Also, I couldn't get past his endless reference to LSD (and other mind altering drugs) as the key to his personal anxiety cure. One of the most beautiful parts of this masterpiece is the way Doctor Russell Kennedy let's us into his personal life, so absolutely moving, his candour is appreciated and his tenacity is truly inspirational, not to mention I laughed so much throughout the read too, pure comedy gold!

Initially, I was excited to hear an “alternative” perspective on anxiety as a mental health professional who leads an anxiety coping skills group for college students. I am a trauma informed somatic psychotherapist, I have read this book repeatedly and felt compelled to push others to read this also, simply out of sheer compassion and love for my fellow humans!For Russell, healing starts by finding out where anxiety lives inside your body and during our conversation, Russell walks you through how exactly you can start doing that.

It’s going to take me endless times to reread highlights or certain chapters to help get out of the “alarm grooves. That source is in a place most doctors and psychologists fail to explore, and that oversight is why the positive effects of most anxiety therapies tend to wear off over time.

But we don't have to do LSD, because we can just take his word for it that what was revealed to him is applicable to us. The bottom line is that some people may enjoy his personal musings, and he certainly makes some very interesting points that you won’t read elsewhere. All in all, if you struggle with anxiety, I think you will probably benefit from reading this, as I have, but be prepared for a long read and a lot of eye rolling along the way. Nicole LePera, PhD,The Holistic Psychologist On February 8, 2013, I was a highly anxious and burned-out fifty-two-year-old physician. I often say my mother was neurotic and my father was psychotic, so my psyche didn’t stand much of a chance!

Kennedy’s personal anecdotes about his psychotic father and meditative/drug-related experiences are interesting at first, by the 100th chapter (yes, there are that many chapters) I felt like I was seeing things over and over again. Russell Kennedy, MD + Anxiety/Neuroscience Expert on Instagram: "In my book ANXIETY RX I talk extensively about the need to slowly learn how to release and abandon thinking of the mind by redirecting your conscious energy into feeling in the body. for the first time that space I craved and taught as a yoga teacher, and a highly practiced Breathwork and mediator since my teens, I realize is the space between my thoughts and my feelings and how I can meet myself there with a choice. My own mental health wasn’t the best I started with panic attacks as a teenager, and was sexually abused numerous times as a small child. And also representations on what is take to build trust and build faith for ourselves so we can reintegrate our bodies and our minds and minimise our reactions and create space for responses.This book is a welcome departure from the trove of others I've read that seem to be full of anecdotes of healing or recovery but never quite zero in on the "how" I could take and apply in my own life. This book has helped me see everything I needed to understand these feelings and gain a deeper understanding of myself. My mother did her best to love and take care of my brother and me, but she had her own issue with chronic anxiety.