How to Handle Your Pandemic Anxiety, With Psychologist Dr. Elena Welsh and Psychiatrist Dr. David Burns

<p>We're learning how to take our anxiety down a notch this week with help from cognitive behavioral experts Dr. Elena Welsh and Dr. David Burns. Listen to hear these two experts give tips on how to tame your anxiety using specific CBT methods, why it is that we tend to go down these anxiety spirals in the first place, and how to change our thinking for better outcomes.</p><p>Dr. Welsh is an LA-based psychologist who specializes in a wide variety of anxiety, mood, and depressive disorders, and is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1641526041?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--osAD8vuKDHAO1G5YMgKDp4PMy7-SJpNboT_wlR2D6MwDNg_kdNrs9dyZy2HU5h9M9O6bymZev2me2GDPN9mm7MZ4CcQ&amp;_hsmi=73309482&amp;utm_campaign=AM_Title%20Launch&amp;utm_content=73309482&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=hs_automation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Work Book for Panic Attacks</em></a>. Dr. Burns is a psychiatrist and the author <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Good-New-Mood-Therapy-ebook/dp/B009UW5X4C/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2XPU3F6HBM6G1&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=feeling+good+by+david+burns&amp;qid=1602468570&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=feeling+good+%2Cstripbooks%2C150&amp;sr=1-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy</em></a>, and most recently <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Great-Revolutionary-Treatment-Depression-ebook/dp/B08FRSQHFP/ref=pd_sim_351_3/146-0251147-5511655?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=B08FRSQHFP&amp;pd_rd_r=0d876a33-95fe-42ab-982a-5e0a7c085b1b&amp;pd_rd_w=OC5l8&amp;pd_rd_wg=dNE4J&amp;pf_rd_p=37f7dfa1-8c4e-4106-9502-a190ed3a2f4f&amp;pf_rd_r=3887VR2JNSF9MPBZVSPV&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=3887VR2JNSF9MPBZVSPV" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety</em></a>.</p><p>Have an idea for a future episode? Call us at 347-687-8109 and leave a voicemail, or write to us at upgrade@lifehacker.com. We want to hear from you!</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https: