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First, We Make the Beast Beautiful
- A New Story About Anxiety
- Narrated by: Sarah Wilson
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
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Summary
Random House presents the audiobook edition of First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, written and read by Sarah Wilson.
The New York Times best seller.
If you have anxiety, this book is for you. If you love someone who is anxious, this book is for you.
I Quit Sugar founder and New York Times best-selling 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 resewn, 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 organisations and with 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.
Critic reviews
"Full of great, solidly researched, personal and genuinely useful tips for the anxious mind...I loved this book." (Matt Haig, author of Reasons to Stay Alive and Notes on a Nervous Planet)
"Probably the best book on living with anxiety that I've ever read." (Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck)
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- Chris
- 30-03-20
A beautiful gem
An utterly beautiful read. A full powered holistic take on perhaps one of the most pervasive difficulties of our modern times. Written with humour compassion and love. Relevent to us all, sufferers and seekers alike. Thank you thank you thank you Sarah Wilson...
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- Rachael P.
- 24-07-20
Excellent for understanding anxiety
Really good for an understanding of yourself and anxiety sufferers.
Makes you think a lot about how to move forward of not!
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-08-20
wow...a bible for anxiety absolutely beautiful
beautifully written and read have shared it with so many..life changing..thankyou sarah wilson..This will pass down to all my daughters
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- sab
- 21-04-23
Anxiety stripped back and tackled head on.
A frank, revealing account of the authors experiences with anxiety. Starts fluffy, goes deep. Lots of practical techniques for dealing with anxiety, and a philosophical investigation as to why we experience it.
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- Dani D
- 21-01-21
A Truly inspiring story about mental health
I have enjoyed this book immensely. The story is personal and raw. Recommend to anyone suffering from depression and anxiety it has helped me the take steps to take care of myself and to also feel lonely in what someone's can feel like a battle field.
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- J M Philipson
- 07-04-20
Beautiful and inspiring
Loved this book and wanted to read it for a long time. Sarah is so generous and giving of herself and her experiences which gives such comfort to all anxiety sufferers. The book is so eloquently, beautifully and cleverly put together. Highly recommend.
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- John Smith
- 07-03-22
Top class
This book is absolutely brilliant. I actually feel like I know Sarah. It’s like talking to your inner mind. There was so many wow moments for me. Just amazing. It’s hard to explain. Even if you don’t have anxiety, it’s a must read, and If you do it should be prescribed.
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- Priscila
- 29-11-21
Amazing
This book is so well done, as most of the reviews said, is really an amazing book. As a person with anxiety, this book helped me so much to understand more about this beast. It is a really must read book.
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- eclecticboogaloo
- 05-09-20
liberating perspective
A brutally honest and refreshing account of anxiety. For anyone on the journey of acceptance.
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- a moore
- 27-02-19
Great find
Can't help but admire such honesty. Sarah sharing her experience will no doubt help a lot of people. I for one have benefited from Sarah telling how she has mananged thyroid and anxiety issues and know I will listen to this audio book again. Felt hopeful after listening. Highly recommend
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