ADVANCE PRAISE FOR HARRIET'S NEW BOOK:
| "Brilliant, completely authentic and hilariously funny. Lerner is the real deal. Her teachings on fear, anxiety and shame are central to living a loving, happy and creative life. " | |
| --Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. Author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind |
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| "This spirit-lifting book leaves the reader braver, wiser and laughing. Lerner is a master at looking clearly and unflinchingly at life's most difficult emotions. Her writing is infused with humor, grace, and hope. Her advice is the best you will find." | |
| -- Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. Author of Driven to Distraction |
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| "Powerful mind-medicine and a thoroughly enjoyable read. Thank you Harriet!" | |
| --Martha Beck Author of The Joy Diet |
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| "A flat out life-changing book, shot through with freshness and life-affirming humor." | |
| --Betty Carter, M.S.W. Director Emerita, Family Institute of Westchester, N.Y. |
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| "Lerner has a genius for teaching us what we need to face and conquer. Her advice is gripping, enlightening, liberating and immediately applicable." | |
| ---Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington and Author of Everything You Know About Love and Sex is Wrong. |
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Unhappiness, says bestselling author Harriet Lerner, is fueled by three key emotions: anxiety, fear, and shame. They are the uninvited guests in our lives. When tragedy or hardship hit, they may become our constant companions.
Anxiety can wash over us like a tidal wave, or operate as a silent thrum under the surface of our daily lives. With stories that are sometimes hilarious and sometimes heart breaking, Lerner takes us from “fear-lite” to the most difficult lessons the universe sends us. We learn:
- How a man was “cured in a day” of the fear of rejection - and what we can learn from his story.
- How the author overcame her dread of public speaking when her worst fears happened.
- How to deal with the fear of not being good enough, and the shame of feeling essentially flawed and inadequate.
- How to stay calm and clear in an anxious, crazy workplace.
- How to manage fear and despair when life sends a crash course in illness, vulnerability and loss.
- How “positive thinking” helps - and harms
- How to be our best and bravest selves, even when we are terrified and we have internalized the shaming messages of others.
No one signs up for anxiety fear and shame, but we can't avoid them either. The more we can look these emotions in the eye, with patience and curiosity, and the more we learn to spot their wisdom and mischief, the less grip they have on us. As we learn to respond to the three key emotions in new ways, we can live more fully in the present and move into the future with courage, clarity, humor and hope. Fear and Other Uninvited Guests shows us how.
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