No one likes to feel anxiety. But what if the unpleasant feelings you want to turn away from are actually vital sources of information about your well-being? With Sheryl Paul's guidance in The Wisdom of Anxiety, you can find insight and peace in the midst of even your most agonizingly anxious moments.
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, as many as 40 million adults in the US suffer from some kind of anxiety disorder--and it's a growing issue for kids as well. For anyone troubled by obsessive thoughts, insomnia, and other manifestations of anxiety, counselor Sheryl Paul offers a shelter in the storm. In The Wisdom of Anxiety, Paul reveals that anxiety, like any emotion, is a signal--a clear bodily invitation to heal and renew your trust in your choices, self-image, and core values.
Weaving together practical exercises, Jungian analysis, and lyrical personal stories, Paul offers drug-free approaches for accessing the gifts in different kinds of anxiety, including the existential anxiety around questions of the soul and spirit. The Wisdom of Anxiety also gives special attention to the anxiety summoned by life's transitions, from universal concerns like the change of the seasons to major events such as a career change, marriage, or pregnancy.
Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 1683642503
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.7 x 9.0 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
"From dating to parenting to trauma to anxiety to navigating life's passages with grace, Sheryl has written a book unlike any other: at once searingly intelligent and compassionately practical. It is not only an inspired tome of inclusion and deep kindness, but it is also serves as a well-lit pathway back to the truth of who we are and how to navigate life for those of us paralyzed by anxiety, depression, overwhelm, and a sense of hopelessness in our minds, souls, hearts and bodies. The Wisdom of Anxiety is a manifesto for our certain return to wholeness." --Alanis Morissette, singer-songwriter
"The Wisdom of Anxiety is a rare and radical book that is so deeply wise it will change you from the inside out. Sheryl Paul takes us on a tour through the seasons of the year and down the hidden alleys of our innermost landscapes. Once there she helps us uncover the anxiety that is at the root of our deepest distress and see it not as an illness to be medicated away but as our soul's loving messenger. Filled with practical wisdom and insights that will make you laugh out loud, The Wisdom of Anxiety is a book for our times; we need it now more than ever." --Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD, Author of Wounds into Wisdom and With Roots in Heaven
"Already being a big believer in Sheryl's work over the years, The Wisdom of Anxiety has shown me how much more Sheryl has to share. In a culture where we fear uncomfortable feelings and look outward for affirmation, Sheryl has shown me how to change the relationship I have with my anxiety. The shift in perspective alone has taken away so much power it once had over my life and my choices. There is so much we can learn as a culture from this book and Sheryl's work." --Catherine Ward Thomas, singer-songwriter
"We live in the age of anxiety where people relate to anxiety with resistance, shame, denial, and an impulse to medicate it away. Sheryl Paul wants us to consider anxiety as a messenger inviting us to wholeness. Bravo for her carefully crafted reframe of anxiety not as a plague, but an exciting opportunity to evolve into who we can be. Her book is an important contribution to the field." --Linda Bloom, coauthor of 101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married: Simple Lessons to Make Love Last
Sheryl Paul, MA, has guided thousands of people worldwide through her private practice, bestselling books, online courses, and website. She lives in Colorado with her husband and two sons. For more, see conscious-transitions.com.
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