Those of us who suffer from anxiety either exhaust ourselves trying to cure it or resign ourselves to a lifetime of fear and worry. What if, instead of fighting our anxiety, we could turn it into a strength? Through nine easy-to-follow strategies, Dr. David H. Rosmarin demonstrates how to harness the power of anxiety to learn about ourselves, deepen our relationships with others, and achieve our deepest goals and dream

"Collectively, anxiety disorders are our most prevalent psychiatric problem, affecting about forty million adults in the United States. In Anxious, Joseph LeDoux, whose NYU lab has been at the forefront of research efforts to understand and treat fear and anxiety, explains the range of these disorders, their origins, and discoveries that can restore sufferers to normalcy. LeDoux's groundbreaking premise is that we've been thinking about fear and anxiety...

Fourteen-year-old Audrey is making slow but steady progress dealing with her anxiety disorder when Linus comes into the picture and her recovery gains momentum.

No one needs to be told that our lives are filled with more anxiety than ever before. We know it. Our bodies can feel it. The questions we really need to answer Why? and Is there anything we can do about it? Dr. John Delony decided to get to the root of the issue by mapping out a plan to understand where our anxiety is coming from and the actions we can take to change it (because he's been there too). Over the past twenty years, he's learned through...

Anxious Andy is a shy boy who is always worried about failing and doing something wrong. That's why he doesn't dare to join his friends when they do fun things together. On a walk in the forest, he meets Cindy the Bird, Charlie the Dog, and Clark the Slinky Snake. They try to help Andy by telling him to chirp, bark, and hiss his worries away, but nothing seems to work. Will Anxious Andy overcome his anxiety?

Gloria loves to sing and play with her friends, but her Big Problem follows her around and tells her that she can't.

Although his best friend Rex is excited about going to camp, Pinky is afraid of leaving home.

A wry, sympathetic, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety, coupled with deep reportage on the science of anxiety disorders. --