Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-05-05
Books mentioned on The Truth About How Anxiety Works - Dr Tracy Dennis-Tiwary - #469
Dr Tracy Dennis-Tiwary is a professor of psychology and neuroscience, anxiety researcher, author and founder of Wise Therapeutics. Anxiety is one of the most common mental health disorders in 2022.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Be Confident
How to Be Confident by James Smith is a practical guide centered on the assertion that true confidence stems from knowing you can handle whatever challenges arise in life.
Discussed“It's interesting that you talk about stress through the same lens that one of my friends, James Smith, he's got a book How to Be Confident coming out soon, and I think one of his fundamental assertions is that confidence is your ability to know that you can deal with any challenges that come up and face you.”
Where to get it
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt is a sociological critique that examines how well-intentioned ideas and safetyism are setting younger generations up for failure, with a particular focus on the detrimental effects of social media.
Recommended“I think his work on you know, I think his book the coddling of the American mind is a very important and interesting one.”
Where to get it
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Future Tense
Future Tense is an insightful exploration into the nature of anxiety, offering a fresh perspective on how we perceive and manage anxious feelings in modern life.
Recommended“The book will be linked in the show notes below as well, Future Tense. I really like this.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“That's why I called the book Future Tense. You can't be anxious without thinking into the future, being a mental time traveler.”
“I mean, of course, because I wrote a whole book about anxiety, I have a very anxious dog. He's like Is that a byproduct of you writing the book?”
“And and that's why, you know, there's a whole chapter in the book that I just call uncertainty. I don't actually use the word anxiety until the very end of the chapter because really what anxiety is it's solving the problem of uncertainty for us.”
“It's sort of the the sole purpose of my book, which is it's not really a self-help book in the traditional sense. There aren't tons of tips or it's really a mindset shift.”
“I have a whole section on him in my book. Because that is a tragedy. And he was so talented.”
“And that literally that's the sole purpose of my book. I really don't want it to be a a self-help book, only a mindset shift book.”