Freeing yourself from anxiety Four simple steps to overcome worry and create the life you want
Book - 2012
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Cambridge, MA :
Da Capo Life Long
2012.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 1st Da Capo Press ed
- Physical Description
- xix, 306 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9780738214832
9780738215419
- Introduction: The Story Is in the Telling and You Can Improve the Story
- Part I. Getting to Know Your Mind and How to Change It
- 1. Your Mind Under New Management
- 2. Getting Better at Risk and Uncertainty
- 3. Positive Thinking? Negative Thinking? Accurate Thinking
- Part II. The Four Steps: The Master Plan for Overcoming Anxious Thinking to Create the Life You Want
- 4. Step One: Pause and Relabel (or, Don't Believe Everything You Think)
- 5. Step Two: Get Specific: Narrow Down the Problem to the One Thing That Really Matters
- 6. Step Three: Optimize: Rethink What's Possible and Broaden Your Choices
- 7. Step Four: Mobilize: Don't Just Stand There, Do Something!
- 8. The Anxiety Disorders: When You Need More Help
- Part III. Additional Tools to Free Yourself
- 9. How to Overcome Your Fear of Anxious and Negative Feelings
- 10. Rounding Up Your Strengths
- 11. Disappointment Proofing: Having Better Expectations
- 12. Cultivating Empathy, Compassion, and Gratitude
- Part IV. Shortcuts: How to Find Your Way Through the Detours of Life
- 13. Thinking Differently About Anger, Jealousy, Loss, and Shame
- 14. How to Think Your Way Out of Procrastination, Perfectionism, Failure, and Criticism
- Epilogue: Freeing Yourself for (Everyone's) Good
- Acknowledgments
- Index