Changing Your Relationship with Anxiety; You Don't Need to Eliminate It, You Need to Be with It

Anxiety isn't something you eliminate. It's something you transform your relationship with. In this final narrative episode of the series we explore what makes that change possible: Lisa Feldman Barrett's discovery of emotions as brain constructions and the concept of emotional granularity, Matthew Lieberman's research on affect labeling — why naming regulates, the difference between being inside anxiety and being with anxiety, curiosity as an antidote to reactivity, and Chiron — the myth of the wounded healer and what it teaches us about vulnerability. Drawing on Steven Hayes's ACT framework. Because anxiety is not your enemy. It's a messenger that doesn't yet know how to speak to you gently.🎧 MiMind is the podcast on neuroscience, mindfulness, and wellbeing in real life.#anxiety #mentalhealth #neuroscience #mindfulness #ACT #selfcompassion #podcast #MiMind #psychology #wellbeing