Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind (Unabridged)
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- 175,00 kr
Publisher Description
A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits
We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal as having kids at home and fighting the urge to reach for the wine bottle every night, we are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. But in this timely book, Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to anyone.
We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling and social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr. Brewer teaches us map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can work.
Distilling more than 20 years of research and hands-on work with thousands of patients, including Olympic athletes and coaches, and leaders in government and business, Dr. Brewer has created a clear, solution-oriented program that anyone can use to feel better - no matter how anxious they feel.
*This audiobook includes a PDF of the behavioral tendencies questionnaire from the book.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Neuroscientist Judson Brewer is precisely the right person to have written Unwinding Anxiety. After all, his research on using mindfulness techniques to combat anxiety is often cited in other people’s books. Brewer was in medical school when he started experiencing anxiety attacks so intense that he became a psychologist just to study them. Here, he examines the topic in a casual style, incorporating real-world details—like how anxiety drove the COVID-19 pandemic toilet-paper shortage. Brewer’s easygoing narration is filled with jokes, slang, and pop-culture references, but he’s deadly serious about his central thesis: that anxiety triggers unhealthy habits, from smoking and overeating to overspending and social-media overload. Recognizing our triggers lets us break those negative habits in favor of what Judson calls “a bigger, better offer.” Even if you’re not prone to anxiety yourself, listening to Unwinding Anxiety will help you understand and empathize with the anxious people in your life.
