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Unwinding Anxiety

Anxiety can be a faint unease or a sudden wave of panic, and it often drives the habits we turn to for relief: stress eating, procrastinating, or scrolling late into the night. Since worry is rooted in a region of the mind that resists logic, telling yourself to calm down rarely works, and willpower tends to fade quickly.

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This guide sets out a practical route for breaking those cycles. It shows readers how to chart the triggers behind their own patterns, then loosen their grip through curiosity rather than force. Mindfulness practices and other brain-based methods, tested in the author's research, are presented as small steps anyone can try, whatever their level of worry, whether the source is a global crisis or the pressures of daily life.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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