#530. Your Anxiety Questions, Answered | Judson Brewer
The subject of anxiety never seems to lose its relevance. In this special episode we answer listener voicemails with one of the world’s leading experts on anxiety.
Dr. Jud Brewer is the Chief Medical Officer at Sharecare and the Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center. He is also the New York Times best-selling author of Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind and an expert in the field of habit change and the science of self-mastery.
In this episode we talk about:
- The current levels of anxiety in our culture
- Why fear and planning can be helpful, but worrying is not
- The role of curiosity and kindness in short circuiting anxiety
- How to differentiate between anxiety and excitement
- Whether we can try too hard to treat our anxiety
- And why as a society we are moving away from distress tolerance
Where to find Judson Brewer online:
Website: https://drjud.com/
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Other Resources Mentioned:
- Sharecare
- TPH: #360 Self-Compassion Ain’t Always Soft | Kristin Neff
- TPH: #310 The Scientific Case for Self-Compassion | Chris Germer
- TPH: #365 The Voice in Your Head | Ethan Kross
- Study: Is Public Speaking Really More Feared Than Death
- Modupe Akinola
- Unwinding Anxiety App
- Craving to Quit App
- Eat Right Now App
