The wisdom of anxiety: how worry and intrusive thoughts are gifts to help you heal

Introduction: anxiety is a doorway

Anxiety and its messages

Anxiety defined and the call to turn inward

Symptoms of anxiety

Two cultural messages that create anxiety : the myth of normal and the expectation of happiness

Roadblocks to healing

Transitions

Months and seasons: attuning to the rhythms of our year

The vulnerability of being present

The seat at the head of your table

The realm of thoughts

The realm of feelings

Longing

The realm of soul

When anxiety heals

The romantic relationship

Parenting in an age of anxiety

Appendix a: relationship red flags

Appendix b: two ways to journal

Further resources

About the author.