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  • Anxiety Books

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    Reading is generally a good way to get some distance from whatever’s eating you at any given moment. Unless you’re reading about what’s getting you wound up. Here are a few collections of recommended books about anxiety and potentially helpful for anxiety relief. 6 Great Books to Read if You Have Anxiety (the Cut) 13…

  • Happiness Anxiety

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    A new book looks at Americans’ pursuit of happiness and discovers a source of anxiety (NYT review): The problem with our quest for happiness is that, apparently, it’s making us miserable. After some idle Googling, her suspicions are confirmed. Various clever studies by psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley, show that “paradoxically, the more people valued…

  • Worry v. Real Risk

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    Here’s a NYT article about how our sense of risk sometimes outweighs the reality. It leans on David Ropeik, author of How Risky Is It Really?  Haven’t read it yet, but it sounds like it could be helpful–or completely unhelpful–for some anxiety sufferers. From the flap: International risk expert David Ropeik takes an in-depth look at our…

  • Managing Social Anxiety

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    To help reduce social anxiety, therapy can be great, workbooks can be great…therapy plus a workbook?  Potentially very powerful, very effective. Managing Social Anxiety is part of the “Treatments That Work” series, which is almost entirely workbook-with-therapist friendly. Take a look.

  • Your Life on Purpose

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    From the folks who brought you The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety, take a look at Your Life on Purpose.  Described by one Amazon reviewer this way: The book invites you on a voyage of rediscovery of your life values. Along the way, you will learn to navigate potential values conflict and to identify…

  • Keep Calm and Carry On

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    Keeping Calm In An Anxious Age (Northwestern U.). Americans’ danger detectors are cranked up way too high these days, but we don’t have to be held hostage by our anxiety, according to a new book on coping with stress by a Northwestern Medicine psychologist. The book, by Northwestern’s Mark Reinecke, is titled “Little Ways to Keep Calm…

  • Stress Less, Live More

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    Book of the day:  Stress Less, Live More by Richard Blonna.  The book explores how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can help reduce stress by getting you focused away from your anxiety and on your life as you want to live it.  Bullet pointed highlights: Learn to mindfully accept what can’t be changed Find peace and…

  • A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety

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    Book of the day:  Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety, by Kelly Wilson and Troy Dufrene.  From an Amazon rave: For any of you who have ever been anxious–whether you suffer from an anxiety disorder or struggle under the weight of job stress, parental responsibilities, and the speed…

  • Insomnia Workbooks

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    New at the AnxietyLA Bookstore, a collection of insomnia books and workbooks, including Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep, briefly reviewed here by Beth Cholette, PhD.  Excerpt: [The authors] start by reviewing sleep-incompatible behaviors–for example, staying in bed when you can’t sleep–and then describing specific techniques to counteract these problematic patterns.  They continue to…

  • The Shyness & Social Anxiety Workbook

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    Book of the day:  The Shyness & Social Anxiety Workbook, by Martin Anthony and Richard Swanson.  The first 53 pages are up at Google Books.  Here’s the pitch from the publisher, via Amazon: There’s nothing wrong with being shy. But if social anxiety keeps you from forming relationships with others, advancing in your education or your…