Jen talks to clinical psychologist, Dr. Julie Smith about her best-selling new book "Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?" It's the ultimate guide to life for anyone - anxious or not.

Jen and Julie talk about self-esteem, making mistakes, motivation, forgiving ourselves, and how it's been for Julie to be such a public figure on her popular and informative Tik Tok account.

For more information on Dr. Julie Smith and her book please visit: https://doctorjuliesmith.com

and you can follow Dr. Julie Smith on Tik Tok @drjuliesmith or Instagram @drjulie

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Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

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The episode about ADHD got a huge amount of feedback from people who felt like they identified.

Jen is doing a solo episode to talk more about what she's learned this year about ADHD symptoms like talking too much, being reactive, hyperfocus, not going to bed on time, and Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria.

For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link

and to get the takeaways for this episode please visit: http://www.jenkirkman.com/anxietybitespodcast

To send an email to the show write to anxietybitesweekly at gmail dot com.

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Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

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Jen talks to Dr. Sharon Orrange, MD about how anxiety shows up in the elderly and what adult children can do about it without being bossy as well as how anxiety symptoms in the elderly are different than in younger adults.

Dr. Sharon Orrange, MD specializes in Internal Medicine and is an Associate Professor in Medicine at Keck Medicine USC.

To read Sharon's article about anxiety in elderly patients go here: https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/generalized-anxiety-disorder/how-does-anxiety-look-different-in-older-adults

For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link

and to get the takeaways for this episode please visit: http://www.jenkirkman.com/anxietybitespodcast

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Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

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Jen talks to Liz Fosslien co-author and illustrator of the national best-seller Big Feelings and the Wall Street Journal best-seller No Hard Feelings and an expert on how to make work better.

Jen and Liz really drill down into what it means to "sit with uncertainty" and how to notice the early signs of Burnout.

For more info on Liz Fosslien go here: https://www.fosslien.com

For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link

and to get the takeaways for this episode please visit: http://www.jenkirkman.com/anxietybitespodcast

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Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

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Jen talks to acclaimed Professor of Neural Science, Joseph LeDoux about how memory shapes our emotions, the limitations of anxiety medication, why people are not getting it right when they call the amygdala the "fear center", and Joseph talks about his band The Amygdaloids.

Joseph LeDoux has been working on the link between emotion, memory, and the brain since the 1990s. He's credited with putting the amygdala in the spotlight and making this previously esoteric subcortical brain region a household term.

LeDoux founded the Emotional Brain Institute (EBI). He’s also a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Langone Medical Center.

For more information on Joseph LeDoux and his books go here: https://joseph-ledoux.com

and to check out Joseph's band The Amygdaloids go here: http://www.amygdaloids.com/music/

For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link

and to get the takeaways for this episode please visit: http://www.jenkirkman.com/anxietybitespodcast

To send an email to the show write to anxietybitesweekly at gmail dot com.

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Jen talks to psychiatrist Ken Howard - founder of Gay Therapy LA about his thirty years in working with gay men and their mental health.

Ken talks about how to cope with "birthday anxiety", and he illuminates the different therapy approaches he uses with patients from working on trauma, or using a positive psychology coaching approach, or some good old fashioned cognitive behavioral therapy around anxiety in all stages of life.

To find out more about Ken's podcast, public speaking, and his life's work go here: https://gaytherapyla.com/biography-of-ken-howard-lcsw/

For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link

and to get the takeaways for this episode please visit: http://www.jenkirkman.com/anxietybitespodcast

To send an email to the show write to anxietybitesweekly at gmail dot com.

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Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

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Jen talks to Jason Kander, President of the National Expansion at Veterans Community Project. Jason's new memoir is out now, "Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD."

100% of Jason's royalties from the book goes to fighten vetern suicide and homelessness through the Veterans Community Project.

Get the book here: https://bookshop.org/books/invisible-storm-a-soldier-s-memoir-of-politics-and-ptsd-9780358674313/9780358658962

Jen and Jason talk about the symptoms of PTSD that may not seem obvious or typical, how untreated PTSD can lead to suicidal thoughts, depression, and a disruption in work and family life, and how he has found peace with the notion that we can't control 97% of life.

To check out Jason's podcast "Majority 54" go here: https://www.wondermedianetwork.com/originals/majority-54

and for more information on Jason go here: https://www.jasonkander.com/#page-0

For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link

and to get the takeaways for this episode please visit: http://www.jenkirkman.com/anxietybitespodcast

To send an email to the show write to anxietybitesweekly at gmail dot com.

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In the second part of the Vagus Nerve series, Jen talks to Deb Dana, LCSW, author & and one of the founders of the Polyvagal Institute about how everyone - even people without anxiety, need to learn how to regulate their nervous systems for better relationships in all area of life, what is polyvagal theory and how it plays into our daily life, and why certain people annoy us.

For more information on Deb Dana go to: https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/about-deb

and for her latest book "Anchored: How To Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory" go here: https://bookshop.org/books/anchored-how-to-befriend-your-nervous-system-using-polyvagal-theory/9781683647065

For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link

and to get the takeaways for this episode please visit: http://www.jenkirkman.com/anxietybitespodcast

To send an email to the show write to anxietybitesweekly at gmail dot com.

Follow Jen on Twitter @jenkirkman or Instagram @jenkirkman

Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway.

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