If you struggle with chronic anxiety, your life tends to revolve around three phases. This pattern happens because of what's called the "worry bin" in your brain, a space for stress and worry. Understanding those phases, and how to manage them, will help you reduce anxiety by shrinking the worry bin. You can't eliminate stress entirely, but you can learn skillful distractions to train your brain to focus on more engaging and less stressful activities. The key is not just solving problems but changing how much mental space you allocate to stress and worry. Get my book: For When Everything is Burning https://bit.ly/forwheneverythingisburning Connect with me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.scott.eilers See the Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@DrScottEilers What's inside: 00:00 - The Illusion of Emptying the Worry Bin 04:50 - Adding a Tool to Combat Endless Stress 07:08 - Coping Skill: Mindful Reflection 11:51 - In-The-Moment Anxiety Reduction with Mindfulness Questions 13:59 - Training Your Brain with Skillful Distractions 16:17 - Shrinking the Worry Bin for Sustained Peace Disclaimer: This content is not intended to be a replacement for receiving treatment. It is purely educational in nature. My relationship with you is that of presenter and audience, not therapist and client. But I do care.

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