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In this insightful talk, a clinical psychologist shares his journey from his first anxiety attack to identifying how anxiety can be a powerful tool for growth and connection. He emphasizes that anxiety can sometimes require professional care, but other times embracing anxiety can lead to resilience, connection, and inner peace. He concludes with four practical steps to transform anxiety from your enemy into your ally.

David H. Rosmarin PhD is the author of Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You. He is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, a program director at McLean Hospital, and founder of Links Center for Anxiety, which provides services to over 1,000 patients/year in multiple states. Dr. Rosmarin is an international expert on spirituality and mental health, whose work has been featured in Scientific American, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Good Morning America. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

In this keynote address from the 6th Global Summit on Spirituality, Religion & Mental Health, David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP of McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School explores the growing psychological and spiritual crises shaping modern life, and why the future of mental health must become more relational, meaningful, and spiritually informed. Drawing from clinical psychology, psychiatry, spirituality, neuroscience, and contemporary culture, Dr. Rosmarin argues that rising anxiety, loneliness, and emotional distress are deeply connected to three underlying human crises: a crisis of identity, a crisis of loneliness, and a crisis of meaning.

The keynote addresses social media and identity fragmentation, artificial intelligence and human flourishing, loneliness, attachment and relationships, Viktor Frankl and the psychology of meaning, spirituality, religion and suicide prevention, why modern mental health systems often feel fragmented and impersonal, and the future of spiritually integrated mental health care. Dr. Rosmarin also reflects personally on his own anxiety, Sabbath observance, modern technology, and the importance of reconnecting to identity, belonging, purpose, and transcendence.

If you struggle with anxiety, this episode will change your life. In today’s conversation, Mel sits down with Harvard Medical School psychologist and world-renowned anxiety expert Dr. David Rosmarin — and he’s about to flip everything you think you know about anxiety on its head. By the end of this episode, you are going to know exactly what anxiety is, the things you’re doing that are making it worse, and how you can look at it in a whole new way. You’ll also learn exactly how to help somebody who is struggling with it.

If you feel trapped by anxiety, or you've been trying to outrun it, what Dr. Rosmarin is about to share will set you free. He’s here to share a simple way to stop spiraling thoughts, find clarity, and finally feel in control. Dr. Rosmarin is one of the world’s leading experts on anxiety and the founder of The Center for Anxiety. He’s an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and director of the Spirituality and Mental Health Program at McLean Hospital, one of the top psychiatric hospitals in the world. Whether your anxiety is keeping you up at night, holding you back at work, making parenting harder, or bringing life in general to a grinding halt, this episode will give you the tools — and the hope — you’ve been looking for.

In this week’s episode of the Meaningful People Podcast, Dr. David Rosmarin challenges one of the biggest assumptions people have about mental health: that anxiety is something to eliminate. A Harvard professor and leading anxiety expert, Dr. Rosmarin explains why trying to avoid discomfort may actually be making people weaker, more anxious, and less resilient. From parenting and dating to fear of failure, public speaking, and panic attacks, this conversation explores why anxiety might not be the enemy at all. The episode also dives into anxiety in the frum world, the pressures of shidduchim, eating disorders, fear-based parenting, and how vulnerability creates stronger relationships.

Dr. Rosmarin shares practical strategies for dealing with anxiety, including the four-step framework he uses with patients, while Nachi opens up about his own fears and experiences throughout the conversation. This is a deeply honest and surprisingly empowering discussion about learning to stop running from fear and start growing through it.