Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Stephanie overwhelmed her therapist. Then she found the weight room. Dr. Russell Kennedy explains why lifting, walking, and moving your body creates a state change that actually interrupts the anxiety cycle — and what "sensation without explanation" has to do with it.

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