The Anxiety Lab

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 audio” on the iPhone App Store. Recent press in Tricycle Magazine: https://tricycle.org/article/landed-app-update/ Get in touch with me at [email protected] or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly.

Drew Dowdy enters the Anxiety Lab! Drew is a comedian and writer (Flatbush Misdemeanors on Showtime) and one of my favorite people.  We discuss looking at yourself in your mirror, overthinking, finding compassion for parents, psychedelics, racism, Miles Davis petting his horse, how getting his comedy dream job affected his happiness, how “everything is simplicity” and so much more!   You can find Drew on IG, drewdowdy.  As mentioned my free social gratitude app is landedapp.net, or search “landed mindful audio” on the iPhone App Store. Recent press in Tricycle Magazine: https://tricycle.org/article/landed-app-update/ Get in touch with me at [email protected] or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly.

Such a fun and silly yet deep episode. My first with two guests! I’m joined by comedians Katie Hannigan (Colbert, Corden) and Sarah Tollemache (Colbert, Comedy Central), who host the Lady Journey podcast. We discuss maladaptive daydreaming and the ridiculous fantasies that shape our desires (and make us suffer!), the freedom found in quitting, unconsciously dividing people into winners and losers, mental health days, not meditating, the pressures of a “success mindset,” googling old classmates, and so much more!  You can find Katie at https://www.katiehannigan.com/ and her IG is katiehanniganforever. Sarah is at https://www.sarahtcomedy.com/ and her IG is stollemache. Their hilarious podcast, Lady Journey, is available on all platforms.  As mentioned my free social gratitude app is landedapp.net, or search “landed mindful audio” on the iPhone App Store. Recent press in Tricycle Magazine: https://tricycle.org/article/landed-app-update/ Get in touch with me at [email protected] or IG @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly.

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 Store. Recent press in Tricycle Magazine: https://tricycle.org/article/landed-app-update/ Get in touch with me at [email protected] or on Instagram @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Thanks for being here. 

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 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 his great books) at http://www.authormarkvanburen.com/ and his IG is authormarkvanburen   As mentioned my free social gratitude app is landedapp.net.    You can also get in touch with me at [email protected] or on IG @sagarbot. Music by Niall Connolly. Also, here’s MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/anxiety-lab.