Some Nerve: Lessons Learned While Becoming Brave

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Patty Chang Anker grew up eager to please and afraid to fail. But after 39 years, she decided it was time to stop being a chicken. She learned to dive into a swimming pool, ride a bike, do a handstand and surf. As she shared her experiences, she discovered that most people suffer from their own secret terrors. It became her mission to help others do what they thought they couldn't and to experience the joy and aliveness that is the true reward of becoming brave. Fear isn't the end point to life, but the point of entry.

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Downright inspiring. Oprah.com

Hilarious and instructive . . . sure to inspire the most faint of heart to venture forth and discover what it is to be truly alive. American Way

Author Bio

Patty Chang Ankeris the author ofSome Nerve- Lessons Learned While Becoming Brave(Riverhead 2013), a memoir about facing her fears and helping others to do the same. She is the blogger behind Facing Forty Upside Down, for which she was named a Good Housekeeping Blogger We Love and a Top 25 Funny Mom at Circle of Moms. She writes the "Some Nerve" blog at PsychologyToday.com and her work has also appeared in magazines and websites fromMarie Claireto iVillage. When she's not facing her fears she can be found teaching yoga, publicizing other people's work, or chasing her daughters across Westchester County.