Balancing life sometimes feels like running a marathon — literally and emotionally. As a long-distance runner, I’ve learned to push through discomfort on the road. But real life often feels like a different kind of endurance race — juggling a full-time job coding complex systems, being a father of two, caring for my mother’s treatment, managing a home, and trying to find peace in a not-so-easy family environment. In all this, anxiety silently builds up — even when things seem fine on the outside. Recently, I picked up “Rewire Your Anxious Brain” by Nick Trenton , and it has been quietly transformative. What struck me most was how practical and compassionate the book is. It doesn’t promise instant calm but gives you tools to understand your mind — especially how thoughts and emotions feed anxiety. One technique that resonated with me was the ABCDE method : A – Adversity: Identify what triggered your anxiety. B – Belief: Recognize what you’re telling yourself about it. ...