Thank you for joining us for episode 444 of Live Happy Now. It's beginning to look a lot like the holiday season,

and for many people, that means a whole lot of anxiety. But this week, we're going to tell you why that

might not be such a bad thing. I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and today I'm sitting down with Dr. David Ross Marin, an associate

professor at Harvard Medical School, program director at McLean Hospital, and founder of

the Center for Anxiety.

He's also author of the new book, Thriving with Anxiety, Nine Tools to Make Your Anxiety

Work for you.

David is here to talk about why the holidays cause so much stress and anxiety, how we can

use that to our advantage, and give us tips on getting through the season with our physical

and mental well-being intact.

Let's have a listen.

David, thank you for joining me today.

My great pleasure. Thanks for having me on your show. Well, thank you for joining me today. My great pleasure.

Thanks for having me on your show.

Well, we are kicking off our holiday season coverage and we're going to really be diving

into some mental health struggles and some of the challenges that we face during this time.

And you are a great way to kick it off because your message is about anxiety.

And before we talk about what the holidays

do to us, I want to talk, you know, you have a new book out and it's called Thriving with

anxiety. And for a lot of people, that's a title that just sounds impossible. So can you tell us

what you've found about how we can actually thrive with anxiety. Yeah, absolutely. The holidays are definitely a

time for high anxiety and also time that many people do not thrive. So I can understand the question,

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