Unwinding Anxiety [eBook - NC Digital Library] : New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind

The instant NY Times bestseller A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry & fear that drives anxiety & addictive habits We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal as having kids at home & fighting the urge to reach for the wine bottle every night, we are feeling overwhelmed & out of control. But in this timely book, Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques & small hacks accessible to anyone. We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors & bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling & social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr. Brewer teaches us map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, & to train our brains using mindfulness & other practices that his lab has proven can work. Distilling more than 20 years of research & hands-on work with thousands of patients, including Olympic athletes & coaches, & leaders in government & business, Dr. Brewer has created a clear, solution-oriented program that anyone can use to feel better - no matter how anxious they feel. Judson Brewer MD, PhD, is an internationally renowned addiction psychiatrist & neuroscientist. He is an associate professor in the School of Public Health, & Medical School at Brown University. His 2016 TED talk, "A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit," was viewed over 16 million times. His 1st book was The Craving Mind: fr New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal as having kids at home and fighting the urge to reach for the wine bottle every night, we are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. But in this timely book, Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to anyone. We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling and social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr. Brewer teaches us to map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can work. Distilling more than 20 years of research and hands-on work with thousands of patients, including Olympic athletes and coaches, and leaders in government and business, Dr. Brewer has created a clear, solution-oriented program that anyone can use to feel better - no matter how anxious they feel. The instant New York Times bestseller A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits\*\* We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal as having kids at home and fighting the urge to reach for the wine bottle every night, we are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. But in this timely book, Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to anyone. We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling and social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr. Brewer teaches us map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can work. Distilling more than 20 years of research and hands-on work with thousands of patients, including Olympic athletes and coaches, and leaders in government and business, Dr. Brewer has created a clear, solution-oriented program that anyone can use to feel better - no matter how anxious they feel.\*\* "A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits. Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to anyone. We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling and social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr. Brewer teaches us map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can work. Distilling more than 20 years of research and hands-on work with thousands of patients, including Olympic athletes and coaches, and leaders in government and business, Dr. Brewer has created a clear, solution-oriented program that anyone can use to feel better - no matter how anxious they feel"--Publisher's description A new way of understanding the emotional scourge of our time Anxiety has been with us since the dawn of humanity. Improperly dealt with it can destroy us but, just maybe, it's a big reason we're still here today. We are more anxious than ever before. Despite — perhaps because of — all the information at our fingertips, uncertainty rules. In this groundbreaking book, internationally renowned neuroscientist Judson Brewer helps us understand how anxiety drives our lives and gives us the tools we need to build better ones. Manifesting as fear, vigilance, and outright panic attacks, anxiety is a complex, deeply rooted emotion that drives itself as well as addictive behaviors and bad habits. We get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we cannot break as anxiety drives anxiety. The brain wants to maintain mood states because they are familiar even if they are uncomfortable. Distilling more than 20 years of research and hands-on work with thousands of patients, including... "New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind"-- Provided by publisher