50 Ways to Worry Less Now
By: Gigi Langer, PhD
This book was an eye opener,
just let me tell you that right now! And if you haven’t read it, don’t even
start thinking, “This is just gonna be
another self-help book.” Because it isn’t ‘Just another self-help book!’ This book will help you see things
that you never even thought about!
I am so impressed that I had
the privilege to read this book! I will admit, I started off thinking in the
negative, but as I read, I was not just enlightened, I was awakened. So much of
what I think, do and see, and even feel, is negativity and I have the ability
to put a stop to it, not just by walking away, not just by staying away, but by
changing the way I think and do things. And this, my friends, is only the beginning.
The Author of this book: Gigi
Langer opens up with her own truth, and shares her own stories with you, the
reader. Through recovery of her own stress, and problems, Miss Langer started
applying the tools she learned from the recovery programs, the therapies she
learned, the scientific researches, and philosophical and spiritual teachings
and incorporated them into her own unique remedy to relieve stress and anxiety.
Then she shares them with you the reader, so that you may make the same changes
and become a better version of yourself.
The book itself offers you
four life strategies and fifty eclectic tools to help you dissolve the negativity
of the World, your past, and your life, and make the healing changes into the
person you know you want and deserve to be.
Miss Langer shares life
experiences that have helped her, and others as well, defeat negative and
dysfunctional relationships. With this book, you will feel the need and desirer
to make changes, and benefit from them at the same time.
This book will help you:
1.
Manage relationships with
calm wisdom.
2.
Create relationships that
will blossom and thrive.
3.
Fulfill your own dreams
without limitations.
And last but not least:
4.
Serve others in their own
personal growth.
I give this book five beautiful
healthy wise stars! Because with this book: you’ll be able to gain peace,
clarity and wisdom, and share it with the World! Just as I am sharing it with
you now! So, before it’s too late, get your own copy, and start making changes
today! And remember: you read it here with me, and I was inspired enough to share
it with you, just as you will be inspired enough to share it with others!
Now
here are my questions for Miss Langer:
1. What made you decide to write this book and
how long did it take you?
“Worry Less Now” began
as a memoir chronicling my career as a professional horseback rider;
three short marriages; and adventures in Spain, Hawaii, Brazil, and Germany (yes,
those husbands travelled!). My wise fourth husband (of 30
years) suggested that instead I write a
self-help book with “all those helpful things you say when you counsel people
on the phone.”
I’ve worked with hundreds of
women in recovery because I spent many years using alcohol, drugs, and romance
to deal with a lifetime of worry and anxiety. When I
stopped drinking 30 years ago, I began applying tools from therapy, recovery
programs, scientific research, and a variety of philosophical and spiritual teachings
to overcome my negative thinking, dysfunctional relationships, perfectionism,
addictions, chronic pain, and worry about loved ones.
I wrote Worry
Less Now to share these tools with people who might benefit from them. I
used parts of my own story to illustrate how I discovered the tools and how
they helped me become happy and at peace. The book is very practical with four
life strategies, 50 concrete tools, and step-by-step exercises.
It took 3 ½ years to write the first draft; then I
sent it to beta readers and a developmental editor (Nina Amir) who suggested
revisions. I took a year off to co-author an education book for Sage
Publishing, and got back to “Worry Less Now” in 2015. I revised it two more
times using feedback from two more groups of beta readers. Then I spent most of
2017 with editors, typographers, book cover designers, and proofreaders.
The book’s official release date is February 22,
2018. It was a lot of work, but I love the result and I hope it helps many
people overcome their worries so they too can face their challenges with calm
wisdom and courage.
2. Do you have any photos or descriptions of
the characters?
Yes, I’ve attached the vision
boards that I used with affirmations to help me persist and trust that “Worry
Less Now” would finally be complete and ready for the world.
3. Did you plan to be a writer when you grew
up?
I had no clue what I would
become; I just kept following men around the world and becoming what I thought
they wanted me to be. That’s how I ended up in grad school, became a professor,
and began writing articles and books for teachers. I found I could write clearly
and enjoyed the process. (However, the deadlines were rather crazy-making; I
was still a prisoner of worry back then.)
4. What inspires you to write?
I love writing short essays
about life lessons and personal growth. Anything that might help someone
through a tough time. For example, after a friend wrote a blog about “looking
beyond the contours” of our troubles, I journaled about it and later tied it to
a beautiful quote from Rumi (“Out beyond ideas of rightdoing and wrongdoing is
a field…”). That piece ended up in Chapter 5 (recovering your “true self”).
5. Do your friends and family support your
writing?
Yes, my husband has been
patient and encouraging, in spite of all the hours spent writing and publishing
“Worry Less Now.” Many friends have supported me through masterminding, and
other spiritual and recovery-related groups. My inner circle (my “posse”) has
been with me the whole way, cheering me on and giving me courage during the scary
times. Of course, I couldn’t have done with without my kitty, Murphy.
6. Where is your favorite place to write?
In my pajamas in my work
space.
7. What are you working on now?
Connecting (via social media,
articles, presentations, and retreats) with those who might benefit from the
tools and ideas presented in “Worry Less Now.”
8. Who is your favorite Author(s) of all time?
Antoine St. Exupery (The Little Prince); Karen Casey (Each Day A New Beginning, Hazelden); Ann
Patchett (Bel Canto); Muriel Barbery
(The Elegance of the Hedgehog).
9. What all education have you had?
LOTS! (You’ll see why when
you read about the “invented self” in Chapter 2)
BA Spanish, French, and
Education from University of Colorado
MA Education from Boston
University
MA Psychology, EdS in
Educational Evaluation from Stanford University
PhD in Psychological Studies
in Education from Stanford University
10. Please share with us your social media and
book links:
FB: Gigi Langer
Author https://www.facebook.com/worrylessnow/
Twitter:
@gigi_langer
Linked In: Gigi
(Georgea) Langer
Google+: Gigi
Langer
11. Anything to add:
Worry Less Now is about changing your life from one of limitation,
fear, and negativity to one of peace, dream fulfillment, and connection. It
outlines four strategies and 50 tools from a wide variety of sources that I and
others have used to overcome past wounds, chronic worry, perfectionism,
dysfunctional relationships, alcoholism/addiction, chronic pain, and worry
about loved ones.
50 Ways to Worry Less Now: Reject Negative Thinking to Find Peace, Clarity, and Connection by Gigi Langer, Ph.D.My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was an eye opener, just let me tell you that right now! And if you haven’t read it, don’t even start thinking, “This is just gonna be another self-help book.” Because it isn’t ‘Just another self-help book!’ This book will help you see things that you never even thought about!
I am so impressed that I had the privilege to read this book! I will admit, I started off thinking in the negative, but as I read, I was not just enlightened, I was awakened. So much of what I think, do and see, and even feel, is negativity and I have the ability to put a stop to it, not just by walking away, not just by staying away, but by changing the way I think and do things. And this, my friends, is only the beginning.
The Author of this book: Gigi Langer opens up with her own truth, and shares her own stories with you, the reader. Through recovery of her own stress, and problems, Miss Langer started applying the tools she learned from the recovery programs, the therapies she learned, the scientific researches, and philosophical and spiritual teachings and incorporated them into her own unique remedy to relieve stress and anxiety. Then she shares them with you the reader, so that you may make the same changes and become a better version of yourself.
The book itself offers you four life strategies and fifty eclectic tools to help you dissolve the negativity of the World, your past, and your life, and make the healing changes into the person you know you want and deserve to be.
Miss Langer shares life experiences that have helped her, and others as well, defeat negative and dysfunctional relationships. With this book, you will feel the need and desire to make changes, and benefit from them at the same time.
This book will help you:
1. Manage relationships with calm wisdom.
2. Create relationships that will blossom and thrive.
3. Fulfill your own dreams without limitations.
And last but not least:
4. Serve others in their own personal growth.
I give this book five beautiful healthy wise stars! Because with this book: you’ll be able to gain peace, clarity and wisdom, and share it with the World! Just as I am sharing it with you now! So, before it’s too late, get your own copy, and start making changes today! And remember: you read it here with me, and I was inspired enough to share it with you, just as you will be inspired enough to share it with others!
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