Tamsen Fadal

Dr. Wendy Suzuki is a neuroscientist, professor of neuroscience and psychology,

and Dean of the College of Arts and Science at NYU and the author of the book, Good Anxiety.

Her work changed how I think about what's happening in my brain when I start to feel overwhelmed or I start to feel that anxious feeling or on edge.

She studies how the brain changes, and more importantly, how we can work with it instead of fighting it, which I found out I've been doing for a long time.

So if you've been feeling more anxious than you used to feel, more distracted, or like your brain is not cooperating lately, this conversation is for you.

I think it's going to help you in so many ways.

It's so nice to see you.

You too.

It's been a bit since we saw each other, but I follow you avidly and always looking at what you're doing next.

So we're going to bring out something shortly, which is going to surprise everybody.

But first, I want to ask you, what pulled you into this line of work in particular?

That's incredible.

So fast forward to today, where you're going around teaching about it, overseeing thousands of students, making sure people understand

And I think there's so much curiosity these days into what our brains are doing, where they're working for us, and where we sometimes maybe feel they're working against us.

Is there something that you're seeing nowadays, or is there some kind of trend?

We know social media is a big thing out there.

We know AI has a lot going on.

Is there some kind of trend you're seeing nowadays in how we are thinking and how anxiety plays a role into all of this in society?

And I can imagine that's something that's pretty new on the horizon.

We've seen social media for a while, but how quickly AI has become part of our lives in all of this.