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"Ideal for these unsettling times; highly recommended for general readers."
-- Library Journal (starred review)
A quick-relief guide for calming anxiety and stress right now.
If you're feeling unprecedented levels of stress and anxiety right now, please know that you aren't alone. In these extreme and uncertain times, it's natural to be in a constant state of mental and physical strain. Whether you're dealing with job loss, a sick loved one, or just feeling the weight of the world during your 2 a.m. doomscroll--you need quick tools you can use right now , whenever and wherever you are, to lower stress and soothe anxiety. This emergency kit has you covered.
Written by a dream team of mental health experts and grounded in evidence-based therapy, The Anxiety First Aid Kit offers powerful tools for triaging stress and anxiety in the moments when you need it most. You'll find easy and doable ways to help you press pause on panic, and find your calm spot right away. You'll discover in-the-moment interventions to help you relax before your anxiety and stress go into overdrive. And finally, you'll learn how to make healthy and workable lifestyle changes to improve your mental health and increase resilience, so you can effectively deal with stressful situations in the future--no matter what life throws at you.
Between pandemic-related economic fears, the frustrations of social distancing, indoor confinement, work and household double duties (now including homeschooling!), and the looming threat of serious illness, is it any wonder you're feeling completely stressed out and anxious? If you need immediate relief, The Anxiety First Aid Kit has everything you need to manage stress and anxiety-- right now .
Author Notes
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and New York Times best-selling author. His books include Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha's Brain, Just One Thing, Mother Nurture, and Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness. Hanson is the founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. He is on the Advisory Board of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley and taught in meditation centers worldwide.
(Bowker Author Biography)
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Library Journal Review
This is one of the first books to address anxiety owing to the impact of COVID-19. Suggestions for relief offer techniques for calming down before concentrating on the more difficult work of managing anxious feelings. The authors, ranging from clinical psychologists to meditation teachers, tell readers how to feel better right now. The first chapter helps one "find calm right away" by offering awareness techniques and acknowledging that bad things sometimes happen. Following chapters provide readers with sample stressors, what to do about them immediately, and further steps to take going forward. The authors posit scenarios of possible stressful situations and offer healthy, positive responses to each. One chapter has readers explore their worst thoughts to a point of absurdity, which diminishes their power. Another offers steps for replacing worry with planning, thus mitigating anxiety. The final chapter provides techniques (the pendulum drop, the five-finger exercise) for quick relief. VERDICT What's enticing about this book is its no-nonsense guide to feeling better. Ideal for these unsettling times; highly recommended for general readers.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Part I Finding Calm Right Away | |
| 1 Don't Be Alarmed | p. 4 |
| 2 Notice You're All Right, Right Now | p. 7 |
| 3 Diaphragmatic Breathing | p. 10 |
| 4 Create Your Special Place | p. 13 |
| 5 Take Refuge | p. 16 |
| 6 Progressive Relaxation | p. 18 |
| 7 Sitting Meditation | p. 20 |
| 8 Rapid Relaxation | p. 22 |
| 9 Relaxing Visualization | p. 24 |
| 10 Feel Safer | p. 28 |
| Part II Facing Worry and Anxiety | |
| 11 Change Your Interpretations | p. 32 |
| 12 Take Your Worries for a Walk | p. 34 |
| 13 Replace Thoughts | p. 36 |
| 14 Make a Worry Appointment | p. 38 |
| 15 Change the Anxiety Channel | p. 41 |
| 16 Put Your Worries in a Lineup | p. 43 |
| 17 Do the Opposite | p. 45 |
| 18 Count Your Worries | p. 47 |
| 19 Humor Your Worry | p. 50 |
| 20 The Worry Experiment | p. 53 |
| 21 Replace Worry with Planning | p. 56 |
| Part III Advanced Relaxation Skills | |
| 22 The Mindfulness Power Up | p. 60 |
| 23 The Pendulum Drop | p. 62 |
| 24 Five-Finger Exercise | p. 65 |
| 25 Autogenics | p. 67 |
| 26 Anti-Stress Combos | p. 72 |
| 27 Take in the Good | p. 74 |
| Part IV Super Effective Strategies That Take a Little More Time | |
| 28 See the Good in Yourself | p. 80 |
| 29 Think the Thought-with a Twist | p. 83 |
| 30 Get Excited | p. 85 |
| 31 Cognitive Defusion | p. 88 |
| 32 Beat Exhaustion and Find Strength | p. 91 |
| 33 Use Exercise to Cope with Anxiety | p. 93 |
| 34 Get Some Sleep | p. 96 |
| 35 Send Anxiety to the Spam Folder | p. 100 |
| 36 Coping Thoughts | p. 102 |
| 37 Be Generous | p. 105 |
| 38 Love | p. 108 |
| 39 Acknowledge and Accept | p. 111 |
| 40 Have Faith | p. 114 |
| Suggested Reading | p. 117 |
