Unwrapping the Gifts of Good Anxiety with Wendy Suzuki
Inquiring Minds
English - September 06, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB - ★★★★ - 821 ratingsSocial Sciences Science Society & Culture science neuroscience critical thinking female host interview Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Anxiety has become a staple of modern life, particularly over the past year and a half. It can be debilitating, but it is at its core a necessary component of our lives—if it can be managed. Wendy Suzuki, Professor of Neural Science and Psychology at New York University, is best known for her extensive work studying areas in the brain critical for our ability to form and retain new long-term memories. But on the show this week, she joins us to talk about anxiety and the gifts it offers as outlined in her new book, Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion.