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Curiosity, The Antidote To (And Flip Side Of) Anxiety
Psychologist Todd Kashdan points out that the two mechanisms evolved together and complement each other. "Anxiety is in fact one-half of a quite useful yin-yang process. Rather than resist it, he argues, we should acknowledge its existence and turn up the volume on the other side of the equation: the impulse that pulls us toward challenge and exploration." Miller-McCune 10/30/09
Psychologist Todd Kashdan points out that the two mechanisms evolved together and complement each other. "Anxiety is in fact one-half of a quite useful yin-yang process. Rather than resist it, he argues, we should acknowledge its existence and turn up the volume on the other side of the equation: the impulse that pulls us toward challenge and exploration." Miller-McCune 10/30/09
Posted November 3, 2009 10:23 PM
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