First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A new story about anxiety

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Her most recent book, This One Wild and Precious Life , won the US Gold Nautilus Prize, and she has ranked in the top 200 most influential authors in the world (two years in a row). In this book, Sarah suggests that perhaps anxiety is not something to be gotten rid of or destroyed, but rather something which acts as a personal compass or traffic-light system warning us when we’re acting in a way unaligned with our values. She suggests that if we pay attention and listen to its pleas, our anxiety may be the very thing which brings us closer to finding meaning and fulfilment and in our lives. Other than the ethical problems above I enjoyed some of the reading. She mentions some techniques and ways of thinking that are really helpful. Again, a resource list would have been wonderful for people who want to know more about it. What I didn't enjoy was her writing style and inserting random stories about herself or 'some friend' who did this or that. It felt disjointed and again, more memoir-like than really wanting to assist people with their anxiety or telling 'a new story'. For me it was frustrating to read and took away from the points she did make very well.

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety

I’ve put together this ace book club reading guideto help support these great discussions and get things flowing. My anti-anxiety e-book I've struggled with anxiety and depression for more than 55 years. Seen my share of shrinks and took my share of meds. I've read lots of books but none of them helped, especially books written by well-meaning people but people who either haven't had the experiences they write about, or don't want to air their laundry out. This was free through my library and listened by Bolinda Borrow Box, my libraries recommended listening app.If you told me it was in fact a compilation of a whole lot of her blog posts (which I know it is not) I would not be at all surprised.

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful by Sarah Wilson - Waterstones First, We Make the Beast Beautiful by Sarah Wilson - Waterstones

Sarah Wilson first came across this Chinese proverb in psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison's memoir An Unquiet Mind,and it became the key to understanding her own lifelong struggle with anxiety. Wilson, bestselling author, journalist, and entrepreneur has helped over 1.5 million people worldwide to live better, healthier lives through her I Quit Sugarbooks and program. And all along, she has been managing chronic anxiety.This book isn't for everybody, but it was 100% for me. It seems people didn't like the meandering structure or the conversational style, which is a-ok, obviously. You do you. But I wanted to write a review because I found the book SO beautiful and helpful, and I was sceptical before buying it, so I wanted to speak directly to my fellow sceptics.

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A new story about anxiety First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A new story about anxiety

I have read many many books on related subjects the last ten years, and I find most have a tiresome "do these 10 simple things and your anxiety will be gone!!! :D :D :D" tone. That tone pisses me off. Nothing is easy with anxiety; nothing is straightforward or simple. I was worried this book would be more of that. Through her research and personal experiences, Wilson shares the best, and the worst, of the treatments and latest scientific advances. Even though we don't have the treatments for anxiety nailed down yet, it helps to know that sufferers are not alone in their struggles. First, We Make the Beast Beautiful is a book with a big heart, paving the way for richer, kinder and wiser conversations about anxiety.In first, we make the beast beautiful, Sarah directs her intense focus and fierce investigatory skills onto this lifetime companion of hers, looking at the triggers and treatments, the fashions and fads. She reads widely and interviews fellow sufferers, mental health experts, philosophers, and even the Dalai Lama, processing all she learns through the prism her own experiences.

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety

Margaret Atwood gets fired up about creating a utopia; Pop singer Sia riffs on the gifts of living with bipolar; Peter Singer talks about effective altruism; the nun from Dead Man Walking discusses what a prisoner on death row can teach us about love. Also, similar to the name-dropping, were the mentions of people such as Lena Dunham. This is something I didn't appreciate.I applaud her bravery and honesty as some aspects of the book are very hard to read. Evisceratingly honest, one might say. Some of her ideas, and approaches and themes about anxiety's manifestations and how to manage and even live with it are excellent and I think will be (largely) helpful to many readers. A tremendously entertaining, wise, and effective book on how to walk through anxiety and reclaim life.Sarah’s battle and triumph over anxiety inspires and gives solutions that work.First, We Make the Beast Beautiful resides at the intersection of science and lived-experience. I know of nothing in the same league.” Xavier Amador In first, we make the beast beautiful, Sarah directs her intense focus and fierce investigatory skills onto this lifetime companion of hers, looking at the triggers and treatments, the fashions and fads. She reads widely and interviews fellow sufferers, mental health experts, philosophers, and the Dalai Lama, processing all she learns through the prism of her own experiences.