- Description
- xii, 238 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Examines how fear--and other such uncomfortable emotions as shame and anxiety--becomes a key facor in shaping our lives in a negative fashion and explains how to overcome fear to accomplish our best in love, work, and life.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229) and index.
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Why Can't a Person Be More Like a Cat? 1 -- Chapter 2 The Fear of Rejection: A One-Day Cure 14 -- Chapter 3 Terrified? You Have to Keep Showing Up! 27 -- Chapter 4 In Praise of Anxiety: How Fear and Trembling Keep You Safe 39 -- Chapter 5 The Trouble with Anxiety: How It Wreaks Havoc on Your Brain and Self-Esteem 53 -- Chapter 6 Why We Fear Change 73 -- Chapter 7 Your Anxious Workplace: Staying Calm and Clearheaded in a Crazy Environment 92 -- Chapter 8 The Secret Power of Shame 117 -- Chapter 9 The Fear of the Mirror: Anxiety and Shame About Your Looks--and Being Looked At 141 -- Chapter 10 When Things Fall Apart: Facing Illness and Suffering 171 -- Chapter 11 Courage in the Face of Fear 196 -- Epilogue: Everyone Freaks Out 221.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-2250
- ISBN
- LCCN
- 2004042893
- OCLC
- 54400095
- Author
Lerner, Harriet Goldhor.
- Title
Fear and other uninvited guests : tackling the anxiety, fear, and shame that keep us from optimal living and loving / Harriet Lerner.
- Imprint
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, ©2004.
- Edition
1st ed.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229) and index.
- Research Call Number
JFE 19-2250