Anxiety Is Not a Mind Problem, It's a Body Problem

Dr. Russell Kennedy grew up watching his father, who had schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, deteriorate into psychiatric crisis, and spent decades trying to outrun the same fate. In this raw and wide-ranging conversation, the physician, neuroscientist, and former stand-up comedian shares how an LSD trip in 2013 cracked open what years of cognitive therapy couldn't: that anxiety lives in the body, not the mind. From a moment of accidental enlightenment on a rooftop in India to nearly losing himself when he left medicine, Dr. Kennedy walks us through his framework for healing, reconnecting with your younger self, breaking the alarm-worry cycle, and learning to sit with uncertainty through faith rather than force. Whether you're a healthcare worker running on empty or someone who's tried every coping strategy in the book, this episode offers a genuinely different way in.