Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-06-07
Books mentioned on How To Fix Your Brain’s Addiction To Anxiety & Worry - Dr Russell Kennedy - #951
Dr. Russell Kennedy is a neuroscientist specializing in anxiety treatment, physician, and an author.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Body Keeps the Score
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk is a comprehensive exploration of how psychological trauma physically alters the brain and body, offering pathways to recovery through modern therapeutic practices.
Discussed“So the short version is you had a trauma that's too much for you to bear as a child. It got pushed into your unconscious mind and because the body is a representation of the unconscious mind, the body keeps the score and that trauma gets stored in your body”
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How Emotions Are Made
Lisa Feldman Barrett's How Emotions Are Made is a groundbreaking popular science book that challenges traditional views of psychology by arguing that emotions are not universally hardwired into the brain, but are instead constructed by concepts and context.
Discussed“Then Lisa Felman Barrett wrote this this great book called How Emotions Are Made. And in that book, she says, "The more emotion words you know, the more emotionally literate you are and the more balanced your your your psyche is."”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Anxiety Rx
“So, that new book came out in September 17th. So, Anxiety RX um sold over 100,000 copies so far, which is pretty happy about that. um highest rated anxiety book on Amazon.com as far as I know when I checked about a month ago.”