Certainty Myth The

Description

The Certainty Myth is a self-help manual for people who are struggling with the uncertainty that arrives in their life. When things are uncertain, it's easy to feel anxious, stressed, overwhelmed or angry. And today, it often feels like things are more uncertain than ever before. In fact, chaos and uncertainty seem to surround us. But we don't have to be the victims of our circumstances. For anyone who is struggling with making sense of a world that keeps changing around them, The Certainty Myth will help you rise above the chaos and find emotional stability and happiness. With tools such as ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and real-world examples, you'll learn how letting go of certainty can be the key to happiness in today's world. Drawing from the author's experience as a Clinical and Health Psychologist helping people cope with the psychological impact of severe illness, you'll discover proven and simple strategies that are designed to be useful even when your anxiety rises and the simplest tasks can seem complex and overwhelming. You'll learn how to avoid burnout, how an awareness of mortality can help you put things in perspective, how to defuse the emotional power that external circumstances hold over your life, and so much more. Free from jargon yet thoroughly researched and (backed) by science and experience, discover the keys to rising above certainty in your life. Uncertainty may be inevitable, but suffering from it does not have to be.

Dr Toni Lindsay is a Clinical Psychologist who has been working with both adults and adolescents for over 10 years. She works at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse and teaches at universities in Sydney and Melbourne. Dr Linsday works predominately from an Acceptance and Commitment therapy framework.

"The book is very much based on the therapy style Lindsay uses with her cancer patients and gives practical advice and options on how to accept difficult things which show up in our lives and keep doing the things that are important. " * Coast Community News * "The Certainty Myth is about dealing with anxiety in this modern world. We are used to having structure and order, but things have changed. How do you cope with it." -- Rebecca McLaren and Charlie King * ABC Darwin Sundays * "For anyone who is struggling with making sense of a world that's ever-changing around them, The Certainty Myth will help you to rise above the chaos and find emotional stability and happiness." * Public Service News * "Cognitive flexibility is very important. Self-compassion helps build resilience. Reading your book opens a lot of doors for us. It is extraordinarily helpful " -- Best Medicine with Gaytana Adorna * Southern FM * We are hardwired to crave certainty, but the reality is that we always live in uncertain times, noone knows what is going to happen around the corner. Dr Toni Lindsay tells us about how to better manage uncertainty and the role of our inner control freak -- Evenings with Sarah McDonald * ABC Sydney * "Why uncertainty freaks us out and how to make peace with it. Toni Lindsay is a clinical psychologist who works primarily with cancer patients. In her book The Certainty Myth she takes the lessons she learned working with that group and translates them for life in general" * ABC Radio National All In The Mind *