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Mar 2023
51m 58s

The Root Cause Of Anxiety

Russell Kennedy
About this episode

This episode, is the most practical and emotionally vulnerable episode of the ANXIETY Rx PODCAST so far. 

In this episode, I talk about the root cause of anxiety being a separation of your adult self from your child self and the practice I do every morning of listening to Peter Gabriel's "IN YOUR EYES" because the words are about creating a connection with his younger self.

I drill down to the meaning of the lyrics in relation to the art and science of healing your anxiety and alarm so you can understand create your own healing...

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PS. I’m giving away a FREE chapter of my book. Click HERE to download it.

 

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