Anxiety Happens
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Anxiety Happens

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eBook - PDF

Anxiety Happens

About this book

Break free from anxiety—once and for all! From the authors of The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety, this powerful yet portable guide offers fifty-two in-the-moment mindfulness strategies you can use anytime, anywhere to cultivate calm and radically transform your life.

We live in an age of anxiety, and studies show that it's only getting worse. Anxiety forces itself into our awareness and can deplete our energy, resources, and resolve. It screams "pay attention to me—or else." We may confront it the moment we wake up in the morning, and it can even keep us from getting to sleep at night. In short, it can run our lives. But it doesn't have to be this way.

Building on the success of The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety, this quick reference guide offers fifty-two simple tools and strategies—one for each week of the year—based in proven-effective acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you break free from worry, fear, and panic. In addition to "in-the-moment" tools for staying calm, you'll learn about the underlying causes of your anxiety, why avoidance just doesn't work, how to move past your negative inner voice, and how focusing on your values can help you move past anxiety and live a rich, meaningful life.

If—like many people—you're fed up with anxiety getting in the way of living your life, the powerful little exercises in this guide will show you how to break the cycle of anxiety for good. This book has been selected as an Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Book Recommendation —an honor bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.

Information

Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9781684031115

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Introduction
  3. 1. LIVE Your Life
  4. 2. Find Connection
  5. 3. Creating Space
  6. 4. Live with Intention
  7. 5. Release the Fear
  8. 6. Exploring the Costs
  9. 7. The Struggle Trap
  10. 8. Letting Go
  11. 9. Flip the Switch
  12. 10. Do the Opposite
  13. 11. Taking a Leap
  14. 12. Voices of Anxiety
  15. 13. On Autopilot
  16. 14. Whole, Complete, Enough
  17. 15. Kindness and Self-Care
  18. 16. Cultivating Allowing
  19. 17. Popping the Illusion
  20. 18. Not Buying It
  21. 19. Getting Unstuck
  22. 20. Humanizing the Mind
  23. 21. Words, Letters, and Ink
  24. 22. Be Patient
  25. 23. Disarming Anxiety
  26. 24. Who Am I, Really?
  27. 25. The Expansive Self
  28. 26. Let It Be
  29. 27. Drop the Stories
  30. 28. Behavior Matters!
  31. 29. Discover Your Passions
  32. 30. Finding Your North Star
  33. 31. Opening the Right Doors
  34. 32. Making Wise Choices
  35. 33. Do, No Trying
  36. 34. Exercise Kindness
  37. 35. Don’t Feed It
  38. 36. Body Surfing Emotions
  39. 37. Refocus, Reconnect, and Redirect
  40. 38. Moving with Barriers
  41. 39. Lay Off the But(t)s
  42. 40. Unhooking from the Past
  43. 41. Grounding in the Now
  44. 42. Releasing Attachments
  45. 43. Drifting Along
  46. 44. Take Good Care
  47. 45. Reclaim Your Power
  48. 46. The Gift of Gratitude
  49. 47. Paying It Forward
  50. 48. Taking the Reins
  51. 49. Inhabiting Your Body
  52. 50. Growing Through Adversity
  53. 51. One Step at a Time
  54. 50.2 The Journey Ahead