Rewire Your Anxious Brain

The more anxious you feel, the more afraid you are of that experience, and the more you try to avoid it.

that taking a chance is often less scary than we predict it will be.

Remember that doing nothing is a choice,

If you act to avoid those feelings, it can seem in the moment like you’ve gained something . . . but what have you lost?

Always remember that other people live in their own worlds just as you live in yours. They have their own feelings, thoughts, priorities, filters, biases, and ways of assigning meaning. Before you mind read or make assumptions about someone, try to appreciate that other people’s minds are often not really accessible to you.

Remind yourself that everyone struggles. Remind yourself that there’s no competition and no prize at the end of your life for being perfect.

Expectations are demands we make on reality.

you are disturbed not by things, but the views which you take of them.

have the permission and the ability to choose what I think during the day, to choose the actions I will take, that’s where it becomes really fun.”