is crashing, my marriage, my kids, everything is crashing. Your daily posts, check ins, your willingness to show so much vulnerability, you willingness to ask people to dumb it down for AuDHD who need a little more explanation. Thank you for putting yourself out there. You’re saving more than one life by all of your hard work. ❤ I love you!!!!

Wow, I always felt like I understood anxiety and just blew it over. This episode floored me and mid listening I felt my body where things feel pain or stagnant and I truly listened. I have been keeping myself distracted and have tried to stop vaping multiple times but always go back to my distractions. Right after the exercises, I threw away my vape and deleted all apps that are not serving me for ME, and this time, I know I can do it 💪💪

This episode was a game changer for me. I just listened to it on spotify yesterday and am rewatching today on youtube. This is the information that allows everything to fall into place. Anxiety makes sense now. Looking back, I can see my life is all patterns of blocking love. Wow

This was such an amazing and awakening episode on anxiety! This was life changing! Thank you Mel!!! I appreciate YOU!!

I can’t believe they ever cancelled her show. She was WAY better then Oprah. Thank you for your podcast ❤️

Hi Mel - I was sitting on my front porch today listening to this episode. What started with a couple of tears rolling down my cheeks, ended with me ugly crying for hours. I’m in my 50’s and known I have generalised anxiety for many years now - using talk therapy and medication over time to help. In all honesty, it’s only been in the last couple of years I’ve come to understand how far back in my life the anxiety stems from. Your episode with Dr Kennedy has hit me like a tonne of bricks, hence the deluge of tears. What I kind of knew was always there, was presented to me today with so much clarity about the child I was and the adult I have been and now am. This conversation has been transformative for me and I thank you both so much🙏

thanks for this amazing podcast

My anxiety started in the perimenopause and I also suffer from sleep anxiety, I keep getting bad panic attacks!❤

You guys are so spot on. I am a forced adoption baby who was adopted in 1961. I am now 61, fearful of the world and still feel like a baby. When I ask my adoptive mother why she never hugged me or told me that she loved me, she just replies, I'm not that sort of person. I am estranged from my daughter and sucicideat every day. Thanks for this podcast as it validates me.

While watching this I didn't notice my tears keep falling from my eyes. Thanks for this.. God bless! I am suffering with anxiety, depression panic attacks and feeling too much fear that I don't wanna go out anymore.

Anxiety is not just emotions a lot of us got physical real symptoms 24/7 and for me food effects it

i'm just tired of watching tons of videos like this , and not being able to end my anxiety disorder

I get anxiety EVERY morning around 4:00 to 6:00am. I will do this exercise tomorrow morning for sure. Thank you Mel and your amazing guest.

Mel, thank you so much for bringing Dr. Kennedy on your podcast. This past week I had to get away because the pain in body was so overwhelming. I have struggled all my life with loving myself. Always putting others before myself in fear of losing their love. I have five children and my husband has an addiction and our finances are always at stake and a topic of fear for me. My mother was mentally unstable, anything would set her off. I don't remember her ever hugging me. I was beaten and slapped when I stuck up for myself, even as a teenager. There was a strap in the kitchen closet that was waiting to be used. Everything the doctor said was so spot on. You are both a gift sent to me during this painful time. All I want to do is hug you, so I'm sending you a virtual hug. Thank you for being so open and vulnerable about your life. It makes me feel I am not the only one who is struggling with anxiety.

Mel Robbins, I adore you!!!! Your podcasts have been a part of my healing for the last few months. I have suffered from both general and health anxiety for 20 years, and at almost 40, it has been beyond bad. And this one particular podcast, has been my constant go to!

I've watched this episode three times now and I'm still learning things from it. I've had anxiety since I was a baby. My mom tells a story about how I used to pull out my own hair and gave myself a bald spot because I was nervous. I'm so ready to heal this 40 year long pattern.

The best from this episode is to realize that finally holistic and neuroscience are meeting each other. Heal your inner child is not new to me, but it's incredibly nice to hear that from science's perspective.😊

It seems learning to really love yourself, is key for so many things in life. Excellent video.

Thank you!! I am 40 years going thru life anxiety and depression and when he started talking about childhood trauma and the separation anxiety that's where all started for me. I thank u for sharing.

Thank you Mel. I feel like you are the mom or sister I never had. I really listen to you and apply it. I’m becoming to strong and I look for hearts ❤ everyday !!! 🥰

Thank You! ❤ I had a terrible childhood, I’m almost 63. And this has helped me so much🙏🏻

The thing that I took away from this podcast is that there are people that had it worse in life more than I did. I have known that the trauma in our childhood causes pain and until we get that healed we sabotage ourselves according to how we were traumatized, i.e.. if I took on the responsibility of my family's finances as a child through trauma, that will plague me until I get that trauma healed. Your honest way of explaining things and how you relate your trauma is healing those of us who listen to or watch your podcast. Thank you for being vulnerable and for all you do out of love for others.

My mom and I have always been different and I’ve always struggled to be accepted and this really opened my eyes.

A million thanks for this! I've been seeing therapists and reading and taking classes about anxiety for months, and this is an immediate life-changer for me, the first thing that's helped, and immediately helped dramatically!

Oh my god Mel. This is the very first episode I am listening to and I am shocked of how similar our stories with anxiety are. It is like you were describing my childhood. I hope I can heal anxiety for good..

For the first time in my life, I don't feel crazy. For the first time, I feel a sense of peace and calm I never thought I'd experience because there's an explanation and justification for what I feel in my body and for the thoughts I have in my head. I'm so grateful for this episode, Dr. Kennedy's work, and your willingness to share it all with the world. I'm 52. And I'm beginning to heal in a way I never knew I needed to heal. I am beginning to feel relief and it's just amazing!

This episode is the most amazing, helpful and just blow my mind about anxiety!! This video needs to be showed in all schools and universities, because anxiety is the number one disease killing our minds every day. And our kids need to be freed forever. And I never heard nothing so liberating as this information. Thank you 🙏Dr. Kennedy thank you Mel you made a huge difference in the world.

I love how honest you are! It makes me feel like I’m not alone in this. I had so many wonderful people around me in college and I thought I was asocial but really it was anxiety no allowing me to enjoy and appreciate it all.

OMG, this was so profound! Thank you both from the bottom of my heart and bless you both! I am blown away! Finally, I know where to begin in order to start healing... I am 50 years old too...better late than never! LOL I am truly amazed and grateful!

Mel, you & Dr. Kennedy are absolutely amazing! I’m at 70 years of age tying this altogether! 50 + years living with anxiety, studying self-help & spirituality all my adult life! with the support of many wise teachers sharing their knowledge & experiences, I’m getting to the real healing. This episode does bring HUGE clarity and connection with childhood experiences and the mystery of anxiety! The key is learning the strategies for coping that you share, along with understanding the cause. Ive come along way with healing! MANY THANKS to you, Mel & Dr. Kennedy, Nicole Lepera, Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Jeff Warren & Tamara Levitt, Tara Brach, Deepak Chopra, Dr. Levine& the list goes on. Your passion and willingness to help all of us is the link to healing ❤️‍🩹 the world ! So grateful-thank you, thank you, thank you 💟☮️💟 1:31:49

I love this video. It helps a lot in certain areas of my anxiety but my biggest anxiety begins whenever I am feeling trapped as in heavy traffic, an assembly in an auditorium, church, or a live play, whenever it would be difficult to get up and leave and return to my seat as the trapped feelings cause me to feel like I have to tinkle and the longer I have to wait in this trapped situation the more I have to tinkle. I wish this topic could be discussed on your show. Thank you.

This was SO SPOT ON that it made me cry!!! now I am finally able to 100% understand where my anxiety comes from and how to heal it. THANK YOU!

This episode makes me think about how our pets become all of our emotional support pets. Their hugs and kisses, their apologies when they do something wrong and their forgiveness when you do something that hurts them is so comforting.

My mind is blown wide open! Mel and Dr. Russ, I get it !! I truly understand what you’re telling us and I’ve shared and liked and saved. I’m gonna watch again and again. And I’m sharing with everyone I know who has ever felt anxiety. I’m reeling with excitement over the ability to go a little deeper with this. Thank you so much!

I absolutely love you & your show, Mel. I discovered you when you did your television show. I live in Henderson, Nevada, and they aired it at 1:30 am, but I’m a retired night owl, and LOVED you & your message, your positivity. I watched it every weeknight/morning. I’m thrilled you’re doing the Podcasts & would love to see you live or be in that seminar. You are a breathe of fresh air, who always talks about things I need to hear.

Mel is a blessing & a gift to millions of people. Thank you, thank you.

Listening to this helped me pinpoint the first time I ever felt anxiety. My family always said prayers together when I was growing up one of my parents shamed me for my prayer because it did not resonate with how they viewed the situation our family was going thru.. The feeling I had at that moment followed me throughout my 30 years of life when public speaking ( which is such a big part of life) Somehow the anxiety that I often feel going to work is subsiding. I still have a long way to go but I'm so grateful for the breakthrough. I've only made it halfway through the video so I'm excited to see what else gets uncovered.

So much has surfased after listening to your podcast. Now when I look back at my life, I was actually petrified of having a daughter because it was drummed into me that I'm a total f up. Thank you Mel and Ross for this enlightening podcast.

Great interview! Never looked at anxiety this way before. We would comfort any child who was hurt and needed to be comforted; but we won’t give that gift to ourselves.

I woke up today feeling so anxious, and this was the first thing that popped up. I am so grateful. Thank you.

Already feeling lighter, now that i know the reason. Thank you Mel and Dr. Russel for helping me.

This was such an eye opener and now I totally understand where my anxiety and numb feelings are coming from. Thank you for you both for your real down to earth information.

When I feel the alarm start to ring I do acts of self care and self love, it’s amazing how small activities can lead to massive body and mind changes

OMG I have only watched 2 episodes of Mel Robinson, and I love her! I have never had such good/ great emotional help and understanding what is going on with me every! Thank you for your podcast! I think after 56 years of life I’m getting a better mindset of why I beat myself up, also I thought I was the only one or no one would get it . And! I’ve been in therapy that have had therapist that didn’t know how to help me . Thank you so much! I’m your new #1 fan

Mushrooms containing psilocybin saved my life. They aided my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quit illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would’ve become medically dangerous to quit. It has also helped me survive depression.

Thank You Dr Kennedy & Mel for being so transparent & vulnerable about your own personal weaknesses & marital past (Dr. Kennedy). Your honesty levels the playing field for all of us who feel "not good enough" or "defective," at times. This has been helpful for me. Blessings to you both. 💙

I've been dealing with anxiety for 60 years. About 25-28 years ago, I got some help and it seemed to work fine. This last year, I have been through health issues, relaitionship problems. I watched two video's with Dr. Kennedy from last week, and this one. Been back to my therpaist. The tools in these videos are VERY helpful! With luck I can get back to work soon! THANK YOU!!!

His is 100% correct about the Alarm. He was speaking to me. I found my anxiety alarm in my throat, a sensation that something is stuck inside when actually there isn't. I get frustrated, anger and then scaring thoughts in my head and suddenly I feel like am about to die and the urge to run outside. Found out its called globus sensation and I am getting help with it. Thank you so much .

MEL!!! THIS!!!! Thank you. You and this podcast is THE FIRST time I have ever, in my entire life, felt like someone understands me without me having to TRY explaining. I don't feel so alone anymore knowing I'm not "the only one" that feels nearly 100% what you've spoken about.

I feel like this is something I need to apply to my procrastination. Anxiety creeps up when I have things that I need/should do and get done, and that feeling makes me feel paralyzed and I find other smaller things to take care of around the house because the bigger things that actually need taking care of feel way too big and scary. My body says I don’t like how that feels, so go do something that is also productive but not as big or heavy or intimidating. Putting my hand on my chest before doing these tasks will probably help so much.. talking to my inner child and practicing some self soothing so I can face my problems. “The solution is not in our thinking, the solution is in our body” that is so brilliant. I love this , thank you so much!!

Omg, Mel, I'm so, so thankful for YOU, I'm listening to an episode about anxiety over and over again, very helpful, thank u for your dedication and the heart u putting in, I Love you and sending your way more love, thank u for that education, anxiety sucks❤

This video has helped me so much and the being able to handle it on your own is great for me because I make an effort to have great connected relationships in my life but I should be reach out for constant reassurance. This video helps me calm down and I can help myself. Anyone else hope you guys are okay

Thank you thank you for this. I have been dealing anxiety for years and now I can finally heal from. I have been sharing this video with everyone I know

Thank You so much for these videos. I get so much more from them than just the podcasts. It is generous of you to share the longer uncut version. I also appreciate the links to find and follow your guests. Not everyone does that.

Wow, I cried listening to this: my yoga I instructor takes a spiritual and ethereal approach to her practise and she helped me to start thinking about the journey and the source of my anxiety, which she said the source is the inner child. After listening to as I’ve now connected all the dots around my anxiety. I’m sharing this episode as I now have an incredible sense of clarity. Thank you so much ❤❤❤

Really helpful, thank you. When major anxiety strikes for me, it takes the form of FREEZE…I get paralyzed and can’t do anything including eat or sleep. I’ve thought of it as only being an issue when a big life event arises or when a lot of life demands occur at once. However, I’m aware that I’ve lived my entire life from a place of fear, which I now see as an expression of anxiety. For 35 years I’ve experienced chronic pain from fibromyalgia, which clearly is the result of that fear/anxiety not being resolved at its root…despite many years of study, bodywork, therapy, etc etc. I’m glad this topic is being talked about more widely now. The truth of our childhood is stored in our bodies, and must be addressed there if we are to be free. I’m pleased to know about Dr Kennedy and really appreciate what was shared in the podcast. I look forward to further conversations with him.

Mel Robbins thank you so much. You are helping me heal for so much trauma that has happened in my life. This episode confirmed for me that I have to go inside and give myself the love I didn't receive as a child because I was separated from my mother. Thank you Thank you sooooo much.💓

I really like this take on Anxiety... I have had anxiety for over 50 years.. I am on Meds, but I need a coping mechanism.. Mel and Dr. Russel , you all’s explanation of how to cope.. is awesome.. please speak more about being on medication... and how it helps.. thank you both.

Discussing anxiety displaying itself as child separation really hit a note with me. It makes sense. It’s so real for me. My mother is at the core with my anxiety. The alarm anxiety cycle.This was great Mel.