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Cover Page
Embracing Anxiety
Title Page
Also by Karla McLaren
Copyright
Dedication
Exercises and Practices
Introducing My Friend Anxiety
How I Learned to Embrace Anxiety
Bringing Empathy to Your Emotions
Welcoming Your Anxiety
Part I: Reframing Anxiety
1: Embracing the Foresight and Focus of Anxiety
How Your Anxiety Works
How Your Anxiety Engages with Your Other Emotions
Anxiety and Your Social Insight
The Four Keys to Emotional Genius
Bringing the Four Keys Together
2: Meeting Your Four Emotion Families 3 Mindfulness Practices for Nurturing Your Emotional Genius
Understanding the Anger Family: Boundaries, Rules, and Behaviors
Understanding the Fear Family: Instincts, Intuition, Orienting, and Action
Understanding the Sadness Family: Stopping, Letting Go, and Recovering
Understanding the Happiness Family: Hope, Confidence, and Inspiration
Reflection Questions about Your Emotions
Building a Healthy Environment for Your Emotions
Relying on Your Emotions to Increase Your Mindfulness and Self-Care
3: Meeting Your Four Emotion Families 3 Mindfulness Practices for Nurturing Your Emotional Genius
Practice 1: Grounding and Focusing
Practice 2: Defining Your Boundary
Practice 3: Burning Contracts
Practice 4: Conscious Complaining
Practice 5: Rejuvenation
Practice 6: Resourcing
Making These Practices a Part of Your Life
4: The Power of Consciously Questioning Your Anxiety
First Up: Some List-Making Suggestions
Conscious Questioning for Anxiety
If This Practice Increases, Confuses, or Deadens Your Anxiety
If You Feel More Activated or Overwhelmed After This Practice
If You Feel Less Focused After This Practice
If You Feel De-energized or Less Prepared After This Practice
If You Don’t Feel Like Reading Right Now
Part II: When Anxiety Teams Up with Other Emotions
5: The Difference Between Fear, Confusion, Panic, and Anxiety
Fear and Anxiety: The Difference Between Being Here Now and Being There Then
Working with Anxiety and Fear Together
Confusion and Anxiety: Knowing How to Let Yourself Rest
Working with Anxiety and Confusion Together
Panic and Anxiety: Understanding the Difference Between Readiness and Survival
6: Attending to Panic and Anxiety
Supportive Suggestions for a Panxiety-Prone Body
Working with Anxiety and Panic Together
If Your Panxiety Relates to a Trauma That Is Still Activated
Healing versus Dubious Actions for Attending to Your Panic
7: Setting Clear Boundaries with Anger and Anxiety
Working with Anxiety and Anger Together
If Your Anger Rarely Supports Your Anxiety
Learning to Set Boundaries Around Tasks and Deadlines
8: Doing Your Best Work with Shame and Anxiety
Working with Anxiety and Shame Together
When Your Anxiety Unearths a Past Shame
9: The Surprising Genius of Depression and Anxiety
10: Balancing the Happiness Family and Anxiety
Introducing the Happiness Family
Working with Anxiety and Happiness Together
Working with Anxiety and Contentment Together
Working with Anxiety and Joy Together
Part III: Supporting Your Anxiety in the World
11: When Anxiety Is a Vital Tool in Your Career (and Your Life)
When Your Anxiety Is a Vital Tool at Home, Too
Supportive Practices for Anxiety Professionals
How Managers and Business Owners Can Support Emotion Professionals
12: Self-Care in Anxious Times
The Four Pillars of a Whole Life
Embracing Your Whole Emotional Life
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Helping Children Embrace Their Anxiety
Endnotes
References
Index
About the Author
About Sounds True
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