S3 Ep 5: Why Anxiety is Good For You (Even Though It Feels Bad)

Raising Good Humans

Voicing Change Media

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Join us for this week's episode of Raising Good Humans as we sit down with Dr. Tracy Dennis Tiwary, author of Why Anxiety is Good For You (Even Though It Feels Bad). Dr. Tiwary will share her expertise and insights on how anxiety can actually be beneficial for children and parents alike, and help us understand the positive impact it can have on growth and development. You'll learn why it's important to embrace and regulate our anxieties, and how to do so in a healthy and effective way. Whether you're a parent, educator, or simply looking to improve your own relationship with anxiety, this episode is a must-listen. Future Tense: Why Anxiety is Good For You (Even Though It Feels Bad) https://www.amazon.com/Future-Tense-Anxiety-Though-Feels-ebook/dp/B09GRLT7ZY Produced by Dear Media This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a deer media production.
0:06.8	Welcome to Raising Good Humans. I'm Dr. Lisa Pressman, and I know this episode is going to be
0:13.2	top of mind for so many of us. We're talking about why anxiety is good for you, even though it
0:19.3	feels bad. With author, professor, and clinical psychologist, Dr. Tracy Dennis Tawari,
0:26.8	she's pretty remarkable because her approach to how we think about anxiety is to shift our mindset
0:35.5	to start to consider not just what's wrong with anxiety, but what are the benefits of anxiety?
0:42.2	What is anxiety? What is the origin of all of this? And how we can best support our kids. Her book,
0:49.4	Future Tense, why anxiety is good for you, even though it feels bad, is such a phenomenal
0:56.0	reframe that really takes into account the science of anxiety, not the mainstream misunderstanding
1:03.2	of anxiety. And all of this to help us be able to best support ourselves and our kids as they move
1:10.8	through the inevitable feelings of anxiety. And when we should worry and what we can do about it,
1:18.7	Tracy has published over 100 scientific articles in top peer-reviewed journals and delivered
1:24.9	more than 300 presentations at academic conferences just to give you a sense of how influential
1:33.8	she is in this field and how wonderful it is to get to her from her. This is actually going to be
1:40.4	two episodes because anxiety is something that is so top of mind for so many people, whether you
1:47.3	have a baby or you have a teenager, how we can respond in our households and in our family culture
1:55.0	can have an enormous impact on supporting our kids. Of course, if you enjoy this episode,
2:01.7	please write a little review and you can always sign up for my Apple Podcast Premium. Go ahead
2:08.7	to Apple Podcast, type in Raising Good Humans and there I will be. And you can sign up for my
2:15.2	sub-stack newsletter, draleza.substack.com. I would love for you to join my community. It's another
2:22.9	way for me to reach you to answer your questions and to have monthly interactions and engagement via
2:29.0	Zoom groups. So I want to start with defining anxiety and why we need anxiety. Right, the first thing
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