You’ve Got This
Seven Steps to a Life You Love
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Learn how to reframe your thoughts and live your best life with this accessible guide from clinical psychologist Dr Michaela Dunbar, founder of @myeasytherapy
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Are fear and anxious thoughts holding you back from living the bold and exciting life you want?
Everyone experiences self-doubt, feelings of inadequacy, fear of failure and burnout. But not all of us know how to deal with it.
In her years spent helping ambitious women overcome self-doubt, Dr Michaela Dunbar has identified seven key ways high-functioning anxiety can manifest in our lives, from people-pleasing to imposter syndrome.
In this hopeful, accessible, and genuinely useful book, Dr Michaela offers practical solutions and strategies to help you with . . .
· Coping with anxiety and overthinking
· Dealing with imposter syndrome
· Setting and maintaining boundaries
· Breaking down the fear of failure
Filled with invaluable tools, reflection exercises and case studies, You've Got This shows us how to transform our anxious thoughts and emotions into positive actions.
Above all, it will teach you how to overcome self-doubt and free yourself from the traps of overthinking to confidently step into a life you love.
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Dunbar, a clinical psychologist and founder of the @myeasytherapy Instagram account, aims in her empowering if uneven debut to help readers become people "who can have any thought, and any feeling, and still do what the f*** need to do." Each chapter tackles an emotional or mental issue readers can more effectively manage, such as anxiety, for which the author includes a basic overview of the body's response to threats and outlines such coping strategies as journaling. Also discussed is overthinking, which the author likens to "having an anxious parent in your head trying to keep you safe" and can be managed through techniques including "time-boxing" thoughts (limiting overthinking to a scheduled block of time). She also examines imposter syndrome and fear of failure ("Ask yourself what's the worst that could happen if you just went for it?"). Despite some smart takeaways, Dunbar's sometimes overly conversational tone and occasional tendency to skim over sources create less convincing moments ("Truth: The mind/body connection is real. Believe the hype"). Those looking for an extension to Dunbar's Instagram page will be pleased, but readers seeking general mental health advice may want to start elsewhere.
