"I'm talking and making sense of anxiety from within, from inside," he says. "There's something about suffering that actually proves that what you have to say is born out of real experience" He adds: "The fact that I have experienced anxiety actually as the most powerful opportunity for spiritual growth."
Curtis Chang, the regular host of the Good Faith podcast, takes a turn in the “guest seat” in this special episode in which Nancy French interviews him about his new book, The Anxiety Opportunity: How Worry Is the Doorway to Your Best Self. Curtis, who has suffered from anxiety to the point of losing his job as a senior pastor, offers up hard-earned wisdom that could transform one’s view on parenting, relationships, and even politics. Curtis also talks about the way the church gets anxiety wrong, how Jesus dealt with anxious people, and how grieving is a necessary component of effectively walking through loss.