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The Anxiety Summit – How to Heal Anxiety with Nature and the Body, not just with the Mind

April 30, 2015 By Trudy Scott 6 Comments

 

Dr. Eva Selhub MD, author of Your Health Destiny and Your Brain on Nature, is interviewed by host of the Anxiety Summit, Trudy Scott, Food Mood Expert and Nutritionist, author of The Antianxiety Food Solution.

How to Heal Anxiety with Nature and the Body, not just with the Mind

  • Why the “the body whispers before it screams”
  • What stress has to do with anxiety
  • Mind/body interventions and why they help
  • Why nature is so important for reducing anxiety and even improving cognition
  • What love has to do with any of this
  • The role of our genes in anxiety and depression
  • Why sleep is so important?

 

Here are some gems from our interview:

Listen to your body’s whispers before they become screams

We are always looking for a state of balance or relief

We develop coping skills to manage bad feelings

Adaptive coping: we’re hungry so we eat

Maladaptive coping: we’re anxious so we eat

Oxytocin, the trust molecule, is necessary for survival of the species

Here is my oxytocin blog I mentioned: Oxytocin and social anxiety, pyroluria and depression?

We know that low serotonin can cause anxiety, worry and depression and research shows there are interactions between oxytocin and serotonin levels.

I loved the discussion about getting out in nature. This 2011 study titled: Effect of forest environments on human natural killer (NK) activity found that visiting forest parks found:

enhanced human natural killer (NK) activity, increased anti-cancer proteins, such as perforin, granzymes A and B, and granulysin in NK cells, and reduced the level of stress hormones in both male and female subjects

this effect lasted for more than 30 days after the trips, suggesting that visiting a forest park once a month is beneficial

Here is another paper we mentioned: Is love of nature in the US becoming love of electronic media? 16-year downtrend in national park visits explained by watching movies, playing video games, internet use, and oil prices.

This advice was smart: if you’re working and can’t out in nature, get a plant for your office or use a tool like Calm.com, a very cool online tool I recently discovered.  It’s not nature but may help until you can get into nature.  You can pick what nature scene you like and then pick the meditation duration.  I love it!

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Here are the books we mentioned:

Your Brain on Nature: The Science of Nature’s Influence on Your Health, Happiness and Vitality (with Alan Logan)

eva selhub your brain on nature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Love Response: Your Prescription to Turn Off Fear, Anger, and Anxiety to Achieve Vibrant Health and Transform Your Life

 eva selhub the love response

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Health Destiny: How to Unlock Your Natural Ability to Overcome Illness, Feel Better, and Live Longer

eva selhub your health destiny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get sample preview chapters from Your Health Destiny 

If you are not already registered for the Anxiety Summit you can get live access to the speakers of the day here: www.theAnxietySummit.com

Missed this interview or can’t listen live? Or want this and the other great interviews for your learning library? Purchase the MP3s or MP3s + transcripts and listen when it suits you.

You can find your purchasing options here: Anxiety Summit Season 1, Anxiety Summit Season 2, and Anxiety Summit Season 3.

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Filed Under: Antianxiety, The Anxiety Summit 3 Tagged With: calm, Eva Selhub, nature, oxytocin, the anxiety summit, The Love Response, Trudy Scott, Your Brain on Nature, Your Health Destiny

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About Trudy Scott

Food Mood Expert Trudy Scott is a certified nutritionist on a mission to educate and empower anxious individuals worldwide about natural solutions for anxiety, stress and emotional eating.

Trudy is the author of The Antianxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Can Help You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve Your Mood and End Cravings and host of The Anxiety Summit now in its 4th season and called a “bouquet of hope.”

Trudy is passionate about sharing the powerful food mood connection because she experienced the results first-hand, finding complete resolution of her anxiety and panic attacks.

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  1. AvatarElaine Abrams says

    May 11, 2015 at 10:44 am

    Thank you so much for a talk that really spoke to me.
    I’m finally at the point where I can ‘hear’ what was said.

    Could you please send me the name of the nature walk
    group in MA? It has a Japanese title.

    Thank you again,
    Elaine

    Reply
    • AvatarTrudy Scott says

      May 11, 2015 at 12:19 pm

      Wonderful Elaine!

      I’ll have Eva come and comment so we get it right

      Reply
  2. AvatarDenise Wade Ph.D. says

    May 12, 2015 at 4:57 am

    Great Talk Trudy between you and Dr Eva.You mentioned low levels of zinc can affect your sense of smell.

    I am completing a study now on the connection between women using birth control pills with a higher rate of divorce.

    What we are finding is “the pill” tends to deplete the mineral zinc, which is necessary for a woman to identify a good hormonal match.

    Smell is a primal instinct for detecting phermones.

    The majority of I.D. Markers, that she requires for strengthening immune system of her future offspring, is unconsciously filtered through the Olfactory senses within the first couple of seconds upon meeting a man.

    Thanks for a great summit!

    Reply
    • AvatarTrudy Scott says

      May 12, 2015 at 10:33 am

      Denise
      So glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for sharing – your study sounds so interesting and the smell phermones connection is fascinating! I’d love to learn more.

      I’m not sure what you mean by I.D. Markers – could you please explain?
      Trudy

      Reply
  3. AvatarMaryLiz Schoenfeld says

    May 12, 2015 at 8:58 am

    Trudy, thank you thank you THANK YOU for this summit. I am learning so much more than I ever expected. This is the first time I am attending the Anxiety Summit. I learned about you from Susan Albers.

    And Dr. Selhub, you are blowing my mind! What you are saying makes makes so much sense, yet you explain it in a non-technical way.

    Excellent work, both of you.

    Reply
    • AvatarTrudy Scott says

      May 12, 2015 at 10:20 am

      MaryLiz
      I’m so pleased you’re enjoying it! and will make sure Dr Selhub sees this too!
      Enjoy the rest if it
      Trudy

      Reply

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