{"product_id":"rewire-your-anxious-brain-how-to-use-the-neuroscience-of-fear-to-end-anxiety-panic-and-worry","title":"Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou know there's nothing to be afraid of. Your heart is pounding anyway.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome anxiety starts as a thought: a worry that loops, a \"what if\" you can't put down. Other anxiety starts below thought, as a jolt of fear that arrives before you even know why. Catherine M. Pittman and Elizabeth M. Karle explain that these come from two different pathways in the brain, and that each one needs a different approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first pathway runs through the \u003cstrong\u003eamygdala\u003c\/strong\u003e, the brain's fast, protective alarm. As the authors put it, \"the amygdala is wired to react before the cortex can.\" That's why reasoning with yourself in the moment so often fails: the reaction has already happened. The amygdala doesn't respond to words or logic. In the book's words, its language is \"not one of words or thoughts, but of emotions,\" and it learns through experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second pathway runs through the \u003cstrong\u003ecortex\u003c\/strong\u003e, where worry, rumination, and anxious \"what if\" thinking take shape. This is the part that responds to changing how you think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Anxious brain basics.\u003c\/strong\u003e How the amygdala and the cortex each create anxiety, and how to tell which one is driving yours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Calming the amygdala.\u003c\/strong\u003e The stress response and panic attacks, relaxation that actually reaches the body, understanding your triggers, and teaching your amygdala new responses through experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Calming the cortex.\u003c\/strong\u003e The thinking patterns that fuel anxiety, and practical ways to interrupt worry and rumination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePutting it together:\u003c\/strong\u003e a plan for living with less anxiety, using both pathways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho it's for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders who've tried to think their way out of anxiety and found it only goes so far. If \u003cem\u003eAnchored\u003c\/em\u003e helped you understand your nervous system, this book does the same for the anxious brain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCheckout is through PayPal. No PayPal account? Just enter your email on the PayPal screen and you'll get the option to pay by debit or credit card, no account needed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDigital PDF, available for immediate download after purchase. Authors: Catherine M. Pittman, PhD, and Elizabeth M. Karle, MLIS. Published by New Harbinger Publications. This book is a self-help resource and is not a substitute for professional care.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"goodreadsnow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49760626737307,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0531\/8986\/9723\/files\/rewire_434e0149-efea-4ef5-a55f-5ab618284ddc.jpg?v=1791586191","url":"https:\/\/goodreadsnow.com\/products\/rewire-your-anxious-brain-how-to-use-the-neuroscience-of-fear-to-end-anxiety-panic-and-worry","provider":"goodreadsnow","version":"1.0","type":"link"}