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An Alternative Toolkit for Anxiety

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Find your own way through anxiety
By The Blinkist Curators

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PsychologyHealth & Nutrition

More and more people are turning to ways to self-manage their anxiety, however conventional solutions like mindfulness, yoga, and meditation can feel "one size fits all". Let this collection of Blinks be a toolkit to help you get started in finding more personal and diverse solutions to a personal anxiety journey, or ways to understand and support those in your life with it.

An Alternative Toolkit for Anxiety

Find your own way through anxiety
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
Stephen LaBerge and Howard Rheingold
A step-by-step guide to Lucid Dreaming
16 min
4.4
Is It My Anxiety or My Intuition?
Is It My Anxiety or My Intuition?
Do you sometimes find yourself in situations where you're wondering, "Am I anxious, or is my intuition trying to tell me something?" Both intuition and fear produce gut responses—and learning to tell the difference between each can be valuable. In this episode, Natalie shows your how you can recognize which one is showing up and how that's the first step in understanding the patterns and behaviors that might be enabling anxiety to run circles around you.
11 min
4.7
The Age of Empathy
The Age of Empathy
Frans de Waal
Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society
14 min
4.2
A Really Good Day
A Really Good Day
Ayelet Waldman
How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life
22 min
4.2
Lost Connections
Lost Connections
Johann Hari
Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
32 min
4.6
Breathing for Health
Breathing for Health
In this episode, Dr. Rupy invites you to take a breather. Literally. Richie Bostock, aka “The Breath Guy”, joins Rupy to talk about breathwork—a practice which can help you feel better connected to your body, and even help reduce stress and anxiety.
9 min
4.5
Smile or Die
Smile or Die
Barbara Ehrenreich
How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World
11 min
3.6
Raising a Secure Child
Raising a Secure Child
Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper and Bert Powell with Christine M. Benton
How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child’s Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore
15 min
4.3
Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits
James Clear
An Easy And Proven Way to Build Good Habits And Break Bad Ones
24 min
4.6
How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan
What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
23 min
4.4
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