Nimesh Patel enters the Anxiety Lab! Nimesh is a comedian (Tonight Show, Seth Meyers) and is currently enjoying massive success. We discuss how he keeps his head amidst a busy travel schedule, high stakes, healthy vs unhealthy competition, working hard and getting better while maintaining mental health, hinduism, parental pressure, and so much more! You can find Nimesh at https://findingnimesh.com/ on IG findingnimesh.  SAAFC (South Asian Americans for Change) is at https://www.saaforchange.org/.  As mentioned, my free social gratitude app is landedapp.net, or search “landed mindful ..read more

So happy to be back in The Anxiety Lab with you! Today I talk to meditation teacher Pascal Auclair. We discuss the practice of literally slowing down, being “absolutely no one,” the fascinating nature of ever-changing mind states, working with craving and desire, changing our relationship to pleasant vs unpleasant experiences, how being HIV positive changed his relationship to happiness, and so much more!   You can find Pascal (and his beautiful teachings!) at pascalauclair.com As mentioned my free social gratitude app is landedapp.net, or search “landed mindful audio” on the iPhone App S ..read more

Author and meditation teacher Mark Van Buren enters the Anxiety Lab! Mark leads meditation workshops, silent retreats, and corporate wellness classes. He offers simple tools and practices that can reduce stress, help with anxiety and depression, manage pain, and transform the many difficult aspects of life.  We talked about day-to-day integration of the teachings, the important impact of meditation, the the annoying-ness of being told our awakened heart is “already there,” our subconscious sense of entitlement, opening up to our shared suffering, and so much more! You can find Mark (and h ..read more

Comedian and writer Ashley Brooke Roberts enters the Anxiety Lab! Ashley is brilliant and had plenty to offer about Anxiety. We talk about FOMO, having conflicting desires, finding that “true” inner voice/desire, clinging to selves, status anxiety, how we think that anything worthwhile should be difficult, gratitude, self-care, and so much more.   Check out Ashley at  https://www.ashleybrookeroberts.com/ and ashley_brooke_roberts on IG and Ashleybrookeroberts on her amazing TikTok As mentioned my free social gratitude app is landedapp.net.  You can also get in touch at theanxiet ..read more

One of my favorite musicians Matt Sucich enters the Anxiety Lab! Matt is an NYC-based singer-songwriter who has played all kinds of places including Bonnaroo, Willie Nelson’s Heartbreaker Banquet, Firefly, and Newport Folk Fest. One review said his latest album, Don't Be So Hard On Yourself, "feels like a good, honest talk with a close friend after a tough year." Matt was awesome and got incredibly vulnerable. We discuss intentional slowing down vs. laziness, health/unhealthy daydreaming and rockstar fantasies, expectations, being hard on yourself, embracing mistakes, how he defines connecting ..read more

Liz Moore (NYT bestselling author of Long Bright River, The Unseen World, Heft) gets out of her pre-written comfort zone and opens up about her anxiety. Whether you’re familiar with her work or not, this episode is a treat. We discuss the self-consciousness of taking up space to talk about one’s anxiety, the pressure of expectations, forming our artistic identity through adolescence, parenting, forming identities from creative succeses/failures, perfectionism vs. a deep dedication to the craft, and SO much more. You can find Liz at lizmoore.net, and her books are available everywhere.  As ..read more

Dr. Jud Brewer (neuroscientist, NYT bestselling author, Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, executive medical director at Sharecare Inc.) brings so much wisdom to the Anxiety Lab. He shares his breakthrough approach to tackling anxiety using mindfulness. We talk about treating anxiety like a habit, a better way to change behavior than “I should,” mindful eating, having imaginary conversations with people in our heads, and not being able to stop worrying about something stupid even when we know it’s something stupid. We also get pretty granular about pl ..read more

The Anxiety Lab is back! Season 2 starts with Aparna Nancherla (Netflix, Colbert, The Great North). We discuss defining ourselves through the eyes of others, the creative process, other people’s expectations, being an outsiders/observer, procrastination, being a performer as a defense mechanism vs as a process of healing and SO much more. You can find Aparna on IG and Twitter as aparnapkin.  Sagar’s new mindful social media app: landedapp.net.  Get in touch at theanxietylab@gmail.com or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Also, here’s MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores ..read more

Season 1 concludes with same guest we started with, Kimberly Brown. Kimberly and I discuss gratitude, generosity (and working with putting pressure on ourselves to give), fear of the mundane, being present to all joys and sorrows of life, and much more. Kimberly is amazing, and you can find her at meditationwithheart.com. Her book Steady, Calm and Brave is available on Amazon. As always, feel free to get in touch at theanxietylab@gmail.com or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Also, here’s MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/anxiety-lab ..read more

Decision anxiety with therapist Jesse Giunta Rafeh! Jesse and I talk about my favorite type of anxiety, big and small decisions, along with lots of other things like needs for approval, anxiety serving an evolutionary purpose, and EMDR. At one point Jesse coaches me through some real time anxiety. You can find Jesse at www.jesse-giunta-rafeh.com, and her book, Life Launch, is available on Amazon.   As always, feel free to get in touch at theanxietylab@gmail.com or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Also, here’s MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/anxiety-lab ..read more