Rewire Your Anxious Brain

Catherine M. Pittman, a psychologist, and writer Elizabeth M. Karle ground their approach to anxiety in neuroscience research, focusing on two parts of the brain. The amygdala produces a primal fear response, often without a person even knowing why they are afraid, while the cortex is the seat of worry, where a person obsesses and ruminates over what might or might not occur. The authors give specific examples of managing fear through each pathway, along with self-assessments and techniques meant to rewire the brain processes behind anxiety, panic and worry. Their premise is that the more someone works to change how they respond to fear, the more resilient they become.

Laurentiu-Victor Balasa, CEO of Underline, said every entrepreneur he knows goes through phases of anxiety or depression and expected it to help.