The narrowing : a journey through anxiety and the body / Alexandra Shaker, PhD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaker, Alexandra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anxiety.

Mind and body.

Resilience (Personality trait).

Anxiety--History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 270 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025]

Summary:

"An exploration of the connection between anxiety and the body by a clinical psychologist, drawing from the latest research as well as historical and cultural insights through time, arguing that only through understanding anxiety's role in our lives can we transform it into resilience Almost all of us are intimately familiar with anxiety, and with its increasing hold on our minds, our hopes and plans, and our bodies. But how well do we really understand it, and what can we do to transform it into something new-into resilience, or courage, or creativity? In this extraordinary book, Dr. Alexandra Shaker, a clinical psychologist, takes us on a journey through the body-from brain to blood to heart to guts-to examine the connections between our emotional, psychological, and physical lives. She unravels what the body can teach us about anxiety, and what we can learn from our long cultural history of the anxious impulse. Melding psychology, neuroscience, history, and literature, she considers why-despite all the checklists and therapies and scientific advancements-we are still struggling to outrun our oldest terrors, and how a new approach accepting anxiety as part of the human condition can help build resilience"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-270).

Other Format:

Online version: Shaker, Alexandra. Narrowing

ISBN:

9780593493403

0593493400

OCLC:

1440028890

Publisher Number:

90101651946