Book Review: From Anxiety to Love

“My anxiety journey was one of the worst, most terrifying experiences of my life. Yet once I allowed it to become my greatest teacher, it also became one of the best,” writes Corinne Zupko. In her new book, From Anxiety to Love: A Radical New Approach For Letting Go of Fear and Finding Lasting Peace, Zupko shows readers how anxiety can become an awakening, directing us on a new pathway toward love and inner peace. “Every experience you have can serve one of two purposes – and you get to choose which. It can help you awaken to the peace that is already in you, or it can help you stay unaware of this peace,” writes Zupko. For Zupko, the change began with her experience in A Course in Miracles, which became a path to healing that ultimately helped her uncover what she calls her inner therapist. “What I call the inner therapist is also known as the Holy Spirit, your higher mind, or your inner teacher,” writes Zupko. It is through connecting with the deep wisdom that the inner therapist offers that we can learn to let go of the false perceptions that act like purposeful blocks to our peace of mind. “We think our problems or enemies are “out there” in the world, but in fact, they’re mostly within our own habitual, unproductive ways of seeing,” writes Zupko. What we often forget is the eternal love that we are made of – that pure loving mind that exists independently of our ego, and our physical body. And when the ego lures us toward specialness, we ult...
Source: Psych Central - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Anxiety Book Reviews Happiness Mindfulness Self-Help Spirituality Source Type: news