We live in an epidemic of anxiety. Most of us assume the key to overcoming it is thinking our way out. And for a while, it works. But there is always something that sends us back into the anxious spiral we’ve been trying to climb out of.
In Beyond Anxiety, Dr. Martha Beck explains why anxiety is skyrocketing around you, and likely within you. She also tells you how to reduce your anxiety and use it to propel you into a life filled with peace, meaning, and joy. Beck explains how our brains tend to get stuck in the anxiety spiral, which is a feedback system that can increase anxiety indefinitely. To climb out, we must engage different parts of ur nervous system- the parts involved in creativity.
The opposite of anxiety is a wonderful new way of life-one that can calm and inspire us as individuals and help us become a source of healing for everything around us.
I’m 35 pages in, and already I’m understanding how this anxiety spiral works and how I can take control of it and climb out of the hole. I hope you feel inspired to give it a read.
Have a wonderful day, Caroline
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