Living Like You Mean It - Use the Wisdom and Power of Your Emotions to Get the Life You
Really Want by Ronald J. Frederick

In LIVING LIKE YOU MEAN IT, author Ronald J. Frederick, does a brilliant job of describing
why people are so afraid of their emotions and how this fear creates a variety of problems
in their lives. While the problems are different, the underlying issue is often the same.
At the core of their distress is what Dr. Frederick refers to as feelings phobia. Whether
it s the experience of love, joy, anger, sadness, or surprise, our inborn ability to be
a fully feeling person has been hijacked by fear--and it s fear that s keeping us from
a better life.

The book begins with a questionnaire-style list that help readers take an honest look at
themselves and recognize whether and how they are afraid of their feelings. It then moves
on to explore the origins of fear of feeling and introduces a four-part program for
overcoming the fear:

(1) Become aware of and learn to recognize feelings--anger, sadness, joy, love, fear,
guilt/shame, surprise, disgust.
(2) Master techniques for taming the fear.
(3) Let the feeling work its way all the way through to its resolution.
(4) Open up and put those feelings into words and communicate them confidently.

With wisdom, humor, and compassion, the book uses stories and examples to help readers
see that overcoming feelings phobia is the key to a better life and more fulfilling
relationships

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