First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A new story about anxiety - Hardcover

Sarah Wilson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593080009 ISBN 13: 9780593080009

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2018

Synopsis

I Quit Sugar founder and New York Times bestselling author Sarah Wilson has lived through high anxiety – including bipolar, OCD and several suicide attempts – her whole life. Perhaps like you, she grew tired of seeing anxiety as a disease that must be medicated into submission. Could anxiety be re-sewn, she asked, into a thing of beauty?

So began a seven-year journey to find a more meaningful and helpful take on anxiety. Living out of two suitcases, Sarah travelled the world, meeting with His Holiness The Dalai Lama, with Oprah’s life coach, with major mental health organizations and hundreds of others in a quest to unravel the knotted ball of wool that is the anxious condition. She emerged with the very best philosophy, science and hacks for thriving with the beast.

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful is a small book with a big heart, paving the way for richer, kinder and wiser conversations about anxiety.

About this title

About the Author

Sarah Wilson is a NYT bestselling author and entrepreneur. She's a former news journalist, was the editor of Australian Cosmopolitan and hosted the first series of Masterchef Australia, the highest-rating show in Australian history. Sarah is the author of the international bestsellers I Quit Sugar, I Quit Sugar For Life and Simplicious and is director and founder of IQuitSugar.com. Her 8-Week Program has seen more than 1.5 million people quit sugar worldwide. Sarah blogs on philosophy, anxiety, minimalism, toxin-free living and anti-consumerism at sarahwilson.com, is based in Sydney, rides a bike most places and is a compulsive hiker.

Review

"I loved this book." * Matt Haig * "Probably the best book on living with anxiety that I've ever read, and I have (unfortunately) read many. Sarah is full of expert advice while remaining grounded and incredibly human. Her vulnerability is her strength. And after reading, it will hopefully be yours too." * Mark Manson, bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck * "A witty, well-researched and often insightful book about negotiating a new relationship with anxiety." * Andrew Solomon, Professor of Clinical Psychology and author of The Noonday Demon: An Anatomy of Depression * "Eloquenty written ... I love the concept of making the thing we fear most into something beautiful." * Andrea McLean *

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593080009
• ISBN 13: 9780593080009
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320