Anxiety Toolbox: The Complete Fear-Free Plan. Gloria Thomas
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Anxiety Toolbox
The Complete Fear-Free Plan
Gloria Thomas
Do you put your life on hold to avoid the situations that scare you?
Thorsons
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First published by Thorsons 2004
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Version: 2014-10-20
Contents
4 Your Mental and Emotional Anatomy
5 Power Tool 1 – Thought Field Therapy
9 Putting it all Together – Your Anxiety Toolbox
10 A Final Word – Lifestyle, Drugs and a Few of My Favourite Remedies
Appendix: A Letter from Kosovo
Anxiety is a very common problem. Anxiety, fears and worry can severely disrupt your life and cause much needless suffering. Research with Heart Rate Variability (HRV) at Harvard – HRV is a placebo-free, objective measure of your state of health – also shows that phobias, worry and anxiety can shorten life expectancy.
Like many people, you may have tried conventional approaches to overcome your fears and phobias and received little or no help. You may feel that you simply do not know what to do to help yourself. This book provides some important answers.
The common motivation to get help and overcome anxiety or phobias is that a cure can radically change your life for the better. Freedom from anxiety makes life much easier, as you can devote your energy to enjoying your family and friends and dealing with everyday challenges, instead of being overcome by crippling fear.
With her book, Gloria Thomas has provided a concise but meaningful guide to various unconventional approaches. She takes a rare, serious, competent and balanced look at some of the lesser-known options that are available and offers an invaluable introduction to them.
Reading Anxiety Toolbox is a powerful and appropriate beginning to a new life free from anxiety and fear.
ROGER J. CALLAHAN, PHD
FOUNDER, THOUGHT FIELD THERAPY
LAQUINTA, CALIFORNIA, USA
When I was in my twenties and thirties I suffered long periods of anxiety and depression due to a combination of post-natal depression and other life events. Like most people, I sought the advice of my doctor, who prescribed anti-depressants and suggested psychotherapy and counselling. However, much as this was helpful, I wanted to find alternative methods of combating the depressive and anxious states that I was experiencing.
My search for those alternatives uncovered some surprisingly simple countermeasures and some truly astonishing ones. I discovered how beneficial physical fitness is for fighting depression and anxiety, and the surprising extent to which food can affect your mood. I also discovered the benefits of healing and acupuncture, as well as forward-thinking psychologies such as Neuro-Linguistic Programming and hypnotherapy. More recently, I have discovered Thought Field Therapy, an amazingly effective therapy for anxiety.