Working With Your Anxiety

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Over the last year we’ve all been through a lot. In addition to the many major costs, there have been smaller, subtler costs as well, including a pervasive feeling of anxiety. In this episode, Rick and Forrest walk through a normal experience of anxiety and offer some suggestions for how to overcome it. Life After COVID Summit: Join Dr. Rick Hanson, Forrest Hanson, and a roster of world-class experts during this FREE three-day online event to explore our life after COVID. Click here to learn more about the Summit and register now. Key Topics: 3:30: Accepting the presence of anxiety. 6:30: Recognize what’s alright right now. 10:00: Finding heart, and connecting with other people. 18:30: Take action. 26:30: Appreciating the biological part of anxiety. 32:00: Surrendering to what will happen. 37:00: What enables surrender? 41:20: Recap. Forrest has a new YouTube channel! Subscribe to the channel, and watch his newest video over there. Sponsors: From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Start a new healthy habit with Seed! Visit seed.com/beingwell and use code BEINGWELL to get 20% off your first month of Seed’s Daily Synbiotic. Connect with the show: Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:10.6	If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of last and
0:15.1	well-being.
0:16.1	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:18.8	Over the last year, we've all been through a lot.
0:22.0	In addition to the many major costs, there have been smaller, subtler costs as well.
0:27.9	One thing I've really noticed is the friction that's been added to almost any decision that
0:32.2	gets made.
0:33.5	Whether it's trying to participate at work effectively, keep up with friends, or even
0:37.5	just go to the grocery store, this whole new level of thought and effort is involved in
0:43.1	most every decision.
0:45.1	This friction pervades our lives, and it's natural for that increased friction to lead
0:50.1	to increased anxiety.
0:52.3	What might have once been reserved for particularly stressful events and experiences is now well
0:57.1	kind of everywhere.
0:59.0	So today, we're going to be talking about fear and anxiety, particularly we're going to
1:04.0	work through a specific experience of anxiety that somebody might have and create a kind
1:09.7	of plan.
1:10.7	Start to finish for addressing that experience.
1:13.9	To help us do that, I'm joined today as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson, so dad, how are you
1:18.2	doing today?
1:19.2	I'm good, and I'm really psyched about this topic.
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