Unwinding anxiety : new science shows how to break the cycles of worry and fear to heal your mind

Presents a step-by-step plan to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits through the use of brain-based techniques accessible to anyone.

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Anxiety.
Habit breaking.
Change (Psychology)
Mindfulness (Psychology)

ISBN: 9780593330449
Physical Description 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.

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Unwinding Anxiety : New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind

by Brewer, Judson

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Unwinding Anxiety : New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Introduction	p. ix
Part 0	Understanding Your Mind	p. 1
Chapter 1	Anxiety Goes Viral	p. 3
Chapter 2	The Birth of Anxiety	p. 15
Chapter 3	Habits and Everyday Addictions	p. 27
Chapter 4	Anxiety as a Habit Loop	p. 37
Part 1	Mapping Your Mind: First Gear	p. 51
Chapter 5	How to Map Your Mind	p. 53
Chapter 6	Why Your Previous Anti-Anxiety (and Anti-Habit) Strategies Failed	p. 65
Chapter 7	Dave's Story, Part 1	p. 75
Chapter 8	A Brief Word on Mindfulness	p. 84
Chapter 9	What Is Your Mindfulness Personality Type?	p. 93
Part 2	Updating Your Brain's Reward Value: Second Gear	p. 103
Chapter 10	How Your Brain Makes Decisions (Why We Prefer Cake to Broccoli)	p. 105
Chapter 11	Stop Thinking: Dave's Story, Part 2	p. 117
Chapter 12	Learning (and Growing) from the Past	p. 124
Chapter 13	Fixing the Fix: Dana Small's Chocolate Experiment	p. 136
Chapter 14	How Long Does It Take to Change a Habit?	p. 143
Part 3	Finding That Bigger, Better Offer for Your Brain: Third Gear	p. 157
Chapter 15	The Bigger, Better Offer	p. 159
Chapter 16	The Science of Curiosity	p. 173
Chapter 17	Dave's Story, Part 3	p. 186
Chapter 18	What's Good About Rainy Days?	p. 197
Chapter 19	All You Need Is Love	p. 207
Chapter 20	The Why Habit Loop	p. 216
Chapter 21	Even Doctors Get Panic Attacks	p. 226
Chapter 22	Evidence-Based Faith	p. 239
Chapter 23	Anxiety Sobriety	p. 250
	Epilogue Six Years and Five Minutes	p. 261
	Acknowledgments	p. 265
	Notes	p. 269
	Index	p. 277

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