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Hack Your Anxiety: How to Make Anxiety Work for You in Life, Love, and All That You Do (A Mental Health Self Help Book for Women and Men) Kindle Edition

by Alicia H. Clark (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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A revolutionary mental health book with practical advice for turning your anxiety into an advantage.

In this revolutionary book, Dr. Alicia H. Clark recognizes anxiety as an unsung hero in the path to success and well-being. Anxiety is a powerful motivating force that can be harnessed to create a better you, if you've got the right tools. Hack Your Anxiety provides a road map to approach anxiety in a new—and empowering—light so you can stop anxiety from stopping you.

In this book on anxiety, Clark will help you deal with:

Panic attacks
Anxiety in your relationship
Parenting and youth
Work, money and success
Social support
10 myths and misconceptions
And more

Weaving together modern neuroscience, case studies, interviews, and personal anecdotes, Hack Your Anxiety demonstrates how anxiety can be reclaimed as a potent force for living our best lives.

Read with other anxiety books like Dare by Barry McDonagh, Hope and Help For Your Nerves by Claire Weekes, Managing Worry and Anxiety by Jean Holthaus, The Worry Trick by David A. Carbonell PhD, and Wired That Way by Marita Littauer.

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"A sense of being out of control seems to be at the root of most anxiety, and Clark's practical suggestions, summed up in her "Anxiety Toolkit," offer solid, comforting ways to master these emotions." - Booklist

"...this worthy resource offers workable solutions for a common struggle." - Library Journal

"In Hack Your Anxiety, Clark faces off against the central challenge of modern life. Anxiety, stress, and trauma have been shown to affect all levels of our mental, physical, and spiritual health from the first days of gestation. If we are to survive in our fast-paced, information-based world, we will have to learn to domesticate our primitive fear circuitry and use our minds to change our brains. Hack Your Anxiety will provide you with straightforward, no-nonsense ways of hacking into this circuitry and regaining control of your brain." - Louis Cozolino, Ph.D., author of The Making of a Therapist and The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy

"Alicia Clark offers a refreshingly renegade perspective on anxiety. In a world where many individuals and couples are not operating out of secure functioning, and anxiety has been linked to insecure attachment, this is welcome news. In fact, research in neuroscience, especially as pertains to nervous system arousal regulation, supports the notion that it is possible to manage anxiety in a way that leads to happier, more fulfilled lives. Clark's book includes a helpful introduction to some basic neuroscientific principles, along with a recommended process for handling anxiety. With Clark's toolkit, anyone suffering from anxiety can draw new hope." - Stan Tatkin, author of Wired for Love

"As the medical director of The Ross Center, with three offices treating thousands of people with anxiety, I am so pleased to have a unique new resource for patients that emphasizes the positive power of our anxiety response and very clearly shows how it can be harnessed and used to our benefit. The explanation of the neurobiology behind anxiety, the case vignettes offered, and the tool kit provided are all clearly laid out such that the anxiety is understood, hope is instilled, and a change in perspective is possible. The reader is provided a clear path to taking back control of anxiety and seeing it as an incredibly useful tool to help them along the path toward self-fulfillment. Thank you, Alicia, for this thoughtful and thought provoking new take on anxiety!" - Beth Salcedo, MD, medical director of The Ross Center and President, Anxiety and Depression Association of America

About the Author

Alicia H. Clark is a licensed psychologist specializing in anxiety and relationships. Clark has served as adjunct clinical faculty at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and her work has been featured in hundreds of online, print and video publications worldwide. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and two children. For more information, see www.AliciaClarkPsyD.com

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07FPQN67M
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sourcebooks; Illustrated edition (August 7, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 7, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1250 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 421 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #293,785 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #43 in Christian Counseling (Kindle Store)
- #47 in Psychology eBooks on Anxieties & Phobias
- #131 in Counseling

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Jon Sternfeld is a former editor and writer who has authored sixteen books, including the New York Times Bestseller SCENES FROM MY LIFE with Michael K. Williams, CRISIS POINT with Sen. Tom Daschle and Sen. Trent Lott, STONE OF HOPE with Jim St. Germain, and the forthcoming MARKED FOR LIFE with Isaac Wright Jr. He lives in New York.
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Dr. Alicia Clark is a Washington, DC based licensed psychologist who specializes in anxiety, relationships, and helping people face life with more confidence and joy. Clark has served as adjunct clinical faculty at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and her work has been featured in hundreds of online, print and video publications worldwide. For more information, see www.AliciaClarkPsyD.com
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Empowering, engaging, useful read; am recommending the insight-provoking, compassionate book to many

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2018

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The book is incredibly well-researched, yet shares the quotes, statistics and patient stories in a way that flows and is easy and enjoyable for the reader. The stories illustrate the points and resonate in a way we compassionately recognize ourselves or others in our circles, and I found myself, like in movies, wanting to warn or comfort the patient. "Oh, hon, just talk to them. It's not that bad... or you deserve to stand up for yourself and then go to a place that appreciates you.... or oh yeah, we've all been there, perfection isn't possible, is not the goal, improvement is."

The book is easy and enjoyable to read, organized in a way to offer the broader context (the US is rated the most anxious country by WHO, well ahead of countries like Nigeria, Lebanon and Ukraine, which face much more serious daily challenges -- how crazy is that? and why?) as well as quick access to your specific source of anxiety, be it relationships, parenting or work & financial success, and there is even a toolkit that can be useful as soon as you open the book.

I've enjoyed each chapter. As a traveler and broadly curious person, I especially enjoyed the chapters on "The Big Picture", and "Ten Myths and Misconceptions."
As an entrepreneur who works with non-profit organizations (idealists and under-resourced orgs and people), I especially enjoyed the chapter on "Work, Money and Success."
And, as a person who wants to be grateful for strengths and (to learn from) challenges, I so appreciate the way Dr. Clark shifts our mindset about anxiety, helps us hack it, understand its value, and how to channel it to our growth and benefit.
Among many things, she points out that (self) compassion and empathy must be our trusted allies along the way (not only self-criticism); by starting to do (vs avoid) we start to feel better and the powerlessness begins to dissolve. Further, she points out that not only are there ways to balance anxiety, but with some mindfulness, we can also come to value and understand our anxiety as indicators of what to pay attention to. Yet, the book isn't prescriptive, but illustrative; and addresses the issues in a way to reduce their sting, help us all begin to feel more balanced, and to "treat each guest honorably" (Rumi- The Guest House).

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G. Desrochers

Well written and inspiring

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2020

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Thoroughly researched. Patiently written account of how one can tackle the perils of untreated anxiety. In fact the authors reveal that anxiety is a good thing, prompting action and change. Not only do they make a persuasive argument for it as a vital mechanism for growth, they provide guidelines for using it, recognizing what it’s trying to tell you and implementing the changes required to alleviate your anxiety...then repeating those steps each time it arises to keep your anxiety manageable. One story I particularly appreciated was, “The monkey doesn’t let go; it remains stuck, screaming and struggling to free its fisted paw. The monkey is trapped by a stubborn force of its own creation.” This stuck with me for days as I contemplated times in my own life when I’d been that monkey. How difficult even with an opposable thumb and frontal lobe executive function I still behaved like the trapped monkey instead of simply letting go of the banana. In fact in my teens I literally I’d the same thing on water skis but not releasing the line when I fell. Humans do it every day. We are in prisons of our own making. The anxiety is informing you of this fact and this book helps you reframe the negative connotation into positive recognition and potentially life changing action.

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Mary Ellen Goggin

Scholarly,cutting-edge, and practical book about using anxiety for your benefit.

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2019

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In her book Hack Your Anxiety, Dr. Clark upends the common perception that anxiety is a problem that needs to be vanquished. She recognizes the fall-out that occurs from the self-loathing the anxiety ridden among us feels because we feel broken and fear we will never be ok. Rather, based on extensive research, including the fascinating new brain science, Dr. Clark makes the case that anxiety is a resource to be tapped and harnessed as a force for positive change. She carefully, expertly, and compassionately teaches the reader how to embrace anxiety: accept it, listen to it, and use it to achieve your best self.

Dr. Clark’s book is a comprehensive study of anxiety from an historical, physiological, psychological, philosophical, and scientific perspective. But, the book is also practical, including case studies, personal examples, chapters on anxiety in relationships, parenting, and careers, and even a chapter on self-soothing techniques. The Anxiety Toolkit alone, at the end of the book, is worth its weight in gold. You’ll find quick, practical steps for coping with all kinds of situations.

If you, your loved one, family member, or child are challenged by anxiety, buy this book for the practical advice and deep comfort it will offer.

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Melanie Gorman

She's right, I have been thinking about anxiety totally the wrong way...

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2018

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Anxiety has a constant in my life for as long as I can recall. Not in shocking or panic attack kind of ways, more like the nagging worries that I forgot to pay a bill or didn't get the oil changed in my car. I have always felt like these nagging, annoying worries were just a part of life and have tried all kinds of things to deal with them. But, never have I considered that maybe they are helpful or a source of support for my life. This book has opened up a new understanding of my anxieties for me. Thinking about these worries as helpful and not something to avoid is a brilliant strategy for someone like me (high performer, big job, mom, wife etc.) to help me stop beating myself and instead use it as a motivation forward. That one little shift, and there were others, but really that one shift in my thinking has helped me to feel less debilitated by the worries that wake me up at 4am. I appreciate the pivot and see it working in my life and my kid's lives already. In fact, I'm sharing with friends because it has made such a difference in a short amount of time. So thank you, thank you, thank you!

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