Why anxiety shows up in your body + virtual reality treatment approaches

Why anxiety shows up in your body + virtual reality treatment approaches

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr Brennan Spiegel, a physician, researcher and author whose work sits at the intersection of the brain, the body and lived experience. Together, we explore why anxiety so often shows up physically, why being told “it’s just anxiety” can feel dismissive rather than reassuring, and how the mind and body are far more interconnected than we’ve been taught. Brennan introduces ideas like mental gravity, interoception and the brain–gut connection, and explains how approaches like virtual reality are being used to treat anxiety, pain and chronic symptoms. This is a validating, perspective-shifting conversation for anyone who has ever felt unheard in a doctor’s office or confused by physical anxiety symptoms.

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Is too much nutritional advice making anxiety worse?

Is too much nutritional advice making anxiety worse?

On this episode I am joined by GQ Jordan to talk about nutrition. Not just the foods we should ease off when we are anxious, or eat more of to support our mental health and nervous system but the cult...

18 Huhti 44min

Then Vs Now: How Anxiety Has Changed For Me

Then Vs Now: How Anxiety Has Changed For Me

Solo episode this week to take pause as the book launches. In this reflective episode I revisit the anxiety that punctuated my life since childhood, compare how it was when it was all consuming to how...

13 Huhti 27min

It's not your fault: How anxiety starts before you think

It's not your fault: How anxiety starts before you think

Another excellent expert episode this week with neuroscientist and psychiatrist Dr Chad Sylvester who specialises in anxiety and comes with a wealth of information as a practitioner but also as a rese...

6 Huhti 53min

Can’t, Not Won’t: Rethinking Children’s Behaviour + Anxiety

Can’t, Not Won’t: Rethinking Children’s Behaviour + Anxiety

This one's for the parents. In this episode, I’m joined by Dr Naomi Fisher, a clinical psychologist and author known for her work on anxiety, trauma, demand avoidance and nervous-system-led parenting....

23 Maalis 51min

Anxiety at work + how to bring it up professionally

Anxiety at work + how to bring it up professionally

In this particularly helpful episode, I’m joined by Louise Thompson, a career coach who specialises in helping people navigate confidence, leadership and anxiety in the workplace. It's one of the most...

16 Maalis 48min

When anxiety narrows your world: adaptive or avoidant?

When anxiety narrows your world: adaptive or avoidant?

For this episode I’m speaking to clinical psychologist and author Dr Alexandra Shaker about her book The Narrowing and about how prolonged stress and trauma can constrict not just our nervous systems,...

9 Maalis 51min

Anxiety and my son's diagnosis + reassurance from the other side

Anxiety and my son's diagnosis + reassurance from the other side

On this first episode of my new season it's just me, welcoming you back and filling you in on everything that's been going on for me since I've last shared an episode plus I include an exclusive excer...

2 Maalis 36min

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