#469 - Dr Tracy Dennis-Tiwary - The Truth About How Anxiety Works

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Dr Tracy Dennis-Tiwary is a professor of psychology and neuroscience, anxiety researcher, author and founder of Wise Therapeutics. Anxiety is one of the most common mental health disorders in 2022. Huge numbers of both adults and children are suffering, but just how natural is this? Is it normal for humans to be ambiently anxious for months on end or is our modern society causing this to occur? Expect to learn why anxiety developed as a human emotion and how it helped us survive, why anxiety is a signal for your next move, the size of technology's influence on our mood, how to reframe anxiety so it becomes a competitive advantage, why your anxiety and creativity are intrinsically linked and much more... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Protect yourself from identity theft online with Aura. Try 14 days for free at http://aura.com/modern (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on the amazing 6 Minute Diary at https://bit.ly/diarywisdom (use code MW15) (USA - search Amazon and use 15MINUTES) Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Check out Tracy's website - https://www.drtracyphd.com/ Buy Future Tense - https://amzn.to/3y2LNKw Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show.
0:03.1	My guest today is Dr. Tracy Dennis Tawari.
0:05.9	She's a professor of psychology and neuroscience and anxiety researcher, author and founder
0:11.0	of Wise The Reputics.
0:13.2	Anxiety is one of the most common mental health disorders in 2022.
0:17.5	Huge numbers of both adults and children are suffering, but just how natural is this?
0:22.3	Is it normal for humans to be ambient anxious for months on end or is modern society causing
0:27.8	this to occur?
0:29.3	To learn why anxiety developed as a human emotion and how it helped us survive, why anxiety
0:34.2	is a signal for your next move, the size of technology's influence on our mood, how
0:38.5	to reframe anxiety so it becomes a competitive advantage, why your anxiety and creativity
0:43.4	are intrinsically linked, and much more.
0:47.3	The insights that Tracy gives today are really valuable and know that anxiety is a huge problem
0:52.0	that a lot of people suffer with.
0:54.3	And it's just important to have someone who understands the research and is knee deep
0:58.2	in the psychological literature who can tell you that you have control over how this impacts
1:03.0	your life and that you can reframe it to perhaps even be an advantage for you.
1:07.1	I really like it.
1:08.1	I like the fact that it is empowering people to take control of their own lives to regain
1:12.6	a little bit of sense of ownership over the way that their mind works.
1:16.0	She's great.
1:17.0	You're really going to enjoy this one.
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