What If?: The Art of Crushing Anxiety

You’re anxious! Here’s the good news: so are millions of others. Better news: you can learn to turn it off. Anxiety comes in many different flavors, some more severe than others, but all usually originating from the same source, which is our well-intentioned but misdirected “what if?” thinking. Maybe you’re stressed at work, feeling too much pressure, and need a way to turn off the chatter in your mind. You may be chronically anxious, with concerns that gnaw away at your well-being but never escalate into a dramatic panic attack. Or you may be experiencing debilitating anxiety, under constant bombardment and living in terror of the next attack. On the flip side, you may be functioning pretty well, and no one even knows you’re dealing with anxiety. Whatever your particular experience with anxiety, you more than likely want relief. Author Erik Kieser is no stranger to chronic and acute anxiety, and in this book will share a toolbox to help every shade of anxiety fighter. “I know how dark the days can get, how terrifying the nights can feel, and how hopeless everything can come to seem,” Erik says. “I understand in a deeply personal way how fear can lock down and shut off a person’s life, how fear can limit our belief in our range of options, even how fear can leave you feeling as if there are no options at all.” Erik will explain why we learn to fear what we fear, and he will provide you with a set of tools to master your fears and meet the source of your anxiety head-on.