Dr. Wendy Suzuki

And I always say for exercise and meditation, those two things that could immediately decrease your stress and anxiety levels, it's great. In fact, I tell you, I tell everybody to start small. 10 minutes of walking. Don't even have to change your clothes or your shoes. Just a minute walking.

And I always say for exercise and meditation, those two things that could immediately decrease your stress and anxiety levels, it's great. In fact, I tell you, I tell everybody to start small. 10 minutes of walking. Don't even have to change your clothes or your shoes. Just a minute walking.

of deep breathing, just put your phone on, you know, just the clock and just so you know how much that minute is. And just doing that is good enough. And the effort comes in batting away all those feelings of failure and the difference between your one minute and 10 hours that you really wanted to do.

of deep breathing, just put your phone on, you know, just the clock and just so you know how much that minute is. And just doing that is good enough. And the effort comes in batting away all those feelings of failure and the difference between your one minute and 10 hours that you really wanted to do.

Yeah. So anxiety is a normal human emotion. Everybody has anxiety. I think it's been kind of clinicalized. Oh, I have anxiety. Yeah, everybody has anxiety. But anxiety exists on a very, very large spectrum. So we all have anxiety.

Yeah. So anxiety is a normal human emotion. Everybody has anxiety. I think it's been kind of clinicalized. Oh, I have anxiety. Yeah, everybody has anxiety. But anxiety exists on a very, very large spectrum. So we all have anxiety.

And yes, the highest levels of anxiety that prevent you from doing the everyday things that you need to do in your life and having a job and having relationships and going out and doing things. That's clinical. And it is just...

And yes, the highest levels of anxiety that prevent you from doing the everyday things that you need to do in your life and having a job and having relationships and going out and doing things. That's clinical. And it is just...

kind of going down that rabbit hole of anxiety and needing more help, clinical help to get you out with cognitive behavioral therapy, so many different techniques that you could use. So it's all part of a spectrum, which, you know, I hope that makes people feel better because you can come back. Everybody has it. Let's just pull you back from that highest level. And

kind of going down that rabbit hole of anxiety and needing more help, clinical help to get you out with cognitive behavioral therapy, so many different techniques that you could use. So it's all part of a spectrum, which, you know, I hope that makes people feel better because you can come back. Everybody has it. Let's just pull you back from that highest level. And

Let you take advantage of, I think one of the things I love the most from my book, Good Anxiety, is that it's not about anxiety is so bad. Let me just tell you the tools to get rid of it in your life. It is the acknowledgement that anxiety is a protective mechanism. My invitation is, can I invite you to try and use your anxiety to help protect you, to actually give you some gifts or superpowers?

Let you take advantage of, I think one of the things I love the most from my book, Good Anxiety, is that it's not about anxiety is so bad. Let me just tell you the tools to get rid of it in your life. It is the acknowledgement that anxiety is a protective mechanism. My invitation is, can I invite you to try and use your anxiety to help protect you, to actually give you some gifts or superpowers?

Because there's a lot that we can learn from our anxiety and all our uncomfortable emotions.

Because there's a lot that we can learn from our anxiety and all our uncomfortable emotions.

Yeah, yeah. So I start with, I think, the easiest to implement. So this one is the superpower of productivity that comes from A very common form of anxiety that everybody has, which is the to-do list that comes up at inopportune times. It's like, oh, you get overwhelmed. For me, it comes up right before I'm going to go to sleep. And so it prevents me from going to sleep. So annoying.

Yeah, yeah. So I start with, I think, the easiest to implement. So this one is the superpower of productivity that comes from A very common form of anxiety that everybody has, which is the to-do list that comes up at inopportune times. It's like, oh, you get overwhelmed. For me, it comes up right before I'm going to go to sleep. And so it prevents me from going to sleep. So annoying.

And so the flip for that. is to take the to-do list. And first, I want you to notice that all of these things are things that you care about doing well. They're usually about your job or your relationship or money, money things. All good to be concerned about them. The trick is to take that list what-if list and turn it into a to-do list. And so for me, I don't do it in the middle of the night.

And so the flip for that. is to take the to-do list. And first, I want you to notice that all of these things are things that you care about doing well. They're usually about your job or your relationship or money, money things. All good to be concerned about them. The trick is to take that list what-if list and turn it into a to-do list. And so for me, I don't do it in the middle of the night.

I wait till the next morning. But I've trained myself that I'm going to take care of each one of those worries and do something active. If there is an issue at work, I'm going to talk to three people about it and try and get input for that. There's something active that you can do for every single one of your worries.

I wait till the next morning. But I've trained myself that I'm going to take care of each one of those worries and do something active. If there is an issue at work, I'm going to talk to three people about it and try and get input for that. There's something active that you can do for every single one of your worries.