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Dr. Wendy Suzuki: Good and Bad Anxiety, Stress Responses, and the Importance of Mindset

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8923 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever thought there was "good" anxiety? This week, Dr. Wendy Suzuki and I talk all about the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of anxiety. She explains how to approach anxiety, the thoughts behind it, the tools to use to take control of your anxiety and take back your life! We discuss her research while writing her new book, Good Anxiety, and how important mindset is and the effect of physical activity on the brain.  Dr. Wendy A. Suzuki is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for Neural Science at New York University. Her major research interest continues to be brain plasticity. Wendy is passionate about teaching, exercise, and supporting and mentoring up-and-coming scientists.   What we discuss… 2:32- What was the reason for writing your book? 4:04- What is the difference between good and bad anxiety? 6:56- What is stress inoculation? 10:54- How to think about stress and stress responses 15:42- Did anything surprise you during your research on stress 19:24- The effects of physical activity on the brain 23:10- The effects of meditation on the brain 25:44- What happens to one’s physiology during the stress state? 33:14- Is there truth in the research of the smile effect? 40:51- Tools to use for fixing anxiety and joy conditioning 48:04- How to change your mindset to a joy bias 51:48- How does one begin to engage more into implicit memories? 54:40- What was the root of your social anxiety? To learn more about Dr. Wendy… Website: wendysuzuki.com Instagram: @wendy.suzuki   Related links: insidetracker.com/align for 25% OFF the entire Insider Tracker store drinkLMNT.com/align for a FREE sample pack of LMNT RECHARGE www.magbreakthrough.com/alignpodcast and use ALIGN10 during checkout to save 10 percent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the line podcast. My name is Aaron Alexander. This is a place that we bring together

0:07.2

the world's leading experts in all things health and wellness to help you optimize your mind, body, and movement. I am presently recording from a resort in Puerto Rico.

0:17.4

Been out here for the last couple weeks and it's my first time working on set for a film, presently working with one of the actors in the film.

0:28.0

And what an experience? It's like a little tribe, like a music festival. It's like its own planet. People inhabit this place and

0:36.9

they get to know each other, there's politics and relationships, and then everyone just

0:40.9

disbursed this entire lifetime wrapped up into a month long period.

0:45.0

So anyways, out here, Puerto Rico, anybody gives it dang, where we are recording from.

0:49.7

And today I'm excited to bring you a conversation I had with Dr. Wendy Suzuki.

0:55.0

I fell in love with Dr. Wendy's research and knowledge when I read her book, Healthy Brain, Happy Life,

1:01.0

where she details her personal journey with exercise and how it transformed her life,

1:05.4

while discussing the underlying neuroscience of the benefits of exercise.

1:09.3

Since then, Dr. Wendy has put out a new book, Good Anxiety, where she helps us harness the most

1:14.3

misunderstood emotion, anxiety, something we all have but something most of us

1:19.0

don't know how to deal with. She is also a professor of neuroscience and psychology, the New York

1:24.5

University Center for Neural Science and is a popular science

1:28.8

communicator for outlets like the afternoon posts, CBS, and more before we dive into this episode of the

1:35.3

Lai Podcast. I first would like to introduce you to one of my favorite nutrition

1:39.2

and fitness hacks is referred to as Inside Tracker.

1:43.0

If you are someone who wants to get healthier and has no idea where to begin

1:47.0

and also someone who is ready to take their health and fitness to the next level,

1:51.0

but unsure how.

1:53.0

Inside Tracker helps make nutrition and fitness extremely straightforward.

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