Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki has some research-backed tips for turning anxiety—an all-too-familiar and unpleasant emotion for many people—into a “superpower.”
In an effort to neutralize some of the shame and stigma associated with the condition, Suzuki, a professor of neural science at New York University, likes to begin her talks by citing that as much as 90 percent of the world’s population suffers from what she calls “everyday” anxiety—as distinct from clinical disorders, for which 28 percent of Americans have received a diagnosis at some point in their lifetime.
