Using Anxiety to Get More Flow

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flow, as it was originally defined is depressingly unattainable. Anxiety digs a hole deeper that makes it harder to get and so i've come up with something that i use all the time - micro flow. Micro flo is not dependent on how many hours you practised or how high a level. It's dependent on how much you are enjoying the process. This super power is one that's both a tool to help people out of bad anxiety, but it becomes a super power as you practise it more and more.

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki talks about how you can leverage your anxiety to solve problems and boost your well-being.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The six superpowers of anxiety

2) How to trick your brain into relaxing

3) How a 30-second meditation can make all the difference

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— ABOUT WENDY —

Dr. Wendy Suzuki is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for Neural Science at New York University and a celebrated international authority on neuroplasticity. She was recently named one of the ten women changing the way we see the world by Good Housekeeping and regularly serves as a sought-after expert for publications including The Wall Street Journal, Shape, and Health.

Her TED talk has received more than 31 million views on Facebook and was the 2nd most viewed TED talk of 2018.

• Book: Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion

• Website: www.WendySuzuki.com

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