Managing Your Worries: Mindfulness Practice

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In this video, I discuss another technique for managing worries and anxiety: practicing mindfulness. A mindful stance allows us to stay grounded in the present moment, making it easier to resist the urges to worry. Midfulness practice is a widely used strategy in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders and, in particular, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
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In this video, I discuss another science-based strategy for managing worries: defusion, that is, changing how we relate to a thought (as opposed to trying to change the thought itself). It's from a type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) called acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
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