anxiety

Episode 40: Worry

After the popularity of the anxiety episode, a follow up—this time anxiety’s legitimate, responsible, older cousin: worry. How are worry and anxiety different? What does the science say about worrying? Can it be helpful/useful? Merideth will share the results of a recent social media poll about artists’ worries, plus some things that are helping her cope with it lately.

Frederick Buechner’s book “Beyond Words”

Controlled Burning Makes Forests Healthy

“The Upside of Worrying,” Kate Sweeney

Episode 33: Anxiety

This week on the podcast, Merideth explores a topic she and so many artists struggle with: anxiety. She’ll share info from two studies on how anxiety affects our brain health and offer some insights into managing the stress that she found in the most unexpected place. 

Study “Positive attitudes reduce dementia risk”

Study “PTSD doubles dementia risk”

Mental Health Resources on our website