(5 stars) • 19 reviews
39 students
20 lessons
How to Stop Worrying is a neuroscience-informed course designed to help you understand anxiety at its roots and reduce chronic worry. It combines modern psychology, physiology, and evidence-based techniques to calm the nervous system and retrain thought patterns. This course is ideal for anyone who wants to feel safer, clearer, and more emotionally regulated in everyday life.
Curriculum
This module explains how fear overrides rational thinking. You will learn why the amygdala can hijack the prefrontal cortex. Understanding this disconnect reduces self-blame.
Learn why ancient survival systems struggle in modern life. This lesson explains why worry feels constant today. Anxiety is reframed as outdated protection.
This module shows why thoughts themselves are not the problem. You will learn how relationship to thoughts fuels worry. A new perspective brings relief.
Learn how uncertainty activates stress responses in the body. This lesson explains why ambiguity feels threatening. You will gain tools to tolerate the unknown.
This module introduces structured worry containment. You will learn how limiting worry paradoxically reduces it. Control replaces rumination.
Explore two powerful approaches to anxious thinking. You will learn when to step back from thoughts and when to challenge them. Flexibility is emphasized.
This lesson introduces a structured way to evaluate anxious beliefs. You will learn how evidence weakens fear-based thinking. The method builds mental clarity.
Learn how action retrains anxiety faster than reassurance. This module shows how small experiments challenge predictions. Experience replaces fear.
This module teaches a fast-acting breathing technique. You will learn how it resets carbon dioxide levels. Calm becomes accessible on demand.
Learn how vagal tone influences anxiety and resilience. This lesson explains heart rate variability simply. You will gain tools to support nervous system balance.
This module explains how sleep regulates emotional memory. You will learn why poor sleep worsens anxiety. Rest becomes a treatment tool.
Learn how digestion influences mood and worry. This lesson explains gut-brain signaling. Nutrition and calm are biologically linked.
This module explores how natural environments calm attention. You will learn why nature reduces rumination. Gentle focus restores mental ease.
Learn how writing processes emotional load. This lesson introduces structured expression techniques. Thoughts lose intensity when externalized.
This module explains how nervous systems regulate together. You will learn why connection reduces anxiety. Safety is shared, not solo.
Learn how kindness triggers calming neurochemistry. This lesson reframes compassion as physiological regulation. Shame loses its grip.
This module teaches safe mental exposure techniques. You will learn how imagination retrains fear responses. Avoidance is gently reversed.
Learn how mindfulness quiets the default mode network. This lesson explains why the mind loops on worry. Awareness interrupts the cycle.
This module explores what you can and cannot control. You will learn how acceptance reduces anxiety. Energy is redirected wisely.
The final module explains how the brain rewires with practice. You will learn why change is always possible. Hope is grounded in biology.
This course transformed our students life.
Empowering and uplifting—highly recommend for anyone who overthinks what others think!
Ethan
Game Developer
I love how practical and down-to-earth this course is.
Thomas
Home Renovator
Simple, actionable, and so effective — my confidence has skyrocketed.
Aisha
Vintage Clothing Curator
