Anxiety. It affects millions of people every day. And it shapes our thoughts, making everyday life a scary challenge. On this episode of It's Not Therapy, Liana talks with Dr. Bob Taibbi about how to retrain your brain to change the way you look at life, including life on social media.

Do you need a reason to slow down, block out the world, and just be? Listen to this show! Guest Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider joins to help us tame the chaos!

Projection - seeing things you can't stand in yourself in other people - is something we all do, and something none of us likes! How to recognize it, how to spot it, and how to counter it! With guest Dr. Steven Stosny.

Psychologist Loren Soeiro joins Liana to discuss Toxic Positivity – a delusional upbeat attitude born from the inability to face the bad stuff in life. You might think it’s good, but it drives everyone around you crazy! How toxic positivity differs from true positivity, how to spot it, and how to avoid it!

More and more experts recognize that this corrosive emotion contributes to depression, anxiety and other conditions that make life harder than it needs to be. On this episode of It's Not Therapy, Liana helps you identify your feelings of shame and how to put a stop to it.

Do you feel judged? That isn't always a bad thing! Some judgments are in our favour. But when they aren't, how do you deal with them? On this episode of It's Not Therapy, Liana provides the tools for overcoming criticisms that get lodged in our head and eat away at our self-worth.

Empathy - we know we need it...but do we know what it is? On this episode of It's Not Therapy Liana shines a light on what empathy is (and isn't), why it's important and how we can improve our own using lessons learned from The Hulk. Plus, award-winning teacher Jason Bradshaw joins Liana to talk about the escalating conflict between parents and teachers - and what can be done to repair the relationship.

Tired of being manipulated? Always find yourself attracting the wrong people? You're not alone - On this episode of It's Not Therapy Liana Kerzner gives you the tools to get yourself off the manipulation treadmill by identifying your core values, then leaning into them to make good changes. Submit questions to liana(at)notherapyshow(dot)com

Do you need permission to be happy? Yes you do - but only you can grant it. On this episode of It's Not Therapy, Liana Kerzner looks at how we hold ourselves back from being happy, brave, confident, relaxed - from living a full life. The 'Ancient Millennial' @TAMillennial Lisa Nicole joins Liana to talk about methods to overcome our self-limitations, and have fun doing it with her Permission Deck! https://theancientmillennial.square.site/permission-deck

While recovering from COVID, Liana looks at how difficult it is to “be reasonable” when so many things around us are not. People reason in different ways, and some of those ways aren’t compatible with each other! Psychologist Dr. Mike Brooks joins for the interview, and gives his suggestions on how to stay outwardly reasonable when the world is making you lose your cool.