I'm Dr Shannon Ritchie. I'm a doctor of physical therapy fitness trainer and

founder of Evelo Fitness. In the Dr Shannon show you'll learn applicable tools

to improve your health based on science. Welcome to the show.

Hello everyone. If you feel like you're stressed or anxious or have a lot of

negative thoughts, this episode is for you. I am interviewing Nicole Vignola,

she is a neuroscientist.

She's the author of Rewire.

And in this episode, we're talking about the difference

between stress and anxiety and how to manage anxiety,

if you have anxiety.

We talk about the brain's propensity

for prioritizing negative thoughts.

It's called the negativity bias.

And she talks through step by step how to overcome your negative default thinking.

I want to give a big thank you to Nicole who showed up for this interview even though she had a double root canal and was in a lot of pain.

So although the episode is on the shorter side, it is packed with really applicable tools.

You want to make sure that you go get her book.

It's called Rewire. I'm currently reading it and I cannot recommend it enough. I'm talking about it with my friends all the time.

And the things that we talk about are just like the tip of the iceberg. There's so much good stuff in her book so make sure you go

order it wherever you find your books. Without further ado, here is Nicole.

Nicole, tell us what neuroplasticity is.

So I'm sorry, hang on, let's do my hair.

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