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Harvard Professor Says THIS Is the Secret to Success (It’s Not What You Think)

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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The Five Second Rule for Anxiety Spirals

The five second rule is so effective with anxiety spirals, Dr. Luanna says. When you count backwards, 54321, it creates a pause in your mind that allows you to think or do next. A lot of our anxieties fed through what we were saying to ourselves, right? We've been talking about heart pounding. If I came home from the jog and my heart was pounding,. but if I'm sitting here getting ready to work and my heart pounds, your brain wants to make sense of it. So then it starts to create a narrative about their heart pound. That's all it is.

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