#182 Today's guest is Dr. David Rosmarin— an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, a program director at McLean Hospital, and founder of Center for Anxiety—a practice that services over 1,000 patients per year in multiple states. Dr. Rosmarin studies the relevance of spirituality to mental health and his work has been featured in CNN, NPR, Scientific American, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. In this episode, we discuss:

+ A clinical definition of anxiety

+ Differences between fear, anxiety, & worry

+ The relationship between rumination & social anxiety

+ Ineffective (and sometimes unconscious!) ways we deal with anxiety

+ Ways to navigate anxiety that have helped thousands of people at his anxiety program

+ How to stop avoiding what’s making you anxious

+ Personality traits that anxious people tend to have

+ The relationship between anxiety & resilience

+ Supporting someone with anxiety without invalidating or enabling them

+ Finding professional help for your anxiety

+ Resources for learning about anxiety

Dr. Rosmarin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dhrosmarin/

MENTIONED

+ ADAA

+ Center for Anxiety

+ Contact Dr. Rosmarin

+ Dr. Rosmarin's Website

+ Thriving with Anxiety

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