Dr. Russell Kennedy

When I help heal anxiety, I'm kind of taking away your special friend because your special friend, when you were a child, worry was all you had. Going into your head and escaping the alarm in your body was all you had. So there's a real resistance for people to actually heal from anxiety. And that's what I find so kind of frustrating. But I tell people when I work with them,

You're not going to want to do the meditations. And especially when people start feeling better, they stop doing it. So it's really something you want to do these meditations. You want to do this connection with yourself while you're still feeling okay. When you're impaired by the anxiety and the alarm, the amount of benefit you're going to get

You're not going to want to do the meditations. And especially when people start feeling better, they stop doing it. So it's really something you want to do these meditations. You want to do this connection with yourself while you're still feeling okay. When you're impaired by the anxiety and the alarm, the amount of benefit you're going to get

You're not going to want to do the meditations. And especially when people start feeling better, they stop doing it. So it's really something you want to do these meditations. You want to do this connection with yourself while you're still feeling okay. When you're impaired by the anxiety and the alarm, the amount of benefit you're going to get

from doing these techniques is relatively minimal and then it's going to seem like nothing i do is going to help me because breathing will help you in an acute crisis for sure but it's not really going to take it to the point in five minutes where it's like oh i feel so much better well you don't make battle plans during war right you try to construct some sort of battle plans beforehand yeah one of one of my favorite quotes of yours about uh we're addicted to uncertainty

from doing these techniques is relatively minimal and then it's going to seem like nothing i do is going to help me because breathing will help you in an acute crisis for sure but it's not really going to take it to the point in five minutes where it's like oh i feel so much better well you don't make battle plans during war right you try to construct some sort of battle plans beforehand yeah one of one of my favorite quotes of yours about uh we're addicted to uncertainty

from doing these techniques is relatively minimal and then it's going to seem like nothing i do is going to help me because breathing will help you in an acute crisis for sure but it's not really going to take it to the point in five minutes where it's like oh i feel so much better well you don't make battle plans during war right you try to construct some sort of battle plans beforehand yeah one of one of my favorite quotes of yours about uh we're addicted to uncertainty

And then that goes into the default mode network. Because there's a part of the default mode network called the posterior cingulate cortex. And that's thought to be involved in self-referential thought. So,

And then that goes into the default mode network. Because there's a part of the default mode network called the posterior cingulate cortex. And that's thought to be involved in self-referential thought. So,

And then that goes into the default mode network. Because there's a part of the default mode network called the posterior cingulate cortex. And that's thought to be involved in self-referential thought. So,

If your childhood wasn't that great and children tend to blame themselves, they stop loving themselves and they create all sorts of reasons why they're not lovable, that sticks in that posterior cingulate cortex.

If your childhood wasn't that great and children tend to blame themselves, they stop loving themselves and they create all sorts of reasons why they're not lovable, that sticks in that posterior cingulate cortex.

If your childhood wasn't that great and children tend to blame themselves, they stop loving themselves and they create all sorts of reasons why they're not lovable, that sticks in that posterior cingulate cortex.

And then so when you default into that and then that's your go-to, your unconscious go-to is to tell yourself that you deserve it, you're a piece of crap, nothing's going to happen, you're not worthy. you know, that if that's your default, it's going to be really difficult for you to kind of live a healthy life. And that's the thing with me is I've lived in my default mode network most of my life.

And then so when you default into that and then that's your go-to, your unconscious go-to is to tell yourself that you deserve it, you're a piece of crap, nothing's going to happen, you're not worthy. you know, that if that's your default, it's going to be really difficult for you to kind of live a healthy life. And that's the thing with me is I've lived in my default mode network most of my life.

And then so when you default into that and then that's your go-to, your unconscious go-to is to tell yourself that you deserve it, you're a piece of crap, nothing's going to happen, you're not worthy. you know, that if that's your default, it's going to be really difficult for you to kind of live a healthy life. And that's the thing with me is I've lived in my default mode network most of my life.

And I've, I really felt like I've wasted so much of my life in this sort of default mode, like sitting in a movie theater, just so anxious that I can't, I can barely keep, keep it together. And so I kind of see my role in the world and is sort of being a trailblazer. It's like, I went, I'm the sacrificial lamb. I figured this out.

And I've, I really felt like I've wasted so much of my life in this sort of default mode, like sitting in a movie theater, just so anxious that I can't, I can barely keep, keep it together. And so I kind of see my role in the world and is sort of being a trailblazer. It's like, I went, I'm the sacrificial lamb. I figured this out.

And I've, I really felt like I've wasted so much of my life in this sort of default mode, like sitting in a movie theater, just so anxious that I can't, I can barely keep, keep it together. And so I kind of see my role in the world and is sort of being a trailblazer. It's like, I went, I'm the sacrificial lamb. I figured this out.

I've used my background in developmental psych and neuroscience and medicine to kind of, I kind of figured this out. It's really stuck in your default mode network, which, you know, here's the funny thing. It's like people say, you know, anxiety or alarm is stuck in your body. Trauma is stuck in your body.