The Anatomy of Anxiety - Understanding and Overcoming the Body's Fear Response | How To Academy

Tue, 29 March 2022

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm GMT

The Anatomy of Anxiety – Understanding and Overcoming the Body’s Fear Response

Dr Ellen Vora In Conversation With David Malone

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Anxiety. It’s all in your head, right? Wrong. Functional medicine psychiatrist Dr Ellen Vora joins us with a ground-breaking approach to understanding and managing anxiety.

Backed by the latest scientific research and her own clinical work, this livestream event with Dr Ellen Vora will offer a fresh, much needed look at mental health, offering actionable strategies for managing our moods.

Dr Vora will challenge the conventional view of anxiety as a mental disorder, suggesting instead that much of what we call anxiety begins in the body. Rather than our troubled thoughts creating physical symptoms, she argues that many types of anxiety are the result of states of imbalance in our bodies, whether blood sugar crashes, caffeine highs or sleep deprivation.

Her clinical observation shows this type of anxiety is far more preventable than we may realise, responding almost immediately to straightforward adjustments to diet and lifestyle. And other forms of anxiety, when listened to and honoured instead of suppressed, can be seen as a course correction to help nudge us back to a more balanced life.

With relevance to a wide range of contemporary health issues, from nutrition to burnout, sleep to workaholism, this event will help you to reframe your relationship with anxiety, creating a more joyful and fulfilled life.

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Ellen Vora

Psychiatrist

Ellen Vora, MD, received her B.A. from Yale University, graduated from Columbia University medical school, and is a board-certified psychiatrist, acupuncturist, and yoga teacher, specialising in depression, anxiety, insomnia, women’s mental health, adult ADHD, bipolar, autoimmunity and digestive issues. She lives in New York City with her partner and daughter.

David Malone

Award-winning Science Filmmaker

David Malone is a filmmaker and TV presenter whose documentaries include Testing God, Soul Searching (both Channel 4), Dangerous Knowledge and The Secret Life of Waves (both BBC). He is the author of The Debt Generation.