219 The Upside of Anxiety with Dr. Kevin Majeres

AMDG. Catholic psychiatrist Dr. Kevin Majeres rejoins the Kolbecast for a discussion on anxiety: one of the most common, but also most misunderstood, emotions.  Working from the definition that anxiety is an urge to avoid challenge, Dr. Majeres describes how he helps his clients live by ideals that they freely commit to rather than living under the control of their past; explains how you don’t defeat things by forgetting them, but by building new things; and alludes to how mindfulness plus metaphysics equals contemplation.

Kolbecast episodes mentioned & relevant:  

• 188 Dr. Kevin Majeres Sees Challenges as Opportunities 

• 185 Developmentally Appropriate Independence discussing summer camp 

Related links: 

• Optimal Work 
  

• Jonathan Heidt’s The Anxious Generation 

• Dr. Russ Harris’s The Happiness Trap 

• Dr. Eli Lebowitz’s Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD and other resources 

• Dr. Donna Pinkus’s Growing Up Brave 

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