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If you struggle with chronic anxiety, your life tends to revolve around three phases.
This pattern happens because of what's called the "worry bin" in your brain, a space for stress and worry.
Understanding those phases, and how to manage them, will help you reduce anxiety by shrinking the worry bin.
You can't eliminate stress entirely, but you can learn skillful distractions to train your brain to focus on more engaging and less stressful activities. The key is not just solving problems but changing how much mental space you allocate to stress and worry.
What's inside:
00:00 - The Illusion of Emptying the Worry Bin
04:50 - Adding a Tool to Combat Endless Stress
07:08 - Coping Skill: Mindful Reflection
11:51 - In-The-Moment Anxiety Reduction with Mindfulness Questions
13:59 - Training Your Brain with Skillful Distractions
16:17 - Shrinking the Worry Bin for Sustained Peace
By Scott Eilers4.9
195195 ratings
If you struggle with chronic anxiety, your life tends to revolve around three phases.
This pattern happens because of what's called the "worry bin" in your brain, a space for stress and worry.
Understanding those phases, and how to manage them, will help you reduce anxiety by shrinking the worry bin.
You can't eliminate stress entirely, but you can learn skillful distractions to train your brain to focus on more engaging and less stressful activities. The key is not just solving problems but changing how much mental space you allocate to stress and worry.
What's inside:
00:00 - The Illusion of Emptying the Worry Bin
04:50 - Adding a Tool to Combat Endless Stress
07:08 - Coping Skill: Mindful Reflection
11:51 - In-The-Moment Anxiety Reduction with Mindfulness Questions
13:59 - Training Your Brain with Skillful Distractions
16:17 - Shrinking the Worry Bin for Sustained Peace

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