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Apr 2025
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Ep. 261 – Anxiety Series: Jenny Taitz

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About this episode

For episode 261, Dr. Jenny Taitz returns to the Metta Hour for our Anxiety Series. 

Jenny is a clinical psychologist and an assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles. She completed her fellowship in psychology at Yale University School of Medicine and achieved board certifications in cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. In addition to treating clients in her private therapy practice, LA CBT DBT, she is the author of How to Be Single and Happy and End Emotional Eating. Her new book, Stress Resets: How to Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes, is now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats. 

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In this episode, Sharon and Jenny discuss:

  • Jenny’s approach to anxiety
  • Emotions are contagious
  • The superpower of emotional regulation
  • Cultivating an inner life
  • Three-point check-in
  • How to break-up with overthinking
  • Getting grounding
  • Cognitive diffusion
  • Naming your inner critic
  • Sitting with uncertainty
  • Building a hope kit
  • Box-breathing
  • Lovingkindness 
  • Doing good deeds
  • Examining assumptions
  • Surfing emotional urges

Sharon closes with a hypothetical situation about anxiety which Jenny advises on. You can learn more about Jenny’s work and get a copy of her book, Stress Resets, on her website.

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