Don't Let Your Anxiety Run Your Life: Using the Science of Emotion Regulation and Mindfulness to Overcome Fear and Worry

by David H. Klemanski, Joshua E Curtiss, Stefan G. Hofman (Foreword)

Anxiety is an epidemic in our modern world. But studies now show there is a direct link between anxiety and how you respond to emotions. Don’t Let Your Anxiety Run Your Life provides a groundbreaking, step-by-step guide for managing the thoughts and feelings that cause anxiety, worry, fear, and panic.

Are your emotions causing you anxiety? Emotions can be quite beneficial—they help us communicate with others, and are deeply connected to special and important memories in our lives. But sometimes, emotions can have unwanted consequences, especially when they cause us fear or anxiety. Studies now show a direct link between emotion regulation and anxiety. Based in the latest research from a Yale University psychologist and professor, the simple yet powerful mindfulness tips in this book will help you stay calm, collected, and make significant improvements in your everyday life, whether at work, at home, or in your relationships.

This is the first book to present an integrated model of mindfulness and emotion regulation—both clinically proven for reducing anxiety symptoms. Using these easy mindfulness practices, you’ll learn to manage your emotions and lessen your anxiety, leading to improvements in your social life, work obligations, and family responsibilities.

Genres: Self Help, Psychology, Nonfiction

232 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2016

Reviews

[Dawn Livingston · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is the first one regarding anxiety that addressed avoidance with which I'm learning I have a problem. Major. Profound! Perfect timing for me.

This book was extremely helpful for someone with anxiety. However, I have a problem with reading retention (remembering what I've read), the book used a lot of unfamiliar terms which was confusing and hard to remember, the book was profound (so much needed to be thought about deeply and even reread which I did). I admit to not doing all the exercises and that will likely be to my detriment. I also admit to skimming ahead toward the end but I think that's because I made the mistake of wanting to get it finished and was reading too much at a time.

I think this books should be read in bits and pieces, to let what was read sink in and not get overwhelmed. For me I think I need to re read it again because I've already forgotten so much of what was said. But they recommend you read it again and again. I strongly agree. This is heavy reading.

If you have anxiety problems I highly recommend you buy this book and re read it at least once. And excellent self-help and reference book.

[Leslie ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is basic knowledge for people with anxiety. Good to refresh but also I think there's more than just "practice mindfulness and everything will be alright". Mindfulness is a great tool for sure and I also think it's a little more complex than that.

[Kaitlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very basic. Skews more toward worry than anxiety - the two are even confused in the title. I would recommend a better anxiety book (like The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook) in conjunction with another mindfulness book.

Then again, this might be a good start for a worrier who hasn't read anything on the subject before.

[Patsy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This quote from the book sums up my take on it: "People have a tendency to skim or read a book once and then set it down, but we encourage you to use this book and the skills we've reviewed as a guide to mastering your anxiety over the long term (as opposed to only right now or some discrete time period in the future)." Since I borrowed this book from the library, it won't be available to me for long term use, but I recognize it as a very good tool for overcoming anxiety. I do have a couple of takeaways from it: I will continue to pursue my understanding and application of mindfulness. It also encouraged me to view so-called negative emotions less negatively. Unwanted emotions can be useful in many ways: to encourage the person to improve coping strategies; as a contrast to the positive emotions, making the person enjoy the good times when they are here; to make one more empathetic to the struggles of others.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

About to reread so I can take more notes. This meshed well with the other books I’m currently reading and has definitely changed some mental habits for the better. Mindfulness is helping me in several areas and had never really made sense to me before this.

[Tosin (booksxnaps) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very quick and useful book. I can’t wait to try the tips! So many goood tips.

I have a feeling I’ll end up reading this again before the end of the year.

[Rick Sharrod · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was really helpful and I enjoyed reading it. It offers a lot of tips for dealing with various types of anxiety and has some decent online resources. I find myself using the recorded mindfulness practices, not the worksheets, but the practices are redundant after a while. The writing is very clear and I like how the concepts are explained. I'd recommend others that have anxiety read it. It won't cure you, but it definitely is helpful and insightful.

[Scott Hensley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lot's of good information withing the pages of this book.

[C K P · Rating 4 out of 5]

An attempt to bring science into what is a quite subjective topic that doesn't really work. Shows that there is much more needed on the science side of thing.

[Kelly Clevinger Bernard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book but somewhat basic. I had trouble keeping intrest at firt but the book got better more informative as it went on. Worth reading.