Practical Tools for a Less Anxious Life — Modern Wisdom (Donald Robertson)

When anxiety feels like an endless storm, small, repeatable practices can actually change the weather. In this 5-minute summary (originally 2 hours), host Chris Williamson and clinical psychologist Donald Robertson distill evidence-based strategies—from CBT and exposure therapy to Stoic techniques—to reduce chronic worry and build resilience. Learn to treat emotions as multiple “ingredients,” use exposure and worry-postponement to break avoidance, apply cognitive defusion to create choice around thoughts, and work with bodily symptoms rather than fighting them. Robertson also explains why simple, concrete tools outperform complexity and how practices like prosoche and premeditatio malorum map onto modern therapy. Ideal for listeners searching for mental health, CBT, anxiety treatment, or Stoicism insights. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.