The Fear Book: Facing Fear Once and for All [Paperback]

Cheri Huber (Author), June Shiver (Illustrator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0963625519 | ISBN-13: 978-0963625519 | Publication Date: September 1, 1995

Rather than explaining typical strategies for overcoming fear, this book focuses on examining how fear is experience, how to recognize that experience as nothing more than conditioned reaction to circumstance, and how to mentor oneself into letting go of beliefs about "appropriate" responses to fear. The notion is debunked that fear is anything other than a label we have learned to put on a set of physical and emotional responses, which is a Buddhist view of emotion in general.

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About the Author

Cheri Huber is the author of 19 books, including There Is Nothing Wrong with You, When You're Falling, Dive, and Time-Out for Parents. She founded the Mountain View Zen Center in Mountain View, California, and the Zen Monastery Practice Center in Murphys, California, and teaches in both communities. She travels widely and often, leading workshops and retreats around the United States and abroad, most recently in Costa Rica and Italy. She founded Living Compassion in 2003, a nonprofit group comprised of There Is Nothing Wrong With You Retreats (based on the book); Global Community for Peace: The Assisi Peace Project; The Africa Vulnerable Children Project; and Open Air Talk Radio, her weekly call-in radio show originating from Stanford University. She lives in Murphys, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Keep It Simple Books (September 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963625519
• ISBN-13: 978-0963625519
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #348,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars maybe simple is okay, June 30, 2002

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H. Pagliughi "hpagliughi" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fear Book: Facing Fear Once and for All (Paperback)

Well I am biased...I love Cheri Huber's books and own a few of them. The message *is* very simple, and I think the huge contrast in the reviews is interesting. This might be one of those books that you read a few times (if you give it a second chance) and think it is too simple, kind of lame. But then one day it just kind of clicks and you see that it is very wise and wodnerful. Maybe it is that her approach to fear simply doesn't work for everyone. It, along with some other things in my life,a ll worked together to help me reduce the amount of fear and anxiety in my life, but it isn't a CURE, and requires a lot of MAINTENANCE.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and Easy are not the same!, February 22, 2005

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Sam Buddy (Everett, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fear Book: Facing Fear Once and for All (Paperback)

Cheri Huber's books are like treasures to me. No matter how I feel, I can always pick on up and read starting at any page. Sometimes that is all I have to start finding my center when I am lost in chaos.

Her books are simple. The longest one I think is about 230 pages (There Is Nothing Wrong With You) to some much shorter. Many times Cheri tells us that the practice is very simple, and we can throw away 99% of all books written about it.

However, it isn't easy. Being still isn't easy. Facing yourself, or just watching yourself isn't easy. Think that is foolish? Try it.

Pay attention.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real help, May 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Fear Book: Facing Fear Once and for All (Paperback)

This book is great. I got it in a difficult time when I was having problems, which I didn't relate to fear. With the help of this book I managed to realy solve things beautifuly. The books is very inspiring and also very practical. I also realy enjoyed the style in which it is writen.