The Thing You Think You Cannot Do: Thirty true things about fear and courage - Softcover

Livingston, Gordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0733628729 ISBN 13: 9780733628726

Publisher: Hachette Australia, 2024

Synopsis

Bestselling author Dr. Gordon Livingston MD brings his usual wisdom to the subjects of fear and courage.

We live in a time when fear of terrorism, war and disease, are all magnified, it seems, by the media especially the Internet. How are we to find the courage to live well, despite the constant threat of fear?

Dr. Livingston identifies fear as the central issue of our time, that has become a corrosive influence in modern life, eroding our ability to think clearly. Overcoming our fears constitutes the biggest struggle in our lives. As a psychiatrist, Livingston knows how reliant many are on pharmaceutical remedies to alleviate anxiety. While these may be effective, he has recently found himself increasingly prescribing human virtues like courage, which is integral to his thirty individual truths which are explored as the tools to overcome our fears on every level in order to free up her lives

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Review

""Spirituality & Practice", "A Best Spiritual Book of the Year," 2012 Philadelphia"" Tribune", 4/27/12- "[An] unflinching look at fear." Spirituality and Practice "A hard-hitting and timely collection of essays by a passionate elder whose criticism of our culture is right on target." "InfoDad.com", 5/17/12 "[A] study of fear and courage, whose chapters are headed with particularly intriguing quotations." "The Bookworm Sez" column, 6/25/12 "Dr. Livingston writes with conviction and a no-nonsense manner. His thoughts are well-conceived, they make sense and they're empowering. His words offer the hope about which he writes, and that's very comforting..."The Thing You Cannot Do" takes no prisoners, accepts no whining, and it won't make friends. But if you're stuck in life and need a nudge, reading it may be the best thing you can do." "BP Magazine", Summer 2012"Stresses the importance of facing the boundaries fear imposes by following clear-cut steps to cultivate courage." "Philadelphia"" Tribune", 4/27/12- "[An] unflinching look at fear." Spirituality and Practice "A hard-hitting and timely collection of essays by a passionate elder whose criticism of our culture is right on target." "InfoDad.com", 5/17/12 "[A] study of fear and courage, whose chapters are headed with particularly intriguing quotations." "The Bookworm Sez" column, 6/25/12 "Dr. Livingston writes with conviction and a no-nonsense manner. His thoughts are well-conceived, they make sense and they're empowering. His words offer the hope about which he writes, and that's very comforting..."The Thing You Cannot Do" takes no prisoners, accepts no whining, and it won't make friends. But if you're stuck in life and need a nudge, reading it may be the best thing you can do." "BP Magazine", Summer 2012"Stresses the importance of facing the boundaries fear imposes by following clear-cut steps to cultivate courage."

Book Description

Find the courage to live well with Dr. Gordon Livingston, bestselling author of TOO SOON OLD, TOO LATE SMART

About this edition

• Publisher: Hachette Australia
• Publication date: 2024
• ISBN 10: 0733628729
• ISBN 13: 9780733628726
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 226