Outsmart Your Anxiety with This Simple Mental Shift

Turn worry into creativity and purpose. Sociologist and bestselling author Martha Beck shows you how.

The world is in an anxious place right now. According to a poll last year by the American Psychiatric Association, 43% of U.S. adults said they felt more anxious than they did the previous year, and the numbers were even worse for young people. The causes of the epidemic aren’t entirely clear, but a relentless news cycle, digitally mediated social lives, and economic uncertainty sure give us things to stress about.

So what to do about it? New York Times bestselling author and life coach Martha Beck argues that instead of battling an an anxious mind, we can redirect it—transforming worry into creativity and fear into flow. Sounds good, right? Here’s how to do it: