Why Worry? Stop Coping and Start Living

by Tristan, Kathryn

• ISBN13: 9781582703879
• ISBN10: 1582703876
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-12-04
• Publisher: Atria Books/Beyond Words

Summary

Discover practical strategies to permanently overcome stress and worry from a scientist with first hand experience on how to truly thrive. Using a holistic approach, including relaxation techniques and behavior therapy, author Kathryn Tristan offers a comprehensive and permanent solution to chronic worrying. With millions of Americans suffering in silence and barely coping with their daily stress, Why Worry?breaks through the myths and shame around anxiety and proposes a life-altering set of practices that will have readers rebounding with clarity and purpose. Learn how to make effective, empowering choices and rise above stress by clearing physical and mental clutter; possibilizing rather than terribilizing; dropping the blame game; start saying OK over NO WAY; getting unstuck and into the flow; and creating a personal manifestos. This hands-on, solution-oriented book looks at the whole person, from mind to body and desire to action, to empower readers to take full control of their lives and permanently alleviate fear, worry, and anxiety. It's time to stop coping and start living.

Author Biography

Kathryn Tristan has written and coauthored more than 250 articles in leading health publications and prestigious scientific journals. She is committed to sharing her simple but powerful strategies to help others help themselves. She lives in Saint Louis, Missouri, where she is a research scientist on the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Introduction: How This Book Can Help You	p. vii
Understanding Why We Worry	p. 1
The Worry Spectrum	p. 13
Chapter Summary	p. 28
I Always Have Choices
Waking Up to Your Hidden Powers: Awareness and Choice	p. 33
Chapter Summary	p. 54
New Strategies: What Was I Thinking?	p. 55
I Choose to Change My Outlook
How You Think about Anything Determines How You Experience Everything	p. 61
Chapter Summary	p. 75
New Strategies: Clear Your Clutter	p. 76
Outlook Makeover: Terribilizing versus Possibilizing	p. 79
Chapter Summary	p. 90
New Strategies: Power Up arid Worry Down	p. 91
Outlook Makeover: Redefining Perfection	p. 93
Chapter Summary	p. 102
New Strategies: Releasing from Perfection	p. 103
Outlook Makeover: Blame, Anger, and Guilt	p. 105
Chapter Summary	p. 130
New Strategies: Building Inner Power	p. 131
Risking Helps Me Recover
Risking Expands Your Comfort Zone	p. 137
Chapter Summary	p. 161
New Strategies: If It's Gonna Be, It's Up to Me	p. 162
I Embrace My Spirit
Embracing Your Spirit: Doorway to Healing	p. 167
Chapter Summary	p. 179
New Strategies: What's the Message?	p. 179
Putting It All Together
Changing Your Life: Co-Creating Your Future	p. 185
Chapter Summary	p. 193
New Strategies: The Five List	p. 194
Acknowledgments	p. 197
Quick Help for Anxiety Attacks	p. 199
Bouncing Back from Anxiety	p. 201
What If I Need More Help?	p. 203
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