{"product_id":"the-anxiety-audit-9780757324253","title":"The Anxiety Audit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnxiety expert Lynn Lyons, whose advice appears regularly in \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, offers an eye-opening look at the 7 sneaky ways that anxiety and worry weave their way into our families, our friendships, and our jobs, and provides actionable steps to reverse the cycle and reclaim our emotional well-being. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsk people to describe anxiety and they’ll start with the familiar physical symptoms: racing heart, sweaty palms, difficulty breathing. Anxiety, they might add, is “freaking out,” a panic attack, or a frightening loss of control. But anxiety isn’t always what we think it is, especially now. Anxiety has become the new normal, constant and simmering, disguising itself in patterns and responses we don’t even recognize as anxiety. These patterns include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e·     Ruminating and worrying (and mistaking it for problem solving) \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An ideal choice for a DIY instructional guide to dealing with the manifold stresses and uncertainties of daily life in the world today, \"The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them\" is exceptionally well written, organized and presented for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in dealing with anxiety and chronic worrying.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e —Self-Help Shelf, \u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Recommended for all collections.\" * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e“Once in a while a book comes along that instantly changes the way you think and act for the better. \u003ci\u003eThe Anxiety Audit \u003c\/i\u003ejoins this club. I challenge you to put it down and not move through your day differently. Buy this book—it will guide you along the journey to being the person in relationships, and inside yourself, that you are hoping to become.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRachel Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOdd Girl Out\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnough As She Is \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Today’s uncertain world has created an anxiety epidemic! \u003ci\u003eThe Anxiety Audit\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how not to let it get a grip on our lives. Lynn Lyons’s down-to-earth advice provides simple solutions to help us recognize what’s making it worse, what makes it better, and how to manage our hectic lives and our important relationships. I guarantee you’ll have page after page of ah-ha moments.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJoan Lunden\u003c\/b\u003e, journalist and bestselling author \u003cbr\u003e“Lynn Lyons is an expert in the anxiety field and a skilled therapist, but she talks about anxiety like the rest of us. \u003ci\u003eThe Anxiety Audit\u003c\/i\u003e is a book full of stories, advice, and humor that will help us get through our busy days, manage our unpredictable world, and improve our most important relationships. Lynn shows us anxiety is part of being human, but it need not define us.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eLaura Morton\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, creator of Anxious Nation \u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eThe Anxiety Audit\u003c\/i\u003e, Lynn Lyons writes with clarity, wisdom, and wit. She offers illuminating case examples and practical advice in a sensible, straightforward way. In so doing she provides you with a means of attaining both relief and inspiration. Lynn makes it clear that the goal isn’t to cure anxiety. Rather, the far more realistic goal is to learn to manage it skillfully using the insights and strategies she so clearly provides in this wonderful book. Read it, enjoy it, learn from it, and discover for yourself how this audit can yield substantial personal profits!”  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMichael D. Yapko\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, clinical psychologist, author of \u003ci\u003eBreaking the Patterns of Depression\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDepression is Contagious \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Here is the best gift of \u003ci\u003eThe Anxiety Audit\u003c\/i\u003e: You won’t get bogged down in all the little details of change. You can trust that Lynn knows—she knows!—the seven simple shifts in your perspective that release you from anxiety’s grip. Oh, and all that sage advice you’ve heard through your life? She debunks it.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eReid Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, founder, anxieties.com \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Health Communications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404753051991,"sku":"9780757324253","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780757324253.jpg?v=1730487490","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-anxiety-audit-9780757324253","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}