The 15-lesson, 60-minute video course that resolves test-taking, performance, and social anxiety.
Do you "blank out" on the test - in the audition - or in the biggest moments of games?
Do you tighten up and make mistakes that you know you're too capable to be making?
Do you get anxious in conversations, as if you've forgotten how to talk to people?
All of these used to happen to me!
My name is James Treadway, and I'm your teacher in the "Answer to Anxious" video course.
I'm a Harvard graduate ('08), international best-selling author, former walk-on college soccer player, and longtime SAT tutor.
I can't wait for you to realize the potential that your anxiety has been blocking.
"After just one session, I saw a change in Sam. The weight of anxiety lifted, replaced by a newfound confidence."
- Erin, Parent of an Elite Teenage Musician
"From struggling to finish tests to scoring in the top percentile, James' insights were the turning point."
– Avery, ACT Student
"While others panicked, I felt prepared and at ease. The techniques were my secret weapon."
- Chloe, SAT Student
Are you...
a young adult wanting to conquer social anxiety?
a parent looking to reconnect with your teen?
a person at work wanting to better connect
with clients and colleagues?
Are you...
a young adult wanting to conquer social anxiety?
a parent looking to reconnect with your teen?
a person at work wanting to better connect
with clients and colleagues?
Our money-back guarantee:
This course will change your life,
or your money back.
A 60-minute video course that resolves test-taking, performance, and social anxiety.
Do you "blank out" on the test - in the audition - or in the biggest moments of games?
Do you tighten up and make mistakes that you know you're too capable to be making?
Do you get anxious in conversations, as if you've forgotten how to talk to people?
All of these used to happen to me!
My name is James Treadway, and I'm your teacher in the "Answer to Anxious" video course.
I'm a Harvard graduate ('08), international best-selling author, former walk-on college soccer player, and longtime SAT tutor.
I can't wait for you to realize the potential that your anxiety has been blocking.
"After just one session, I saw a change in Sam. The weight of anxiety lifted, replaced by a newfound confidence."
- Erin, Parent of an Elite Teenage Musician
"From struggling to finish tests to scoring in the top percentile, James' insights were the turning point."
– Avery, ACT Student
"While others panicked, I felt prepared and at ease. The techniques were my secret weapon."
- Chloe, SAT Student
☝️ James Treadway on why he created
"Answer to Anxious" ☝️
“Hii Took my test today! I think it went much better than the previous time. My test anxiety was much better and I felt much more calm. Thank you!!”
- Athina, SAT Student
☝️ James Treadway on why he created "Answer to Anxious" ☝️
“Hii Took my test today! I think it went much better than the previous time. My test anxiety was much better and I felt much more calm. Thank you!!”
- Athina, SAT Student
The skills we teach will help anyone become more skilled at connecting to those around them...
whether you're a young adult struggling with social anxiety or a parent wanting to reconnect with your teenager.
☝️ Hear from our students ☝️
of all ages
What You Get When You Buy "Answer to Anxious"
Solve your performance anxiety (and everyday anxiety, too)
Gain massively in confidence
Perform at MUCH higher levels
Look forward with relaxed excitement to the things that used to make you cripplingly anxious
Be able to transfer these skills to anything else, for the rest of your life (e.g. public speaking)
$99
Money-Back Guarantee:
Not satisfied with the course?
We'll give you a full refund at any time.
Questions? Email James at [email protected]
All purchases processed securely through Stripe™
What You Get When You Buy "Answer to Anxious"
Solve your performance anxiety (and everyday anxiety, too)
Gain massively in confidence
Perform at MUCH higher levels
Look forward with relaxed excitement to the things that used to make you cripplingly anxious
Be able to transfer these skills to anything else, for the rest of your life (e.g. public speaking)
$99
Money-Back Guarantee:
Not satisfied with the course?
We'll give you a full refund at any time.
Questions? Email James at [email protected]
All purchases processed securely through Stripe™
☝️ College consultant and SAT tutor Arthur Emery explains why he recommends the
"Answer to Anxious" book and video course to all of his students☝️
“I don’t really even realize when I do one of the techniques now. It just comes naturally. I’ve gotten so much more outgoing and it’s so crazy to see, even my mom notices. I am truly shocked to see just how much of a confidence booster this class has been... Coming from somebody who has always struggled with anxiety, it's been extremely beneficial to me.
- Shannon, Social Anxiety Student
Video Course Details:
Course Details:
- 15 videos, averaging 4 minutes per video
- Learn the game-changing spectrum of "play with" versus "succeed at," where suddenly how to fix performance anxiety makes sense
- Master the 3 "flow moves" that you can do anytime, without anyone noticing, which immediately put you into flow
- Learn to solve other anxiety-fueled problems like procrastination and addictive behaviors
- Become expert in how to show up at your best in absolutely anything
Curriculum:
"I feel like I have a way now, from the class, that I can be more relaxed all the time, which is very nice.”
- Brendan, Social Anxiety Student
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If at any point you decide the course wasn't valuable to you, we'll give you a full refund.
Is this course for test-takers, athletes, performers, the socially anxious, or... who?!
It's for all of the above. James has worked with students in each of the above groups and his skills work in each arena just the same. If you're wanting to dive deeper into just social skills, though, then look at his course "Social Skills for Life" - www.growthwise.us/socialskills.
I thought James taught his courses live. What happened to those?
Students can still work with James live and one-on-one - you'll see an offer at checkout to upgrade to working with him personally, if you like.
My son/daughter already sees a therapist - will this offer them anything different than therapy?
This class is a training a set of practical skills for how to perform your skill of choice in a state of flow.
Therapists listen with an empathic ear but are not training a set of proactive skills designed to bring athletes, test-takers, performers etc. into a flow state on command.
“I don’t really even realize when I do one of the techniques now. It just comes naturally. I’ve gotten so much more outgoing and it’s so crazy to see, even my mom notices. I am truly shocked to see just how much of a confidence booster this class has been... Coming from somebody who has always struggled with anxiety, it's been extremely beneficial to me.
- Shannon, Social Anxiety Student
Video Course Details:
- 15 videos, averaging 4 minutes per video
- Learn the game-changing spectrum of "play with" versus "succeed at," where suddenly how to fix performance anxiety makes sense
- Master the 3 "flow moves" that you can do anytime, without anyone noticing, which immediately put you into flow
- Learn to solve other anxiety-fueled problems like procrastination and addictive behaviors
- Become expert in how to show up at your best in absolutely anything
Curriculum:
"I feel like I have a way now, from the class, that I can be more relaxed all the time, which is very nice.”
- Brendan, Social Anxiety Student
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If at any point you decide the course wasn't valuable to you, we'll give you a full refund.
Is this course for test-takers, athletes, performers, the socially anxious, or... who?!
It's for all of the above. James has worked with students in each of the above groups and his skills work in each arena just the same. If you're wanting to dive deeper into just social skills, though, then look at his course "Social Skills for Life" - www.growthwise.us/socialskills.
I thought James taught his courses live. What happened to those?
Students can still work with James live and one-on-one - you'll see an offer at checkout to upgrade to working with him personally, if you like.
My son/daughter already sees a therapist - will this offer them anything different than therapy?
This class is a training a set of practical skills for how to perform your skill of choice in a state of flow.
Therapists listen with an empathic ear but are not training a set of proactive skills designed to bring athletes, test-takers, performers etc. into a flow state on command.
"Now it's easy to tell which nervous system mode I'm in. I used to be in sympathetic all the time, while pretending I wasn't. But I know what that looks like now and it's easy to put myself into a better place."
- David, SAT Student
What You Get When You Buy "Answer to Anxious"
Solve your performance anxiety (and everyday anxiety, too)
Gain massively in confidence
Perform at MUCH higher levels
Look forward with relaxed excitement to the things that used to make you cripplingly anxious
Be able to transfer these skills to anything else, for the rest of your life (e.g. public speaking)
$99
Money-Back Guarantee:
Not satisfied with the course?
We'll give you a full refund at any time.
Questions? Email James at [email protected]
All purchases processed securely through Stripe™
Performance Anxiety:
When Trying Harder Makes You Worse
By James Treadway
Maybe my favorite concept in "Answer to Anxious" is the "play with" versus "succeed at" spectrum, which describes the two energies with which we show up to anything we do.
"Play with" energy is on one side of the spectrum. It's relaxed, curious, spontaneous, and takes mistakes lightly. It's playful, like a child! Think of Brazilian soccer players who play with such flair and creativity, and usually a smile on their face, too. That's "play with" at its best.
"Succeed at" energy, on the other end of the spectrum, is more serious, and it's where the performance anxiety folks hang out too long. "Succeed at" is discipline, willpower, work ethic, drive. It's serious business, and it's key to suceeding!
But the key to performing at our peak is to BALANCE the two energies.
Performance anxiety happens when we get stuck too far on the "succeed at" end of the spectrum. At that point, we decide that mistakes are no longer OK. They are to be strenuously avoided. And that perfectionist fear makes us tighter and more rigid. We start to doubt, worry, and overthink. This makes us slower and less accurate in whatever we do.
A slew of further symptoms unfold, all of them torpedoing our performance.
It's ironic, because "succeed at" is what has made performance anxiety folks so successful thus far: they've put in the hard work, thanks to their "succeed at" energy!
But then they took it too far, making themselves uptight and unable to perform at their best.
When we find the sweet spot between "play with" and "succeed at," we show up at our best - in flow - emanating the same resonance as a perfectly-tuned guitar string: not too loose, not too tight. Just right.
When we show up in that energy, a level of performance emerges that surprises even ourselves with how good it was.
You know when you've done something so well that even you were shocked by what happened? That's what being in flow is.
Unlocking that level in YOU is what the "Answer to Anxious" video course is about.
So get in here! Give it a try. We offer a full money-back guarantee if you've the videos, tried the techniques, and found they didn't work for you.
You've got nothing to lose, but your realized highest potential to gain.
“It’s the best money I’ve ever spent.”
– Claire, Parent of Musician
“With the mental health issues going on during Covid, my daughter had 3 or 4 panic attacks. But she really gravitated toward your ideas, and she hasn’t had a panic attack since working with you.”
– Kat, Parent of Test-Taker
What You Get When You Buy "Answer to Anxious"
Solve your performance anxiety (and everyday anxiety, too)
Gain massively in confidence
Perform at MUCH higher levels
Look forward with relaxed excitement to the things that used to make you cripplingly anxious
Be able to transfer these skills to anything else, for the rest of your life (e.g. public speaking)
$99
Money-Back Guarantee:
Not satisfied with the course?
We'll give you a full refund at any time.
Questions? Email James at [email protected]
All purchases processed securely through Stripe™
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Q: Will there be homework?
In James' interactive 1:1 course, he assigns students three minutes a day of quizzing themselves on key slides from the previous session.
In the video course, students have prompts for reflection/journaling after each lesson.
In both classes, reviewing key material daily keeps the content top-of-mind as students go through their day, so they're more likely to notice key themes in their daily life and practice the key techniques.
Q: $2,495 for the 1:1 class with James - isn't that a lot of money for a course that isn't about school?
Yes, yet "Social Skills for Life" - and this will sound like crazy exagerration - is likely to be the most life-changing class they ever take.
To a large degree, school teaches skills and knowledge that we don't use later in life.
Yet in Social Skills for Life or the "Make Them Feel Seen" video course, you will emerge with a self-awareness, groundedness, confidence, and social skill that will last the rest of your life. It won't just alter your career trajectory and the opportunities you're offered by people who want to work with you. It will make your personal relationships deeply fulfilling and successful, too. It will certainly make you a better partner and parent one day.
If you could guarantee these lifelong results - and spare yourself the expenses of therapies, coaching, medication, and addictive behaviors that all stem from insecurities and anxiety - for less than three grand, would you do so?
That is what these classes deliver.
You can quit the class at any time and have the balance of the class refunded to you, based on how much you completed. And if you believe the classes didn't offer you value, we'll refund you for the entire cost.
Q: Why do you teach the interactive class 1:1 instead of in groups?
We used to offer Social Skills for Life to groups of three and four students at a time, but gradually we realized that the one-on-one students were achieving deeper breakthroughs and realizations than the group class students.
Students who didn't know each other were much less likely to share vulnerably about themselves over Zoom in front of others.
As amazing as the class is, it requires a student who's willing to face their fears and limitations in an honest way and apply themselves to the material to discover how it works for them.
If you don't seem ready to do that, then this isn't the class for you.
If you ARE ready to approach the class in a committed and vulnerable way, then signing up will be one of the best decisions you've ever made.
Resolving anxiety is the theme of Part 2 in James' interactive 1:1 class.
Meanwhile, learning to make others feel seen and heard, the topic of the video course and Part 1 of the interactive course, will dramatically lower social anxiety, raise confidence, and thus ease overall anxiety as well.
"Now it's easy to tell which nervous system mode I'm in. I used to be in sympathetic all the time, while pretending I wasn't. But I know what that looks like now and it's easy to put myself into a better place."
- David, SAT Student
What You Get When You Buy "Answer to Anxious"
Solve your performance anxiety (and everyday anxiety, too)
Gain massively in confidence
Perform at MUCH higher levels
Look forward with relaxed excitement to the things that used to make you cripplingly anxious
Be able to transfer these skills to anything else, for the rest of your life (e.g. public speaking)
$99
Money-Back Guarantee:
Not satisfied with the course?
We'll give you a full refund at any time.
Questions? Email James at [email protected]
All purchases processed securely through Stripe™
Performance Anxiety:
When Trying Harder Makes You Worse
By James Treadway
Maybe my favorite concept in "Answer to Anxious" is the "play with" versus "succeed at" spectrum, which describes the two energies with which we show up to anything we do.
"Play with" energy is on one side of the spectrum. It's relaxed, curious, spontaneous, and takes mistakes lightly. It's playful, like a child! Think of Brazilian soccer players who play with such flair and creativity, and usually a smile on their face, too. That's "play with" at its best.
"Succeed at" energy, on the other end of the spectrum, is more serious, and it's where the performance anxiety folks hang out too long. "Succeed at" is discipline, willpower, work ethic, drive. It's serious business, and it's key to suceeding!
But the key to performing at our peak is to BALANCE the two energies.
Performance anxiety happens when we get stuck too far on the "succeed at" end of the spectrum. At that point, we decide that mistakes are no longer OK. They are to be strenuously avoided. And that perfectionist fear makes us tighter and more rigid. We start to doubt, worry, and overthink. This makes us slower and less accurate in whatever we do.
A slew of further symptoms unfold, all of them torpedoing our performance.
It's ironic, because "succeed at" is what has made performance anxiety folks so successful thus far: they've put in the hard work, thanks to their "succeed at" energy!
But then they took it too far, making themselves uptight and unable to perform at their best.
When we find the sweet spot between "play with" and "succeed at," we show up at our best - in flow - emanating the same resonance as a perfectly-tuned guitar string: not too loose, not too tight. Just right.
When we show up in that energy, a level of performance emerges that surprises even ourselves with how good it was.
You know when you've done something so well that even you were shocked by what happened? That's what being in flow is.
Unlocking that level in YOU is what the "Answer to Anxious" video course is about.
So get in here! Give it a try. We offer a full money-back guarantee if you've the videos, tried the techniques, and found they didn't work for you.
You've got nothing to lose, but your realized highest potential to gain.
“It’s the best money I’ve ever spent.”
– Claire, Parent of Musician
“With the mental health issues going on during Covid, my daughter had 3 or 4 panic attacks. But she really gravitated toward your ideas, and she hasn’t had a panic attack since working with you.”
– Kat, Parent of Test-Taker
What You Get When You Buy "Answer to Anxious"
Solve your performance anxiety (and everyday anxiety, too)
Gain massively in confidence
Perform at MUCH higher levels
Look forward with relaxed excitement to the things that used to make you cripplingly anxious
Be able to transfer these skills to anything else, for the rest of your life (e.g. public speaking)
$99
Money-Back Guarantee:
Not satisfied with the course?
We'll give you a full refund at any time.
Questions? Email James at [email protected]
All purchases processed securely through Stripe™
