"Work is stressful: We race to meet deadlines. We extend ourselves to return favors for
colleagues. We set ambitious goals for ourselves and our teams. We measure ourselves against
metrics our competitors and sometimes our colleagues. Some of us even go beyond tangible
metrics to internalize stress and fear of missing the mark-ruminating over presentations that
didn't go according to plan imagining worst-case scenarios or standing frozen paralyzed by
perfectionism. In fact anxiety is the most prevalent mental disorder worldwide existing at
different levels and in different ways depending on your genes chemistry background
environment social network and so on. But hypervigilance worry and catastrophizing don't
have to hold you back at work. When channeled thoughtfully anxiety can motivate us to be more
resourceful productive and creative. It can break down barriers and create new bonds with our
colleagues. Managing Your Anxiety will help you distinguish stress from anxiety learn what
anxiety looks like for you understand it and respond to it with self-compassion at work. With
the latest psychological research and practical advice from leading experts you'll learn how
to recognize how your anxiety manifests itself manage it in small day-to-day moments and in
more challenging times experiment and find a mindfulness practice that works for you and
build a support infrastructure to help you manage your anxiety over the long term"--
