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Your Anxiety Questions, Answered | Judson Brewer

Nov 28, 2022

Judson Brewer, Chief Medical Officer at Sharecare and Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, shares his insights on anxiety management. He discusses how curiosity and kindness can combat anxiety, differentiating it from excitement. Brewer addresses rising anxiety levels post-pandemic and the importance of mindfulness in breaking destructive worry cycles. He offers practical strategies for self-compassion, navigating panic attacks, and framing anxiety as a path to personal growth, reminding us to embrace change with awareness.

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The Role of Fear in Decision Making

00:51

How to be curious when worried

00:36

Intro

2min

Navigating Anxiety with Expert Insights

2min

The Rising Tide of Global Anxiety

2min

Understanding and Managing Anxiety

19min

Embracing Aging: From Fear to Curiosity

13min

Strategies for Managing Anxiety and Embracing Self-Compassion

2min

Navigating Anxiety and Panic

29min

Reframing Anxiety as a Path to Personal Growth

3min

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The subject of anxiety never seems to lose its relevance. In this special episode we answer listener voicemails with one of the world’s leading experts on anxiety.

Dr. Jud Brewer is the Chief Medical Officer at Sharecare and the Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center. He is also the New York Times best-selling author of Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind and an expert in the field of habit change and the science of self-mastery.

In this episode we talk about:

The current levels of anxiety in our culture
Why fear and planning can be helpful, but worrying is not
The role of curiosity and kindness in short circuiting anxiety
How to differentiate between anxiety and excitement
Whether we can try too hard to treat our anxiety
And why as a society we are moving away from distress tolerance

Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/judson-brewer-530

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