Dr. Sanders and Dr. Spangler part 2 | How to Care Just Enough

Voyage Clinics Podcast · May 21, 2025 · 1h 8m

Dr. John Sanders welcomes back Dr. Diane Spangler in this second episode with the psychologist and researcher. The conversation explores the biological, psychological, and behavioral foundations of anxiety, framing it as a preparatory system distinct from fear and anger. Dr. Spangler explains how anxiety, when moderate, enhances performance, but when excessive, becomes paralyzing. The discussion highlights the upside-down U-shaped curve of anxiety’s relationship to performance, and explores physiological distinctions between adrenal stress responses in fear versus anxiety.

Dr. Spangler…