How to Reduce Anxiety With a Blanket and Space Eating

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i'm a person who struggles with anxiety, and always have throughout my childhood an adult life. So my anxiety has really, really spiked at the moment. And touch is a really, really important part of helping to reduce our anxiety. If you are struggling with anxiety, sleeping under a weighted blanket helps you feel safe. I've just sort of weight on to you, which, again, sort of talks to your nervous system and helps to calm you down. Thank you.

Psychologist Lea Waters talks about tools you need to tap into your strengths.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The best way to tap into your strengths

2) Why our strengths are often hiding–and how to find them

3) The hack that halts anxiety

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— ABOUT LEA —

Lea Waters AM, PhD is a psychologist, researcher, professor, published author, internationally-celebrated keynote speaker and one of the world’s leading experts on Positive Education, Positive Organizations and Strength-Based Parenting and Teaching.

Professor Waters is the Founding Director and Inaugural Gerry Higgins Chair in Positive Psychology at the Centre for Positive Psychology, University of Melbourne where she has held an academic position for more than 23 years.

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