Turn Anxiety Into Power: A 3-Step Process to Master Your Emotions From a Harvard Psychologist

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Jul 20, 2023

Dr. Luana Marques, a Harvard professor and expert in anxiety, shares her invaluable insights on transforming anxiety into power. She outlines a practical 3-step method to tackle emotional challenges, emphasizing the importance of confronting feelings rather than avoiding them. The conversation dives into managing significant life transitions, like changing careers or letting kids go, and the role of personal values in navigating these changes. Listeners will learn to embrace discomfort as a pathway to growth and find empowerment in their emotional journeys.

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ANECDOTE

Dr. Marques's Career Transition

Dr. Luana Marques shares her personal experience of hitting a wall at Harvard, feeling limited in her impact, and wanting to transition to a more fulfilling career.
Despite her fear, she wrote a book in four months, prioritizing her values and making a bold move towards her dream.

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Values in Transition

Transitions challenge our values, forcing us to confront what truly matters.
Values are intrinsic motivators that should guide our decisions.

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The Pitfalls of Ambition

Dr. Marques shares how her value of ambition, once helpful, became detrimental to her well-being, leading to health issues and a realization of misaligned values.
She emphasizes the importance of recognizing when values no longer serve us and the dangers of avoiding transitions.

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In this episode, Harvard professor Dr. Luana Marques is going to teach you 3 simple steps to turn anxiety into power. And she’s not fooling around; in the first few minutes, she even called me out.

If you want to be more successful and effective in getting what you want out of your life or career, learning how to master your emotions, especially in difficult situations, is an essential skill.

And Dr. Luana is a sought-after expert who will teach you how.

If major life changes crush you with overwhelm and anxiety, this is for you.

If stress and frustration are holding you back at work, you need her 3-step method.

If your palms start to sweat just thinking about…

Downloading the dating app.
Applying for a better job.
Moving in with your significant other.
Filing for divorce.
Your kids leaving for college or to live on their own.

Not anymore.

Dr. Luana Marques is a popular Harvard professor here to teach you that change is not only a necessary part of life but an incredibly powerful part of creating the life you want.

And even cooler, she is going through a MAJOR career change right now (and using her 3-step process to do it).

Today you’ll learn to:

Stop running away from your feelings.
Silence your self-doubt.
Figure out what’s most important to you (so you can run toward it).
Jump into new situations using a powerful metaphor.

And you’ll get a practical and simple 3-step framework to master any transition in your life.

Grab your notebook, your pencil, and hit play.

Xo Mel

In this episode, you’ll learn:

02:36: Why are transitions so damn hard?
06:45: The exercise you need to find your values, according to research.
09:24: What happens when ambition no longer serves you?
13:17: What happens when success comes at a cost?
16:21: How values have shifted post-pandemic.
20:54: Holding space for discomfort with your loved ones is essential.
23:58: Feel your feelings; it’s okay to not feel okay.
28:41: The one thing you need to add to your calendar today.
31:42: Attach yourself to your why.
37:56: Dr. Luana’s 3-step method to overcoming any transition.
42:04: Dr. Luana’s incredible work at Harvard.
43:08: What Dr. Luana means when she says the world is "locked".

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