"Entertaining in its informative descriptions of Cajun culture and moving in Rand's honest accounts of his struggles with panic, Dancing Away an Anxious Mind will encourage readers to focus on their unique interests and desires as means to a life without panic. Rand's book is necessary reading for those who want to learn how to incorporate traditional therapies into their individual journeys."—Cathleen Henning, Editor and Guide, http://panicdisorder.about.com
Product Description
In this engaging memoir, Robert Rand tells the tale of how through dancing he helped free himself from the grip of panic disorder. Rand was a serious, shy, and intense scholar who had achieved national recognition in a career in writing and radio production. In the midst of his success, panic attacks overwhelmed him. For more than two years, he suffered their debilitating effects; the disease flattened his spirits and stripped him of self-confidence. Then he discovered social dancing, and in particular Cajun and zydeco dance and music. Dancing became a cathartic and liberating endeavor, helping him beat back his panic disorder to discover a world of passion and romance and to gain control of his life.
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