Table Of Content

Cover Page: i Praise for UNWINDING ANXIETY Page: i Title Page Page: iii Copyright Page: iv Dedication Page: v Contents Page: vii Introduction Page: ix Part 0: Understanding Your Mind Page: xvi Chapter 1: Anxiety Goes Viral Page: 2 Chapter 2: The Birth of Anxiety Page: 14 Chapter 3: Habits and Everyday Addictions Page: 26 Chapter 4: Anxiety as a Habit Loop Page: 36 Part 1: Mapping Your Mind: First Gear Page: 50 Chapter 5: How to Map Your Mind Page: 52 Chapter 6: Why Your Previous Anti-Anxiety (and Anti-Habit) Strategies Failed Page: 64 Chapter 7: Dave’s Story, Part 1 Page: 74 Chapter 8: A Brief Word on Mindfulness Page: 83 Chapter 9: What Is Your Mindfulness Personality Type? Page: 92 Part 2: Updating Your Brain’s Reward Value: Second Gear Page: 102 Chapter 10: How Your Brain Makes Decisions (Why We Prefer Cake to Broccoli) Page: 104 Chapter 11: Stop Thinking: Dave’s Story, Part 2 Page: 116 Chapter 12: Learning (and Growing) from the Past Page: 123 Chapter 13: Fixing the Fix: Dana Small’s Chocolate Experiment Page: 135 Chapter 14: How Long Does It Take to Change a Habit? Page: 142 Part 3: Finding That Bigger, Better Offer for Your Brain: Third Gear Page: 156 Chapter 15: The Bigger, Better Offer Page: 158 Chapter 16: The Science of Curiosity Page: 172 Chapter 17: Dave’s Story, Part 3 Page: 185 Chapter 18: What’s Good About Rainy Days? Page: 196 Chapter 19: All You Need Is Love Page: 206 Chapter 20: The Why Habit Loop Page: 215 Chapter 21: Even Doctors Get Panic Attacks Page: 225 Chapter 22: Evidence-Based Faith Page: 238 Chapter 23: Anxiety Sobriety Page: 249 Epilogue: Six Years and Five Minutes Page: 260 Acknowledgments Page: 265 Notes Page: 269 Index Page: 276 About the Author Page: 287

Description:

New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal as having kids at home and fighting the urge to reach for the wine bottle every night, we are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. But in this timely book, Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to anyone. We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling and social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr. Brewer teaches us to map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can work. Distilling more than 20 years of research and hands-on work with thousands of patients, including Olympic athletes and coaches, and leaders in government and business, Dr. Brewer has created a clear, solution-oriented program that anyone can use to feel better - no matter how anxious they feel.