311: How to Overcome Negative Self-Talk, Negative Beliefs and Addiction with Brian Pennie

The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant · Apr 21, 2022 · 1h

When Brian Pennie was just a few weeks old, a medical condition nearly killed him, and the surgery the doctors performed to save his life was done without anesthesia, a common practice for young infants at the time (based on the faulty belief that infants couldn't feel pain). Though Brian doesn't consciously remember the surgery, his body remembered, and this early childhood trauma would define how he approached the world for the next several decades of his life.

From this experience, he learned that the world was a painful, dangerous place, and he developed anxiety at a very young age. When…