178: Body: How to Manage Anxiety Easily from Home with Dr. Katie Thomson Aitken

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s guest, Dr. Katie Thomson Aitken, is a Naturopathic Doctor who focuses almost exclusively on the management of anxiety. This notion of anxiety is not only something that is completely relevant (considering everything going on in the world right now), but it’s also, in particular, extremely topical within the entrepreneurial population as it is one of the most pervasive symptoms that we encounter! Seriously, it doesn’t matter whether you’re starting your own business, scaling, or thinking about leaving your job; anxiety is something that will impact us to varying degrees at all kinds of different points in our life.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Katie does a seriously fabulous job in today’s episode with breaking down some of the simple things that we can do to reduce anxiety in our lives! She shares how we can maximize our habits so that we get more days spent in a calm state rather than in an anxious one, the five foundational pieces that we can put in place in order to make leaps and bounds in overcoming our anxiety, and also addresses the topic of remedying anxiety with vs. without medication.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you want to know how anxiety shows up in the body, what causes it, and what we can do as individuals in our own life to have less anxious days</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">be sure to stay tuned in!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[1:16] About today’s episode with Dr. Katie Thomson Aitken!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[2:43] Welcoming Dr. Katie Thomson Aitken to the podcast.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[4:30] Katie provides a background on who she is, how she came to be a naturopathic doctor, and why she became so passionate about educating about anxiety.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[6:54] Katie defines what anxiety is.</span></p> <p><