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Heather Berlin

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238 total appearances

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StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

If you overthink too much, though, on the other end of the spectrum, that can be dangerous, too.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

And that also leads to anxiety.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

So the difference between fear is that something is in your present moment and it triggers this whole neurological response.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

It's actually happening.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

It's actually happening.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

Anxiety is just...

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

anticipation of a future threat.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

It's fully cognitive.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

And certain people who are just obsessing and thinking and worrying all the time, that's not adaptive.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

You've got to train them to actually turn that part of their brain down.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

Yes.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

The TED Talk is related to, it's similar, the book I'm working on as well.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

It's The Fine Art of Losing Control.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

And it's about how to control the dial, how to turn it up when you need it and turn it down.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

So gaining control by letting go in a controlled way.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

Someone I know, I've heard of.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

There are techniques that you can learn how to basically control your brain.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

Once you understand how it works, then we can figure out ways to control it.

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

And everybody's brain is slightly different, right?

StarTalk Radio
Conquering Fear with Alex Honnold

So it's like everyone's brain is like a thumbprint.