Overcoming Anxiety - by Gill Hasson (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Bestselling personal development author, Gill Hasson is back and this time she's here to help with something that affects everyone at some point in their life, Anxiety.

Worries and anxieties are familiar to us all. Worrying can be helpful when it prompts you to take action and solve a problem but unrelenting doubts, fears, and negative possibilities can dominate your mind, affect your ability to manage your everyday life and wellbeing, your sleep and appetite, your social life, and your ability to concentrate.

But it doesn't need to be like this, there are ways that you can manage this spiral of unhelpful thoughts and difficult feelings. Overcoming Anxiety explains how to manage anxiety and stop it from taking over; it teaches you the skills you need to lead a more peaceful, stress-free life. Overcoming Anxiety:

• Provides practical strategies and techniques to manage your anxiety
• Discusses how to break free from negative cycles and move forward in a positive way
• Contains real-life examples from anxiety sufferers
• Explores what it takes to handle immediate anxiety events and longer term, low-level 'background' anxiety and worry

About the Author

Gill Hasson is the bestselling author of the Mindfulness Pocketbook, Mindfulness, How to Deal with Difficult People and Emotional Intelligence. Gill teaches adult education courses in personal development and is an Associate Tutor for the University of Sussex where she teaches career, personal development and academic study skills. Gill is also a freelance journalist and writes articles on personal development and relationships for a variety of magazines, including Psychologies and Take A Break, and for a number of websites.

From the Back Cover

MANAGE ANXIETY AND STOP IT FROM TAKING OVER

Anxiety affects all of us in one way or another - maybe you feel anxious from time to time, perhaps it's a constant low-level feeling of doubt and insecurity, or maybe anxious feelings become so frequent that they take over your life. But the good news is that there are ways to manage this spiral of unhelpful thoughts and difficult feelings.

LEAD A MORE PEACEFUL, STRESS-FREE LIFE

Bestselling personal development author Gill Hasson shows you how to overcome and break free from the often debilitating effects of anxiety. With practical advice, exercises and techniques throughout, you will learn how to:

• Understand how and why you get anxious
• Focus on what you can change, rather than aspects that are beyond your control
• Challenge and replace negative, anxious thoughts with more helpful, realistic ways of thinking
• Assert yourself so that you are less anxious about dealing with other people
• Break free from negative cycles and move forward in a positive way
• Find support by reaching out and connecting with others

With small steps, you will identify ways of managing anxiety that work for you, so you can stop allowing it to control you and take back your life.

Review Quotes

"The book presents the idea of informal mindfulness (different to formal mindfulness such as meditation and relaxation etc.) and tackling anxiety by not pre-living the future, but by staying in the moment." (Nursing times, 2016)

About the Author

Gill Hasson has 20 years' experience teaching and writing on a range of issues to do with personal and professional development, mental health and wellbeing. She is the author of more than 22 books; the bestselling 'Mindfulness', 'Mindfulness Pocketbook', 'Emotional Intelligence' 'Positive Thinking' the Sunday Times bestseller 'How to Deal with 'Difficult People', plus other books on the subjects of resilience, communication skills and assertiveness.
Gill also writes books for children. She's written 8 books in the 'We Can Cope' series, including 'Put Your Worries Away.'
You can contact Gill by email at gillhasson@btinternet.com.