The Dance of Fear: Rising Above the Anxiety, Fear, and Shame to Be Your Best and Bravest Self

Using her wonderfully rich and inviting therapeutic voice along with personal memories and examples drawn from her practice, Lerner gives anxiety, fear and shame their due. With stories that are sometimes hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking, Learner takes us from "fear-lite" to the most difficult lessions the universe sends us in anxiety, fear and shame. No one signs up for anxiety, fear, and shame, but we can't avoid them either. The more we can look these emotions in the eye with patience and curiosity, and the more we learn to spot their wisdom and michief, the less grip they have on us. As we learn to respond to age-old emotions in bold new ways, we can live more courgeously in the present and move into the future with clarity, humor and hope.