Anxiety and alarm are made so much worse by two things: UNCERTAINTY and RESISTANCE.

In fact, combining the two, it is our resistance to uncertainty and the alarm that creates in our physiology that is the origin of our worries.

In this episode of the Anxiety Rx Podcast, I talk about recognizing and neutralizing these two factors that make our lives so much more painful than it has to be.

Find me on IG: @theanxietymd if you have any q's.

Your BIGGEST supporter, after yourself,

Dr. Russ

As the podcast is a direct result of the book, Anxiety Rx, I've made the Dedication and Preface for the book Episode 9 of the podcast.

This will give you a feel for where everything started for me and why I've made it my life's work to helping others with anxiety.

I don't want anyone to have to suffer like I did, and I wanted my dad's pain and eventual suicide to be a force for good. 

I'd love to hear your comments. Find me on my IG page, @theanxietymd

In this episode I talk about why your MD can't heal your anxiety.

We MDs are not trained (or aware) of the impact of childhood wounding and the ALARM it creates in the body, and even if we were, we don't know how to deal with it other than to prescribe medication.

Even psychiatrists (MD's who specialize in psychiatry) are doing much less therapy, moving more to medications as well, and "Pills Don't Teach Skills" - In this episode I share some "skills" so that you can heal your anxiety.

You can find me on IG: @theanxietymd if you have any questions.

Thank you for being here!

Your biggest supporter after yourself,f

dr. Russ

I've had many people ask me about psychedelics in the past couple of weeks. Specifically, if psychedelics could help them overcome their anxiety.

I learned things by taking LSD, Ayahuasca and Psilocybin that I would NEVER known or come across as a traditional medical doctor.

In this episode I include chapter 53 of my book ANXIETY RX, entitled, "Dark Night of the Soul".

It discusses the good, the bad, and the ugly in my very personal journey taking psychedelics —and the role they played in showing me what anxiety TRULY was, and how they helped me heal it in myself and others; but not without paying a significant emotional price.

If you ever would like to contact me, find me on IG under @theanxietymd and drop me a message.

Your biggest supporter,

dr. Russ

Many of us with anxiety devalue ourselves.

We look after others' needs ahead of our own and often succumb to the stigma of being "anxious" or say "I have anxiety".

When we devalue ourselves like this, it makes it much harder to accept ourselves —and self acceptance is one of the cornerstones to healing...

Head on over to my IG, @theanxietymd and let me know how this episode resonated with you.

Thanks for being here.

Your biggest supporter, 

dr. Russ

How I healed from anxiety after 35 years of it.

In this episode I talk about what TRULY causes anxiety and how to fix that - and it's not your anxious thoughts.

Healing the true cause of anxiety starts in its true source, and I talk about that true source in this episode.

As always, I'd love for you to send me DM on my IG @theanxietymd if you have any questions or would like to share your thoughts.

Your biggest supporter after yourself,

dr. Russ

In this episode I talk about how our thoughts seduce us into believing and holding on to them, and how even though we know those thoughts hurt us, we can't seem to stop thinking them.

I have also enclosed chapter 4 from my soon to be released audible version of my book "Anxiety Rx" called "Let Go of the Banana."

As always, I'd love for you to send me DM on my IG @theanxietymd if you have any questions or would like to share your thoughts.

Your biggest supporter after yourself,

dr. Russ

This episode is about how we aren't actually suffering from anxiety, we are suffering from ALARM and how we create alarm in ourselves in the first place by forgetting our innocence.

When we forget our innocence we begin Judging, Abandoning, Blaming and Shaming (JABS) ourselves which only exacerbates the alarm and then we can never escape the alarm-anxiety cycle.

As always, I'd love for you to send me DM on my IG @theanxietymd if you have any questions or would like to share your thoughts.

Your biggest supporter, after yourself,

dr. Russ

The biggest mistake we make in treating anxiety is believing it’s because of the thoughts in our mind.

What we refer to as “anxiety” is, at its core, a sense of ALARM from old childhood trauma stored in the body.

Because the thoughts of worry IMMEDIATELY come before the FEELING of alarm, we make the mistake of believing the thoughts are the cause.

Treating the thoughts alone WILL NOT fix the FEELING of anxiety.... 

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the episode.

You can find me on IG under @theanxietymd

Thank you for listening!

In this FIRST episode (THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE), I kick off Anxiety Rx with a listening experience of my own story.