Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-05-05
Chris Williamson & Dr Tracy Dennis-Tiwary: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #469
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.
Chris Williamson recommended The Expectation Effect by David Robson and Future Tense by Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, and discussed How to Be Confident by James Smith. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary recommended The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Be Confident
James Smith's How to Be Confident is a practical guide designed to help readers build genuine self-assurance by understanding how to navigate and overcome personal insecurities.
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.”
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt investigates how modern safetyism, declining childhood resilience, and the rapid rise of social media are negatively impacting the mental health and emotional development of younger generations.
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.”
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The Expectation Effect
The Expectation Effect by David Robson is a science book exploring how human expectations, thoughts, and placebo or nocebo effects physically impact health, behavior, and daily existence across various domains.
Recommended“There was um one of the things that I I think is interesting around how that link between technology and the way that we feel after we use technology um is the expectation effect which is a new book by David Robson came out couple of months ago. He's on the show. He's a fantastic science communicator.”
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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.”