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Anxiety has long gotten a bad wrap. But maybe part of why anxiety is so much on the rise and harming so many people comes back to how we understand anxiety. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, author Future Tense: Why Anxiety is Good for You (Even Though it Feels Bad) joins us to discuss why re-thinking anxiety can help us out. As Adam Grant noted in his blurb, this conversation and this book \u201cIs going smash your existing views about anxiety and replace them with more helpful ones.\u201d\n\nListen and Learn:\n\nThe three principles of being anxious in the right way\n\nTracy\u2019s insights into the difference between fear, stress, anxiety, and anxiety disorders\n\nWhy anxiety has a public relations problem\n\nWhat are the useful functions of anxiety\xa0\n\nWhy hope is so fundamental to anxiety\n\nHow shifting our anxiety mindset can help treatment for anxiety disorders more effective\n\nWhy the medical model of treating anxiety is so problematic\n\nWhy children, even children with anxiety, are anti-fragile (and how to wisely approach anxiety in youth)\n\nIn-the-moment strategies to manage an upsurge in anxiety\xa0\n\nWhat Attention Bias Modification is and how it works to help us manage anxiety\n\nThe connection between anxiety and creativity\n\n\nResources:\n\nJeremy Jamieson\u2019s study of mindest shift for individuals with social anxiety\n\n\nStudy cited investigating the link between creativity and anxiety\n\nAlia Crum\u2019s Ted Talk\n\nKelly McGonigal\u2019s Ted Talk\n\nTracy's website\n\n\nTracy's book, Future Tense: Why Anxiety is Good for You (Even Though it Feels Bad)\n\n\n\nAbout Tracy Dennis-Tiwary\nTracy A. Dennis-Tiwary, is a professor of psychology and neuroscience, Director of the Emotion Regulation Lab, and Co-Executive Director of the Center for Health Technology at Hunter College. Her company, Wise Therapeutics, translates neuroscience and cognitive therapy techniques into gamified, clinically validated digital therapeutics for mental health. Dr. Dennis-Tiwary has published over 100 scientific articles and delivered over 400 presentations at academic conferences and for corporate clients, and has been featured throughout the media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, ABC, CBS, CNN, NPR, The Today Show, and Bloomberg Television. You can find Tracy at her website or on Twitter.\nRelated Episodes:\n\nEpisode 209. The Art of Managing Pressure with Hank Weisinger\n\nEpisode 227. The Science of Happy with Sonja Lyubomirsky\n\nEpisode 233. Dopamine Nation with Anna Lembke\n\nEpisode 235: The Urge with Dr. Carl Erik Fisher\n\nEpisode 259. Rethinking Delusions with Victoria Sheperd\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices