Most Replayed Moment: Instantly Calm Your Anxiety - Dr. Martha Beck

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Martha Beck explains how the right hemisphere of the brain, through creative thinking, can be a sanctuary for those struggling with anxiety. While today's fast-paced world often frames creative expression as unproductive, learning to embrace it is crucial for improving mental well-being. In this top moment, discover how creative tools can offer emotional relief, helping you feel more calm, grounded, and connected to your true self. Listen to the full episode here - Spotify - https://g2ul0.app.link/7WH0j10fkUb Apple - https://g2ul0.app.link/enmhhX4jkUb Watch the Episodes On YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/%20TheDiaryOfACEO/videos Dr Martha Beck - https://marthabeck.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the year 2000.
0:02.8	Everyone, everywhere, is having fun, except me.
0:06.6	On BBC Eye Player.
0:08.0	I worry you're growing up too fast.
0:10.6	Yeah, we can't be your little ducky forever, can I?
0:13.0	Inspired by a true story.
0:14.8	You walk out of this house a boy.
0:16.4	One day you'll come back.
0:17.7	When you do, you will be a man.
0:20.2	I won't hold your breath. What it feels like be a man. Oh, and hard your breath.
0:21.5	What it feels like for a girl. I wish I could look like you.
0:24.7	Baby, you can. Why don't you?
0:27.0	Watch on BBC Eye Player.
0:30.4	How would I go about switching into this right hemisphere? If I'm feeling anxious, what would you
0:35.3	recommend that I do? It's so easy. It's so amazingly easy. Now, I'm feeling anxious, what would you recommend that I do? It's so easy. It's so amazingly easy. Now, your brain naturally goes toward anxiety because of
0:44.3	something called the negativity bias. And I always think of it as 15 puppies and a cobra.
0:49.4	If I gave you a box and it had 15 puppies and a cobra in it, what would catch your attention? The snake.
0:57.3	And that's because, in evolutionary terms, paying attention to the snake is a good idea.
1:04.2	But we have such a strong negativity bias in our culture, and we have very little to pull us back into communion with oneness.
1:14.7	We don't have nature around us anymore.
1:17.2	So we have to do that.
1:19.0	We can trick our brains into doing that.
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