This new way to handle your worries doesn’t mean ignoring them—it means approaching them with creativity, curiosity, and even humor. In the audiobook The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It, Dr. David Carbonell shares powerful, unconventional tools to break free from anxious thought loops. Whether you’re writing a haiku about your fears, singing them to a silly tune, or recording them in a foreign accent, these playful strategies can shift your mindset and help you reclaim your peace of mind.

Today, we’re featuring an excerpt from the audiobook The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It that introduces a new way to handle your worries—one that encourages lightness, flexibility, and a totally different way of responding to anxiety. If traditional coping techniques haven’t worked, this surprising method might be the change you’ve been looking for.

In this episode, we’re featuring an excerpt from the audiobook The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It by Dr. David Carbonell, where you’ll discover a refreshingly playful approach to managing anxious thoughts. Instead of resisting or suppressing your worries, Dr. Carbonell encourages you to face them with creativity and humor. You’ll explore the “Rule of Opposites,” a method that includes writing haikus, singing silly worry songs, and even recording your fears in pig Latin—all designed to shift your perspective and loosen anxiety’s grip. If anxiety has been running the show, this episode offers a lighthearted and surprisingly effective path to regaining your sense of calm.

If you like what you hear today, the audio version of “The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It“ is available on Audible, and you can listen to it for free as part of your premium Spotify membership.

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Note that the information in this episode is of a general nature and is furnished for your knowledge and understanding only. If you have symptoms, including but not limited to any that resemble symptoms described in this episode, you should visit your doctor or health care provider for a full evaluation.

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