Not your typical book on anxiety! This guide immediately brings the reader into the first things... you are good! You are loved! You are enough! This is NOT one of those 500-page anxiety books that gives you anxiety just thinking about picking it up. This easy-to-read 134-page book is purposefully designed and spaced to make it easy for the anxious person, a dyslexic person (like the book's author, Catherine!), slow readers, or readers who want to spend additional time with the material in thought, journaling, prayer, small groups, spiritual direction, or therapy sessions. No, you're not crazy! Anxiety is a natural response of the body. AND... God gave it to us as a gift to keep us safe! By the end of the book, you'll be thanking God for your anxiety. The Catholic Guide Through Anxiety - 2nd Edition contains revisions, updates, an entire section of prayers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, quotes from saints, and scriptural references. This is a guide to work through and finally understand anxiety, presented from a Catholic perspective. Please be assured that you don't need to be a Catholic to read this, there's fantastic information for everyone, however, please be aware there are thoughts, prayers, imagery, strategies, and sentiments that are innately and traditionally Catholic. This book will help you understand and overcome your anxiety, AND it will also help those wanting to learn how to help loved ones who struggle with anxiety. This guide is fantastic for readers of all ages, including kids, teens, and college students. And, we believe that learning this information and implementing these practices may help decrease suicide, suicidal tendencies/ideations, as well as self-harm and self-abuse.
THE FACTS: countless people quietly suffer through their anxiety, which lies to us and tells us that we are bad or unloveable. This resource educates readers about anxiety and its causes (from a biological standpoint, consistent with both faith and reason) through the Catholic lens, informing the reader that they are created good and are loved by God. This fact cannot be understated. Here, Catherine has assembled information and a practical plan of action into a guide, offering easy-to-implement tools, strategies, and techniques to help you experience mental wellness. The Catholic Guide Through Anxiety will help you view yourself as an integrated person and open doors to understand what's taking place biologically AND spiritually during the onset of the anxious