A Three Part Plan for Anxiety | Dr. Luana Marques
10% Happier with Dan Harris
10% Media, LLC
4.6 • 12.9K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2023
⏱️ 74 minutes
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The notion of "being your authentic self" might sound like too much of a tired trope, but getting real and stripping away your fears and hang-ups can help you live a more meaningful life.
In her new book, "Bold Move: A 3-Step Plan to Transform Anxiety into Power", Dr. Luana Marques shares her story about growing up in chaos and learning early skills of cognitive behavioral therapy that helped her cope with anxiety and live boldly.
Dr. Luana Marques is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, a former president of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), and a renowned mental health expert, educator, and author.
In this episode we talk about:
- Luana's personal story growing up in Brazil and struggling with anxiety as a child
- What it means to live boldly
- What is psychological avoidance and the 3 R's of Avoidance
- Luana's three step plan to transform anxiety into power
- How to be comfortably uncomfortable
- Why the brain is a faulty predictor
- Why being bold is not the same as being fearless
- Why social support is the number one buffer across any mental health issue
- How aligning your daily actions with your values can help you deal with anxiety
- How to identify your values by looking at pain
- And what Luana means by "being the water not the rock"
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| 0:00.0 | This is the 10% Happier Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Dan Harris. |
| 0:11.0 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:21.1 | Becoming your authentic self, finding your true voice. |
| 0:25.0 | These are such clichés. |
| 0:26.8 | I mean, we've seen these ideas play central roles and countless movies and TV shows where |
| 0:32.8 | the characters learn to just be themselves. |
| 0:36.4 | Random side note here. |
| 0:37.4 | I was just on a cross country flight the other day and I binged season two of the HBO |
| 0:41.3 | show Hacks, which is all about finding your voice. |
| 0:44.5 | And they, I should say, managed to do it in a non-hack need and hilarious way, which gets |
| 0:49.4 | me back to my point, which is this. |
| 0:51.8 | It's hard to talk about authenticity without lapsing into tired tropes. |
| 0:55.9 | But there is a reason why it's such an important issue. |
| 0:59.3 | It is only when you strip away your fears, your defenses, your habits, your ancient storylines |
| 1:04.3 | that you can be real and spontaneous. |
| 1:07.4 | And that is the key to having good relationships with other people, which of course is the key |
| 1:12.4 | to being healthy and happy. |
| 1:14.7 | In spiritual circles, they refer to this as opening your heart. |
| 1:18.9 | I call it pulling your head out of your ass. |
| 1:21.1 | I say all of this because it very much relates to my guests today. |
| 1:25.3 | I have known the anxiety expert, Dr. Luana Marquez for a few years now. |
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