Tim JP Collins is a British entrepreneur and host of The Anxiety Podcast. In a former life as an executive, Tim reached a tipping point onstage during a big presentation and has since turned his life around to overcome his anxiety and is now helping other people do the same.

Looking back Tim realised that he’d created the perfect storm:

• Lots of travel away from home and family.
• Drinking alcohol in excess and too often.
• Staying up late and then waking up with gallons of coffee.
• Years of bodily abuse with bad food & not enough exercise.
• Working in a job that created no meaning.

During this interview, you’ll find out how Tim conquered his anxiety.

Tim mentioned:

• Luis Villasenor from Ketogains.
• The Ultimate Guide To Reinventing Yourself by James Altucher.

I mentioned:

• Minimalism, a Documentary About the Important Things.
• The Keto Summit.

Part two of this conversation is on Tim’s podcast, where I talk about the connection between chronic inflammation and anxiety, and how some of the changes Tim made may have been measurable in blood:

Anxiety disorders and inflammation in a large adult cohort

• Inflammatory markers included C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor-necrosis factor (TNF)-a.
• Elevated levels of CRP were found in men, but not in women.
  • Interleukin 6 is secreted by T cells and macrophages to stimulate immune response, e.g. during infection and after trauma.
  • (TNF)-a is a cell signaling protein (cytokine) involved in systemic inflammation and is one of the cytokines that make up the acute phase reaction. It is produced chiefly by activated macrophages, although it can be produced by many other cell types such as CD4+ lymphocytes, NK cells, neutrophils, mast cells, eosinophils, and neurons.
• Immune dysregulation is especially found in persons with a late-onset anxiety disorder.
• Increasing evidence links anxiety to cardiovascular risk factors and diseases such as atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, and coronary heart disease.
• Chronic stress may initiate changes in the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis and the immune system, which in turn can trigger depression as well as anxiety.