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Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie

*Well, almost everything!

Dr Toni Lindsay author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Exisle Publishing

Published:13th Aug '24

£14.99

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A practical and therapeutic guide to managing anxiety, written specifically for those aged 14 & 25 by a psychologist with over 15 years of experience working with adolescents and young adults.

Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie is aimed at young people who are experiencing anxiety in their everyday lives, across the breadth of the anxiety spectrum. It emphasises that anxiety is completely normal, and something that can be managed by taking the steps that are right for you. The book contains practical, effective activities and exercises that each reader can apply to their own set of circumstances.

Experiencing anxiety can be overwhelming, especially at such a turbulent stage in life. Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie is specifically tailored for the stresses faced by the 14-25 age group, with concise, impactful chapters and strategies that can be realistically applied even in a busy and changeable time of life. Themes include management of uncertainty, values-based living, and identifying meaning and purpose.

Anxiety affects a huge number of people, and it is not something that you have to ignore or push down. This guide is full of expert advice on not just coping with anxiety, but truly managing it, to minimise its symptoms and its effect on your everyday life.

“An excellent resource for young adults feeling weighed down by adolescence and 21st-century life.”
-Library Journal
“ A practical and therapeutic guide to managing anxiety, written specifically for those aged 14–25 by a psychologist with over 15 years of experience working with adolescents and young adults.”
- Good Reading 
“Helps all of us, regardless of age, look at the hacks that can call out our anxious minds when they are just getting a bit out of control.” 
-Hope FM - Afternoons with Laura Bennett  
“Dr Lindsay’s book, Everything Anxiety Ever Told You is a Lie, is a user-friendly guide that tackles the pervasive issue of anxiety with a blend of wit, practicality, and empathy.” 
- Kirsty O’Callaghan via LinkedIn 
“If you're a teenager, adult, parent, teacher, or just someone who wants to better understand anxiety, this is a good place to start"
-Kids’ Book Review
“There is so much clever and well-targeted advice in this book for young people.  One of the tips is, "Put down your devices, the light and dopamine we get from our screens is like crack for your brains.” 
 -Blue Wolf Reviews
“If you're a teenager, adult, parent, teacher, or just someone who wants to better understand anxiety, this is a good place to start.”
-Kids’Book Review
“There is so much clever and well-targeted advice in this book for young people.  One of the tips is, "Put down your devices, the light and dopamine we get from our screens is like crack for your brains.”
-Blue Wolf Reviews 
“This is such an important book for you to have in your collection, whether personal, classroom or library. Recommend it to your school counsellors and parents via newsletters and certainly promote it to your students.”
- Just So Stories
“A terrific asset for young people who want to understand the purpose of anxiety and how to respond to feelings of anxiety in healthy ways. There is so much to like about this book, the design of the cover and interior artwork is just right, I felt calmer just reading this book. Dr Lindsay’s presentation of the information is spot-on for tween and teen audiences. With this information there is so much power to control our self-talk and the stories (lies) we tell ourselves about the world.” 
- Magpies Magazine
“When you’re panicking (or really anxious), writes psychologist Dr Toni Lindsay in the new book Everything Anxiety Ever Told You is a Lie , the best thing we can do is tell our brain that we are okay.”
- Tots To Teens
“With pandemic-and-device stunted social skills and a deep sensitivity to existential threats, today’s young people have it tough when it comes to anxiety, Dr Lindsay tells Kathryn Ryan.”
 - RNZ Nine To Noon
“Contains concise, impactful chapters and strategies that can be realistically applied even in a busy and changeable time of life. From managing uncertainty to identifying purpose, this guide will help young adults minimise anxiety’s impact on their life.”
- Tomorrow’s Schools, Today NZ 
“The guide is tailored to the 14-25 year old age bracket, although those experiencing anxiety at any age could benefit from giving it a read too. As someone who has anxiety, it is always great to see books such as this one being published, as I know that they can really be beneficial."
 - In The Good Books
“This is a truly remarkable read that I could not put down. Each chapter is like a journey. Analogies lead to logical conclusions and there are exercises to complete which I found mentally rewarding. I revisited this book often and reread passages when I felt anxiety rising. It was empowering owning and naming these emotions. There’s a lot of brilliance and satisfaction in taking control of managing thoughts in a healthier way, without a focus on medication.”
- Reading Time 
“This refreshing look explaining anxiety for teens and young adults captures the essence of a younger person's anxiousness. Using language to appeal to a younger audience in the 14 - 25 year old age group, it gives easy-to-understand examples and metaphors. Lindsay explains in everyday language situations where anxiety appears and what you can do about it, how to overcome and take control of feelings.” 
- School Days Magazine
“This guide is full of expert advice on not just coping with anxiety, but truly managing it, to minimize its symptoms and its effect on your everyday life. … is impressively informative, exceptionally well presented, and a critically important and timely addition to middle school, high school, community, college/university and professional library Mental Health collections dealing with conditions of depression, anxieties, phobias.”
- Midwest Book Review

ISBN: 9781922539991

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144 pages