Anxiety Book Club

Episode 56 -- Talking Out of Network Benefits with Sanjana Sathya

In this episode, I speak with with Sanjana Sathya, co-founder of Thrizer, a platform for therapists and their clients to help them use out-of-network benefits to pay clinicians who don't take their insurance
 
https://www.thrizer.com/

Episode 55 - IFS Comics (Again!) with Sacha Mardou

Mardou has a new book, and we discuss its contents. Find more about mardou at ifscomics.com or order the book at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714479/past-tense-by-sacha-mardou/

Episode 54 - Give Me Space But Don't Go Far with Haley Weaver

I talk with my guest Haley Weaver about her illustrated memoir, Give Me Space But Don't Go Far: My Unlikely Friendship with Anxiety. We talk about anxiety, coping mechanisms, family, sports, moving across country, drinking culture, and how swimming and drawing can be soothing. You can find Haley on instagram or substack.  Also mentioned in the episode:
National Alliance on Mental Illness
The Opal app for limiting app usage

Episode 53 - Mental Health Innovation with Steve Duke

Mental Health Innovation: Unpacking the Business of Mental Health Tech with Steve Duke
 
In this episode of the Anxiety Book Club, host Josh Malina talks with Steve Duke, founder of the Hemingway Group and author of the weekly substack, the Hemingway Report. They delve into the complexities of scaling mental health innovations, the importance of business strategy for mental health startups, and why some promising companies fail. Steve shares insights from his personal journey with OCD, the role of brand in mental health, and the latest trends in mental health technology and innovation.
 
Find Steve on LinkedIn here and check out his substack here.

Episode 52 - Polyvagal Theory with Stephen Porges

Did you know that you have a nerve that runs from your brain stem to nearly all of your organs, that helps you shift from fight to flight, to freeze? Well, my guest this month, Dr. Stephen Porges, originator of the Polyvagal Theory, certainly does. Together we discuss the importance of this nerve in your mental health, or ill-health, and how autonomic nerve system regulation undergirds much of the way we feel. 
 
https://a.co/d/fXjacXM

Episode 51 - Getting Mental with Anson Whitmer

In Episode 51, I speak with Anson Whitmer, co-founder of the men’s mental health app, Mental. We talk about Anson’s graduate research, depression in men, mental health culture, how the mental health app can provide a comfortable space for men, the multitude of things that effect mental health, what bonding looks like in men, the usefulness of cold water, Anson’s personal interest in mental health, rates of suicide in men, the future of AI coaching, the AI infrastructure of Mental’s coaching models, and more.
 
https://www.getmental.com/

Episode 50 - Your Heart Was Made For This with Oren Jay Sofer

In this episode of the podcast, I chat with Oren Jay Sofer about his brand new book, Your Heart Was Made For This. Oren is a teacher of buddhist mindfulness and author of the previously featured Say What You Mean, which appeared on the podcast as Episode 23. In this episode, we discuss:
Oren’s motivation for writing the book
The external expression of the dharma
The benefits and skill of renunciation
How equanimity is not about managing expectations, but instead about being more fully with reality, i.e. enthusiasm is not in conflict with equanimity 
The merits of marrying equanimity with beginners mind
How formal practice creates opportunities in the present moment
The value of ritual according to the buddha 
Judaism and relationship to the sacred
 
https://www.orenjaysofer.com/
https://a.co/d/drecH1G

Episode 49 - A Life in Light with Mary Pipher

In this episode, I am joined by therapist, author, and professor Mary Pipher to discuss her memoir, A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence. We discuss her early childhood, participation in activism during the Vietnam War, her tenure as a therapist, her relationship with nature, light and grace, her focus on her family and, more recently, on non-attachment.
https://a.co/d/gpozZHG