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Being Human

What You Think You Need That You Don’t Really Need

Steve and Lisa help identify the big 5 sources of false anxiety.

There are different kinds of anxiety, but there is one type of anxiety that always feels real in the moment when it is not. Unlike acute anxiety which is always based on a real threat, like when you have to swerve to avoid a car, chronic anxiety is always based on a false threat. Like making everyone happy, or doing it perfectly every time or always needing to be there for others.

In this episode Steve and Lisa dig into what do you think you need that you don’t really need? And they also help you identify the big 5 sources of false anxiety.

Steve’s latest book explores the gap between our belief and our experience.

Being Human with Steve Cuss is a production of Christianity Today Executive Producers: Erik Petrik and Mike Cosper Senior Producer: Matt Stevens Mix Engineer: Kevin Morris Theme music by Dan Phelps

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