Master Your Fears: How to Triumph Over Your Worries and Get on with Your Life

by Linda Sapadin

Book Overview

Praise for Master Your Fears
"Dr. Sapadin's fascinating guide to mastering our fears and constant worries is essential reading for these times. She offers readers a practical and powerful set of guidelines for taking control of their strong emotions and building a better life in the process." -Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D., professor, Stanford University, and past president of the American Psychological Association
"Master Your...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471272728
• ISBN13: 9780471272724
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Read

all i want to say is that this is a great read, you won't be disappointed!

For coping with anxiety and fear, very practical and helpful

I enjoyed reading Dr. Sapadin's book and think it would be very helpful, practical, and soothing for anyone suffering with anxiety and fears. Her language is simple and not jargony. Her exercises are easy to follow and learn from. She even has a questionairre to help you determine which kind of fearful person you are. Then throughout the book, she will gear various suggestions toward specific types. For example, if you are fearful mostly because of shyness, try this one... or, if mostly controlling, compliant, etc.. try this one. I work with people who struggle with anxiety and fear. I would recommend her book as a helpful adjunct. Kate Boswell MFT

Scared of Fear?

It's been almost three years since September 11, 2001, and an already frightening world has become even scarier. Was, threat, politics, economic change, disease ?? what NEXT will there be to fear? In light of all this, I wonder why LInda Sapadin's excellent and sensible "Master Your Fears : How to Triumph Over Your Worries and Get On with Your Life" has not received more attention. Her step-by-step prescriptions for living in these scary times, tailored to individual personality types, seem to me to be just what we need. Rather than exacerbate fear by enumerating what there is to be afraid of, Dr. Sapadin seems to ratify FDR's famous aphorism, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." And she tells us how to "de-scare-ify" life ?? IF we follow through on her programs. I know it helped me. And I believe it will help others. Don't be afraid. Read it!

The power to face the world...

Dr. Sapadin's book is a very practical guide to taming the fears which hinder our lives each and every day. Because we live in a world where violent images and frightening statistics inform our daily lives, it is often hard to wake up and face the world without the burden of fear. Dr. Sapadin helps her readers navigate this powerful and often unpredictable emotion, dealing with the smallest worries to the most paralyzing anxieties. She writes in a friendly and approachable style, and she often draws on personal experience. I love the stories she shares about her family; they are funny, poignant, and wonderful teaching tools, especially for a layman like myself. I highly recommend this book!