Motley Fool Money Thriving with Anxiety
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Feb 15, 2026 
Dr. David Rosmarin, psychologist, Harvard associate professor and founder of the Center for Anxiety, offers a fresh take on anxiety. He reframes anxiety as a signal to harness, discusses why modern parenting can harm resilience, and explains how emotions can be used productively in investing, communication, and everyday challenges.
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Anxiety As Opportunity
- Anxiety is often a false-positive alarm that signals opportunity, not just danger.
- Reframing anxiety as useful lets you mine it for emotional and financial decisions.
Don't Try To Remove Emotions
- Accept that emotions will influence major choices instead of waging a futile war to remove them.
- Learn to harness anxiety and distinguish when to listen and when it's just noise.
Let Your Body Reset
- The body's rest-and-digest (acetylcholine) counters fight-or-flight adrenaline after anxiety peaks.
- Trying to suppress or act impulsively prevents that calming system from restoring balance.
