The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett Most Replayed Moment: Instantly Calm Your Anxiety - Dr. Martha Beck
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Jun 20, 2025 
Dr. Martha Beck, a sociologist and life coach, sheds light on tackling anxiety through the power of creativity. She emphasizes how engaging the brain's right hemisphere can serve as a sanctuary, offering emotional relief. By using techniques like sensory visualization and mirror writing, she advocates for treating anxiety with compassion. Beck underscores the therapeutic role of creative expression, highlighting its power to foster self-understanding and emotional fulfillment in our tumultuous world.
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Use Sensory Imagination to Calm Anxiety
- Shift your mind from anxious thoughts to sensory imagination to calm anxiety instantly.
- Imagine sensory experiences vividly, like holding and eating an orange, to activate the right brain hemisphere.
Create New Neural Pathways
- Engage your right brain by doing unfamiliar creative tasks, like writing your name backwards.
- This builds new neural pathways and reduces anxiety by promoting deep learning and calmness.
Creativity Declines with Age
- Children are almost all creative geniuses because they continually try new things.
- Cultural schooling stifles this creativity by emphasizing right/wrong answers and fear rather than exploration.