The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them

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Anxietyexpert Lynn Lyons, whose advice appears regularly inPsychology TodayandtheNew York Times, offers an eye-opening look at the 7 sneaky ways that anxiety and worry weave their way into our families, our friendships, and our jobs, and providesactionable steps to reverse the cycle and reclaim our emotional well-being.

Ask people to describe anxiety and theyll start with the familiar physical symptoms: racing heart, sweaty palms, difficulty breathing. Anxiety, they might add, is freaking out, a panic attack, or a frightening loss of control. But anxiety isnt always what we think it is, especially now. Anxiety has become the new normal, constant and simmering, disguising itself in patterns and responses we dont even recognize as anxiety. These patterns include:

Ruminating and worrying (and mistaking it for problem solving)

Going global, orseeing the world throughan overwhelming, all-or-nothing lens

Isolating and disconnecting,all too commonin our "new normal"

Creating chaos and busy-ness, for example,over-scheduling and multitasking

Embracing your irritability

Confusing self-medication with self-care

The Anxiety Auditis a guide for us all: with no overly scientific or diagnostic language--just real talk and time-tested tactics from a respected therapist--it is a relatable and practical guide to untangling yourself from the grips of worry and fear.

Using stories, real-world examples, and helpful dialogues to retrain the way you thinkand react, trusted anxiety expert Lynn Lyonshelps you recognize the sneaky ways these anxious patterns and cycles of worry take hold inyour life. Bymaking small and consistent adjustments, you can reverse their negative impacts and move forwardwith renewed clarity and confidence.

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"An ideal choice for a DIY instructional guide to dealing with the manifold stresses and uncertainties of daily life in the world today, "The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them" is exceptionally well written, organized and presented for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in dealing with anxiety and chronic worrying."

Self-Help Shelf,Midwest Book Review
"Recommended for all collections." * Library Journal *
Once in a while a book comes along that instantly changes the way you think and act for the better. The Anxiety Audit joins this club. I challenge you to put it down and not move through your day differently. Buy this bookit will guide you along the journey to being the person in relationships, and inside yourself, that you are hoping to become.

Rachel Simmons, bestselling author of Odd Girl Out and Enough As She Is
Todays uncertain world has created an anxiety epidemic! The Anxiety Audit shows us how not to let it get a grip on our lives. Lynn Lyonss down-to-earth advice provides simple solutions to help us recognize whats making it worse, what makes it better, and how to manage our hectic lives and our important relationships. I guarantee youll have page after page of ah-ha moments.

Joan Lunden, journalist and bestselling author
Lynn Lyons is an expert in the anxiety field and a skilled therapist, but she talks about anxiety like the rest of us. The Anxiety Audit is a book full of stories, advice, and humor that will help us get through our busy days, manage our unpredictable world, and improve our most important relationships. Lynn shows us anxiety is part of being human, but it need not define us.

Laura Morton, New York Times bestselling author, creator of Anxious Nation
In The Anxiety Audit, Lynn Lyons writes with clarity, wisdom, and wit. She offers illuminating case examples and practical advice in a sensible, straightforward way. In so doing she provides you with a means of attaining both relief and inspiration. Lynn makes it clear that the goal isnt to cure anxiety. Rather, the far more realistic goal is to learn to manage it skillfully using the insights and strategies she so clearly provides in this wonderful book. Read it, enjoy it, learn from it, and discover for yourself how this audit can yield substantial personal profits!

Michael D. Yapko, PhD, clinical psychologist, author of Breaking the Patterns of Depression and Depression is Contagious
Here is the best gift of The Anxiety Audit: You wont get bogged down in all the little details of change. You can trust that Lynn knowsshe knows!the seven simple shifts in your perspective that release you from anxietys grip. Oh, and all that sage advice youve heard through your life She debunks it.

Reid Wilson, PhD, founder, anxieties.com

Author Bio

Lynn Lyons, LICSW, is psychotherapist in Concord, New Hampshire. She has been in practice for30 years specializing in the treatment of anxiety in adults and children. Shetravels internationally as a speaker and trainer on the subject of anxiety, its role in families, and the need for a preventativeapproach at home and in schools.

She is a sought-after expert, being interviewed for her insightsin theNew York Times,Time, NPR,Psychology Today, andother media outlets.

With a special interest in breaking the generational cycle of worry in families, she authored several books and articles on anxiety, includingwith co-author Reid WilsonAnxiousKids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous & Independent Children, and the companion book forkids,Playing with Anxiety: Caseys Guide for Teens and Kids.