Embracing Fear, and Finding the Courage to Live Your Life, by Thom Rutledge (HC, 2002, has some underling, $2)
This book comes from my own library. I treasure the day I found it, and hope someone new will now let it touch them too. Rutledge taught me to deal with fear by remembering FEAR ( Facing, Exploring, Accepting, and Response). After running from fears for decades, I found facing them no easy matter. In the beginning I managed the "facing" part pretty poorly, never mind any of that other stuff. Still, practice may not bring perfection, but it does eventually bring a sense of "good enough", and even sometimes, the realization that something wonderful has just been accomplished. This book taught me a lot of skills. I had to try, try, and try again till I found my way through fear's maze, but when I did, oh the joy.
Good luck to you on you life journey.
Look for this on the new non-fiction table. (L-sh)
