First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety

To conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful.

Sarah Wilson came across this Chinese proverb int the groundbreaking memoir An Unquiet Mind, and this encounter led her to discovering the key to understanding her lifelong struggle with anxiety. Wilson takes us on her personal journey to making peace with the Beast and along the way she interviews mental health experts, examines the science and worlds of literature and music, meets with spiritual gurus like the Dalai Lama, Gretchen Rubin, and Brene' Brown.

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety encourages readers that live with anxiety to embrace it as a part of who they are and explore the possibilities it has to offer to make life fuller and richer.