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First, we make the beast beautiful : a new journey through anxiety / Sarah Wilson.

By: Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 312 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780062836786
  • 0062836781
Other title:
  • New journey through anxiety
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.85/22 23
LOC classification:
  • RC531 .W49 2018
Contents:
Epigraph -- The first bit -- Because no one knows... -- The something else -- Gentle and small -- Just meditate -- Slow... -- The something else (part 2) -- Bipolar? -- Closer -- Spirals -- Make the beast beautiful -- Pain is important -- Do the work -- Indecision -- Back the fuck off -- Space -- Boundary building -- The wobbliest table at the café -- Grace -- The last bit.
Summary: 'The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful.' This Chinese proverb has been the key to Sarah Wilson understanding her own lifelong struggle with anxiety. Here she looks at the triggers and treatments of anxiety, the fashions and fads. She reads widely and interviews fellow sufferers, mental health experts, philosophers, and even the Dalai Lama, processing all she learns through the prism of her own experiences.
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Book Book MHERC Anxiety Disorders 616.85/22 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Practical and poetic, wise and funny, First, We Make the Beast Beautiful is a small book with a big heart. It will encourage the myriad souls who dance with anxiety to embrace it as a part of who they are, and to explore the possibilities it offers for a richer, fuller life. A41310556
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"Originally published in Australia in 2017 by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Epigraph -- The first bit -- Because no one knows... -- The something else -- Gentle and small -- Just meditate -- Slow... -- The something else (part 2) -- Bipolar? -- Closer -- Spirals -- Make the beast beautiful -- Pain is important -- Do the work -- Indecision -- Back the fuck off -- Space -- Boundary building -- The wobbliest table at the café -- Grace -- The last bit.

'The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful.' This Chinese proverb has been the key to Sarah Wilson understanding her own lifelong struggle with anxiety. Here she looks at the triggers and treatments of anxiety, the fashions and fads. She reads widely and interviews fellow sufferers, mental health experts, philosophers, and even the Dalai Lama, processing all she learns through the prism of her own experiences.