UNWINDING ANXIETY WORKBOOK
A hands-on resource to help you break addictive habits and heal your anxious mind
Based on the New York Times bestseller Unwinding Anxiety, this practical guide offers exercises and thought-provoking journal prompts designed to help you manage anxiety through scientifically-validated techniques. Learn Dr. Brewer's three-step brain-based program for addressing anxiety and unhealthy coping behaviors.
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About the Workbook
This companion workbook to the bestselling Unwinding Anxiety provides hands-on exercises and journal prompts to help you apply Dr. Brewer's groundbreaking research to your own life. Work through practical activities designed to help you understand your anxiety triggers and develop healthier responses.
The workbook presents a three-step brain-based program that leverages your brain's reward systems to break unhealthy patterns. With guided exercises, you'll learn to map your anxiety habits, update your brain's reward value for anxious behaviors, and find bigger, better offers that truly satisfy.
Key Takeaways
Willpower is not the answer: Willpower alone cannot overcome anxiety - your brain needs a different approach.
Anxiety doesn't help performance: Despite common beliefs, anxiety doesn't enhance performance.
Curiosity is key: Curiosity serves as the primary mechanism for unwinding anxiety.
No meditation required: Mindfulness doesn't require formal meditation practice.
Work with your brain: Brain reward systems can be leveraged to break unhealthy patterns.
Practical exercises: Hands-on activities to apply these principles in your daily life.
The Three-Step Process
Map your anxiety habits: Understand your triggers, behaviors, and results.
Update the reward value: Help your brain see that anxiety isn't as rewarding as it thinks.
Find a bigger, better offer: Replace anxiety with curiosity and kindness.
The Unwinding Anxiety Workbook complements the award-winning Unwinding Anxiety app, which has been shown to deliver a:
57% reduction in anxiety
Winner of the Health Value Award (2019-2020) with hundreds of 5-star reviews
About Dr. Jud
Dr. Jud Brewer has spent over 20 years at Yale, MIT and Brown University researching how our brains form negative behavior patterns, bad habits and addictions, and the specific techniques needed to create lasting change.
Dr. Jud has worked with everyone from Olympic athletes to corporate leaders and been featured on 60 Minutes, the Washington Post, Time Magazine, and the BBC, among others. Learn more about Dr. Jud here.