34 min

The Wisdom of Anxiety with Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary A Bit of Optimism

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Anxiety is the crown jewel of human evolution.


That’s the professional opinion of neuroscience professor and clinical psychologist Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, who is driving a paradigm shift in how we understand anxiety. The emotion isn’t a sickness or a flaw in human design – it’s an evolved advantage that protects us and strengthens our creative and productive powers.

So even though anxiety doesn’t feel good…it can be good to feel anxious.

This is… A Bit of Optimism.

  • 2024 iHeartMedia, Inc. © Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from iHeartMedia

Anxiety is the crown jewel of human evolution.


That’s the professional opinion of neuroscience professor and clinical psychologist Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, who is driving a paradigm shift in how we understand anxiety. The emotion isn’t a sickness or a flaw in human design – it’s an evolved advantage that protects us and strengthens our creative and productive powers.

So even though anxiety doesn’t feel good…it can be good to feel anxious.

This is… A Bit of Optimism.

34 min

  • 2024 iHeartMedia, Inc. © Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from iHeartMedia