This provocative, brilliant, and paradoxically comforting book belongs in the library of anyone who cares about the fate of humanity.
- Nancy McWilliams, PhD, ABPP, Distinguished Affiliate Faculty, Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, author of Psychoanalytic Diagnosis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Life-Enhancing Anxiety is a stimulating and rewarding read that will be of great value to psychotherapists, scientists, and lay people alike.- Tom Pyszczynski, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Co-author of
The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life with Jeff Greenberg & Sheldon Solomon
The wisdom shared in this book should be enlightening for fellow mental health practitioners and their clients, community educators, and students.
- Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh, Co-Founder of Relationship Panoramic Inc. & Senior Advisor to the United Nations
Schneider beautifully and powerfully illustrates the inescapability of anxiety in the human condition and provides a rigorous model of psychological hardiness. - Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology, York University. Author of
The Psychology of Inner Peace, Film Therapy, and forthcoming,
Therapeutic Applications of Langerian Mindfulness Drawing from our experiences with COVID, political divides, racial and economic injustice, armed conflicts at home and abroad, tensions over school curricula, climate change, and more, Schneider outlines how the psychology and science of anxiety are key to understanding and solving these problems. He even puts himself on the couch, with exquisite vulnerability. This is an essential read for those looking to understand our culture and our times and to create a life of deep meaning and purpose.- Linda Michaels, PsyD, MBA, Chair and Co-Founder, Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN) Psychologist, Consulting Editor of
Psychoanalytic Inquiry, and Fellow of the Lauder Institute Global MBA program
Schneider offers a vital solution to addressing the epidemic of life-destroying anxiety plaguing our patients and clients. We desperately need a bigger picture of allaying anxiety than conventional psychology, pharmaceuticals, and avoidance through addiction to technology. Cultivation of life-enhancing anxiety is the paradigm shift to cultivate the capacities of love, creativity, humility, wonder, and a sense of adventure toward living-what Schneider calls "awe"-in the midst of so many unknowns. For humanity to thrive in our next chapter on Earth, we need this brilliant book to open a new door to embracing (and engaging with) Life-Enhancing Anxiety.- Michael Amster, MD, coauthor of
The Power of Awe and researcher at the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center
