409. How to manage your anxiety about the future

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The Psychology of your 20s 56 min 8 speakers 4 chapters transcribed 4 months ago
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Unknown 0:00
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Michael Easter 0:04
2%. That's the number of people who take the stairs when there is also an escalator available. I'm Michael Easter. And on my podcast, 2%, I break down the science of mental toughness, fitness, and building resilience in our strange modern world. Put yourself through some hardships, and you will come out on the other side a happier, more fulfilled, healthier person. Listen to 2%, that's T-W-O percent, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On the Look Back At It podcast. 1979, that was a big moment for me. 84 was big to me. I'm Sam Jay. And I'm Alex English. Each episode, we pick a year, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it. With our friends, fellow comedians, and favorite authors.
Michael Easter 0:53
Like Mark Lamont Hill on the 80s.
Unknown 0:56
84 was a wild year.
Michael Easter 0:57
It was a wild year. I don't think there's a more important year for black people. Listen to Look Back at It on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's good, y'all? You're listening to Learn the Hard Way with your favorite therapist and host, Keir Gaines. This space is about Black men's experiences, having honest conversations that it's really not safe to have anywhere, but you're having them with a licensed professional who knows what he's doing. How many men... carry a suit of armor it signals to the world that you not to be played with and just because you have the capability that does not mean that you need to listen to learn the hard way on the iHeartRadio app apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts
Stephanie Young 1:39
In 2023, Bachelor star Clayton Eckerd was accused of fathering twins, but the pregnancy appeared to be a hoax.
Unknown 1:47
You doctored this particular test twice, Ms. Owens, correct?
Stephanie Young 1:50
I doctored the test once. It took an army of internet detectives to uncover a disturbing pattern. Two more men who'd been through the same thing.
Greg Gillespie 1:59
Greg Gillespie and Michael Mancini.
Stephanie Young 2:01
My mind was blown. I'm Stephanie Young. This is Love Trapped.
Laura 2:05
Laura, Scottsdale Police.
Stephanie Young 2:07
As the season continues, Laura Owens finally faces consequences. Listen to Love Trapped podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Anna Sinfield 2:19
When a group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist, they take matters into their own hands. I vowed I will be his last target.
Unknown 2:30
He is not going to get away with this. He's going to get what he deserves. We always say that.
Anna Sinfield 2:35
Trust your girlfriends. Listen to The Girlfriends, Trust Me Babe, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Michael Easter 2:45
I got you, I got you.
Jemma Spake 2:55
Hello everybody, I'm Gemma Spake and welcome back to The Psychology of Your 20s, the podcast where we talk through the biggest changes, moments and transitions of our 20s and what they mean for our psychology.
Jemma Spake 3:15
Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the show. Welcome back to the podcast. It is so great to have you here. I literally landed in London back from Australia like five hours ago, and the jet lag is... Really setting in right now, so bear with me. But I feel like this episode can't wait. I feel like this is the most pressing feeling of our generation, of our time, that needs to be discussed before the next world disaster hits in probably the next few days. And the topic for today, that is our anxiety about the future. Our anxiety about the future of the world, the future of our lives, and how to manage it. I don't think that I've had a conversation, a single conversation in the past six months that hasn't included some mention of
Jemma Spake 4:08
of an ever-present existential threat kind of lingering over our lives. That combined with all of our personal worries and anxieties about the future as 20-somethings meant that it kind of felt like the right time to do an episode on catastrophizing and how to stay grounded right now when our thoughts are probably going a thousand miles a minute. I'm a major catastrophier and if you are like me, the thought spirals, the negativity spirals are probably non-stop at the moment.

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