Train Your Brain to Unwind Stress and Anxiety Habits

Course details

Are you feeling overwhelmed with work and life, but not sure how to respond? Stress and anxiety can be caused by all kinds of triggers that are often driven on a neurological level. In this course, join Judson Brewer MD PhD—psychiatrist, neuroscientist, New York Times best-selling author, and professor at Brown University—to learn how to identify why stress and anxiety can drive powerful habits and behaviors that make you feel even worse.

Gather insights on recognizing the neurological loop of anxiety, which can lead to increased thoughts and feelings of anxiety. Galvanize your energy to respond quickly and strategically to some of your most negative thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Along the way, Dr. Brewer shows you how to start making more intentional decisions so that you can break free from cycles of stress and anxiety in both your professional and personal life.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Break the anxiety loop

1. The Basis of Anxiety and Stress

02 - Fear vs. anxiety
03 - It s not you, it s your prefrontal cortex
04 - What makes anxiety worse

2. The Loop - How Stress and Anxiety Become a Habit

05 - How anxiety loops begin
06 - Willpower is more myth than muscle

3. Unwind Anxiety Step 1 - Mapping Anxiety Loops

07 - Step 1 - Map anxiety habit loops
08 - Metacognition - Learn to see your thoughts as thoughts

4. Unwind Anxiety Step 2 - Building Disenchantment

09 - Step 2 - The drawbacks of worrying
10 - Somatic awareness - Listening to your body

5. Unwind Anxiety Step 3 - Finding More Rewarding Rewards

11 - Step 3 - Trading up to swap in curiosity for anxiety
12 - Tips to jumpstart curiosity

6. A Common Co-Conspirator for Anxiety Habit Loops

13 - Replacing self-judgment with kindness
14 - Next steps

Train Your Brain to Unwind Stress and Anxiety Habits

Authors

Judson Brewer