Summary: It’s tough to live your life, keep up with friends, hold down a job, take care of family, and achieve your dreams when you’re being run ragged by an anxiety that just won’t stop! What if there were simple, inexpensive (free!) practices that you could do that would make that anxiety just evaporate and disappear like a puddle on a hot summer day? This week’s episode is geared just to that! Anxiety expert, Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg, joined me to discuss her book, THE 10 BEST-EVER ANXIETY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES. My fave quote of the interview: "This may be unpleasant but it is not lethal." In our conversation we covered: What part of your brain overreacts and causes anxiety Two ways fear affects your body 3 Effective ways to manage anxiety How to utilize worry management By the end of this episode you’ll be ready to turn the tables on anxiety and take back peaceful control. MEET MY GUEST: Margaret Wehrenberg, Psy.D., is the Curriculum Development Director for Candeo Behavior Change’s online Depression and Anxiety Program, and is the author of four books: The Anxious Brain, The 10 Best Ever Anxiety Management Techniques, The 10 Best Ever Depression Management Techniques and The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques Workbook, all published by W.W. Norton. She earned her M.A. studying psychodrama and bioenergetics, and has years of experience as a certified drug and alcoholism counselor, especially working with adults who were traumatized as children, before earning her Psy.D. and beginning a private psychotherapy practice, in Naperville, IL, focusing on anxiety disorder treatment. She blogs for Psychology Today, contributed a chapter to Clinical Pearls of Wisdom (Ed. M. Kerman), and is a frequent contributor of articles to The Psychotherapy Networker magazine. She speaks internationally on topics of clinical psychotherapy and is noted for her down-to-earth, pragmatic teaching style. Visit her at www.margaretwehrenberg.com.
