Anxiety Bites

Performing, Panic, & Perseverance

Jen talks to retired actor, Lisa Jakub, who is now an author and mental wellness advocate. Jen finds a kindred spirit in Lisa as someone who gets super HAPPY talking about their panic attacks. Lisa tells all about what it was like to walk away from acting after having been in movies like Mrs. Doubtfire and Independence Day and walk into the unkonwn and eventually into a career where she helps others who have anxiety, panic, and even helps war veterans with PTSD.Show notes:Find Lisa Jakub at <a href="https://hellolisajakub.com/">https://hellolisajakub.com</a>Her latest book is: "Not Just Me: Anxiety, Depression and Learning to Embrace Your Weird" available here: <a href="https://hellolisajakub.com/not-just-me">https://hellolisajakub.com/not-just-me</a> and her podcast titled "Embrace Your Weird" can be found here: <a href="https://hellolisajakub.com/podcast">https://hellolisajakub.com/podcast</a>Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Comedian Jen Kirkman who has had life-long Panic and Generalized Anxiety Disorder brings her life-lessons, humor, and hope to a show that’s about normalizing having anxiety so that we go from whispering dramatically, “I have anxiety” to saying out loud with a shrug, “Yeah, I have anxiety.” Jen will interview experts with anxiety be they PhD’s, creatives, or spiritual gurus for advice on how to self-diagnose, begin to treat, and how to live easily with everyday anxiety and panic – and at the very least – giving an interesting, relatable, calming listen.