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performance is not guaranteed. Dr. Wendy Suzuki is a professor of neural science and psychology

in the Center for Neural Science at NYU. She's a celebrated international authority on all things

neuroposticity and was recently named one of the 10 women changing the way we see the world by good

housekeeping. And she's here today to discuss her must read book titled Good Anxiety,

harnessing the power of the most misunderstood emotion.

Wendy, welcome. Thank you so much. Lovely to be here. It's great to have you here. The anxiety is

a big topic and you start off your book, which is titled Good Anxiety by saying we live in an age

of anxiety. Quote 40 million or 18% of the American population suffer from one or several anxiety

disorders including panic disorder, PTSD and general anxiety disorder. And you say these numbers

don't even scratch the surface and that there are hundreds of millions across the globe who suffer

from lower grade non-clinical anxiety. And that you say anxiety shows up in one form or another

for 90% of the population. It just wow. I know it's a whole number. It is a wow. So what's

driving all this in your opinion? Yeah, so that came from before the pandemic that 90% of Americans

raised their hands and said, yeah, I I I experienced anxiety during the day. So you have to

imagine that it's even more than 90%. Everybody is experiencing anxiety. Not necessarily the

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