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Chris Williamson

What Chris Williamson Says About Mental Health

7 episodes featuring Chris Williamson on mental health

All Chris Williamson episodes All Mental Health episodes

Key Insights on Mental Health

90% of anxiety is anticipatory about control over events, not the events themselves - uncertainty drives pattern-seeking in meaningless static

  • "All anxiety is separation anxiety" - Dr. Russell Kennedy, meaning separation from your own ability to handle situations, not from other people
  • Cortisol awakening response is healthy and necessary - spiking cortisol in the first hour after waking prevents afternoon anxiety and sleep problems

Episodes

Books on mental health

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic by Sandra Kahn Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke Commentary on the Tabernacle by Hermann Witsius The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It by Will Storr

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