Anxiety Rx

Russell Kennedy

I am an anxious doctor. Or at least I WAS an anxious doctor. After literally decades of suffering from intractable anxiety, and seeing over 50 different types of healers I found my way to heal my anxiety through very unconventional (for a medical doctor at least) means.

In 2013 I was so anxious I considered suicide and a friend suggested I try LSD, and although that scared the crap out of me it showed me the path to healing. You don't have to do LSD to heal, I took it for you! I'm a medical doctor, neuroscientist and intuitive. (I know, common combination!)

I found my way out and it is counterintuitive and very non conventional (but not scary!).

I will show you the way out too, you just have to listen to me, dammit!

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#136
Oct 6, 2025 · 22 min
136: Why Thinking Can't Heal Your Anxiety
What if worrying is just your mind’s way of trying to stop you from worrying?In this episode, I pull apart the myth that positive thinking can cure anxiety. The alarm in the body and the worries in the mind feed each other in a loop that never en...
#135
Sep 29, 2025 · 25 min
135: How Money Triggers Anxiety & What You Need to Chase Instead
What if the real scam isn’t the robocall, but the idea that your worth is measured in dollars?In this episode, the lie that money can replace human connection takes center stage. A medical system built on billing codes pushed me to trade care fo...
#134
Sep 22, 2025 · 19 min
134: How Highly Sensitive People Can Heal Anxiety
What if being “too sensitive” isn’t a flaw but the hidden root of your anxiety?In this episode, I unpack what it really means to be a highly sensitive person and why that trait so often shows up alongside chronic anxiety. I walk through Dr. Elaine ...
#133
Sep 15, 2025 · 25 min
133: Why These Popular Hacks Won't Heal Your Anxiety
Ever pushed yourself to eat clean and work out, hoping it would calm your anxiety, only to feel even worse? Here’s why it happens…In this episode, I dig into why gut health, exercise, and diets, while helpful, aren’t the cure for chronic anxiety. T...
#132
Sep 8, 2025 · 23 min
132: What Burnout Really Is & How to Prevent It
What if burnout isn’t failure, but your body’s protective shutdown?In this episode, I open up about burning out as a doctor and why it went far beyond just being tired. Burnout showed up as a split between my mind pushing forward and the younger ...
#131
Sep 1, 2025 · 23 min
131: 5 Things That Are Preventing You From Healing Anxiety
What if the very things that feel like they’re protecting you are actually keeping you stuck?In this episode, I break down the five unconscious strategies that block healing from anxiety. I call it MADDS: medication, addiction, distraction, dissoci...
#130
Aug 25, 2025 · 19 min
130: Why Anxious People Can't Manifest Their Dream Life (And How To Fix It)
Why does manifestation backfire when you need it most?In this episode, I look at why affirmations and vision boards don’t land when your body is stuck in protection and alarm. That state makes it almost impossible to think positively, no matter how...
#129
Aug 18, 2025 · 22 min
129: The Reasons Why Everyone Feels More Anxious Nowadays
In this episode, I cover why chaos feels so familiar and why we keep getting pulled into it even when it makes us anxious.Today’s uncertainty from news, politics, money issues, AI, and climate change mirror the unpredictability many of us grew up...
#128
Aug 11, 2025 · 22 min
128: The Truth About Anxiety TikTok Trends
In this episode, I unpack why your TikTok anxiety hacks might actually be keeping you stuck.I get into the good, the bad, and the harmful when it comes to viral mental health content, like anxiety dance trends, “cortisol cocktails,” and trauma con...
#127
Aug 4, 2025 · 28 min
127: Do NOT Follow This "Advice" To Reduce Anxiety
What if someone can make you feel something, and the real problem is pretending they can’t?In this episode, I talk about a phrase I used to hear all the time: “Nobody can make you feel anything.” I break down why I no longer believe that’s true, an...
Jul 21, 2025 · 22 min
126. How Can We Overcome The Fear of Connection In Social Anxiety?
Welcome back! In today’s episode of Anxiety Rx, we’re diving into the real root of social anxiety…and spoiler alert: it’s not just about being shy at parties. Social anxiety is often misunderstood as a surface-level fear of people, but it runs muc...
Jul 14, 2025 · 19 min
125. Panic Attacks Explained: The Collision of Two Alarms and How to Break Free
Hello everyone! You’ve probably heard me talk about alarm - that raw, uncomfortable sensation in the body that actually drives anxiety. But in this episode, I break it down further into two distinct types: foreground alarm and background alarm. Fo...
Jul 7, 2025 · 28 min
124. Cultivating Faith: Your Secret Weapon Against Anxiety and Worry
Hello everyone! In this episode of the Anxiety Rx podcast, I talk about something we cannot heal anxiety without: faith. Not necessarily religious faith (unless that’s your thing) - I mean the kind of faith that says, I can handle what’s coming. I...
Jun 30, 2025 · 19 min
123. Exposing Ninja Worries: Embracing the Unknown to Find Freedom
Welcome back everyone! In this episode, I dive into the sneaky nature of worry—how it masquerades as a helpful strategy when really, it’s just our nervous system trying to avoid the discomfort of uncertainty. Worry gives us the illusion of control...
Jun 23, 2025 · 21 min
122. Unmasking the Ego Dragon: When Worry Pretends to Be Safety
Hey Everyone! In this episode, I pull back the curtain on the real driver of anxiety: the overprotective, fire-breathing ego dragon we forged in childhood. We talk a lot about anxiety being in the mind—but it’s not. It’s a body-based response, roo...
Jun 16, 2025 · 31 min
121. My Story: A Doctor's Personal Journey Through Trauma and Healing
Welcome back! In this episode, I take you behind the scenes of my own anxiety story—from growing up with a father who had schizophrenia, to nearly losing myself during medical school, and finally (after many failed attempts) learning how to actual...
Jun 9, 2025 · 18 min
120. The Hidden Power of Healthy Anger: Transforming Immobility into Action
Hey Everyone! In this episode, I dive into something I know far too well—that frozen, stuck, can't-move-no-matter-how-hard-you-try feeling that so often comes with anxiety. It’s not just in your head—it’s in trapped in your nervous system. Tha...
Jun 2, 2025 · 27 min
119. Reclaiming Your Power: How Awareness Can Change Your Relationship with Anxiety
Welcome back, everyone! In this episode, I dig into the sneaky link between anxiety and victim mentality—and how we often don’t even realize we’re caught in that loop. If you’ve ever felt stuck in your worries or like life is just happening to you...
May 26, 2025 · 55 min
118. Breaking the Achievement Trap: Finding Fulfillment Beyond Success
Welcome back, everyone! In this episode, I sit down with psychiatrist Dr. Dimitrios Tsatiris to unpack a spicy little tangle many of us know all too well: anxiety and achievement. We dive into how our culture’s obsession with success can quietly...
May 5, 2025 · 48 min
117. Can Psychedelics Help Us Confront Anxiety and Trauma?
Hello Everyone! We're kicking off Mental Health Month with a mind-expanding episode of the Anxiety Rx podcast—literally! I sat down with the insightful Julie Hagen to dive into the fascinating world of psychedelics, healing, and personal transform...

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