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By the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller, The Faith Club , Learning to Breathe was launched on the Today show to brilliant reviews.Priscilla Warner has had a great a supportive husband, a flourishing marriage, two loving sons, and a bestselling book, The Faith Club . Despite all her good fortune and success, she suffers from anxiety and panic attacks so debilitating that they leave her unable to breathe. Sheโs tried self-medicatingโin high school, with a hidden flask of vodkaโand later, with prescription medicationsโdaily doses of Klonopin with a dark chocolate chaser. After forty years of hyperventilating, and an overwhelming panic attack thatโs the ultimate wake-up call, Warnerโs mantra becomes โNeurotic, Heal Thyself.โ A spirited New Yorker, she sets out to find her inner Tibetan monk by meditating every day, aiming to rewire her brain and her body and mend her frayed nerves. On this winding path from panic to peace, with its hairpin emotional curves and breathtaking drops, she also delves into a wide range of spiritual and alternative health practices, some serious, and some . . . not so much.
Written with lively wit and humor, Learning to Breathe is a serious attempt to heal from a painful condition. Itโs also a life raft of compassion and hope for people similarly adrift or secretly fearful, as well as an entertaining and inspiring guidebook for anyone facing daily challenges large and small, anyone who is also longing for a sense of peace, self-acceptance, and understanding. ISBN:9781439181089
