The Irrational Fear Cure (in Four Miraculous Steps) by Teri Smith-Pickens

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book to facilitate this post. All opinions are my own.

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This past year has been a journey for me into nourishing my mind, body, and spirit with all things good and healthy. Because of this, I've begun reading more self-help books. 

Book Description

The Irrational Fear Cure is a radical yet visionary book that serves as a blueprint for achieving personal and societal well-being. It is a timely resource for a world living in the age of a global pandemic.

Author Teri Smith-Pickens, a mental health practitioner, interviewed more than 200 people to help them to better understand where their fears and anxieties come from. She shares these stories throughout the book, highlighting how many people are living in survival mode stemming from trauma in childhood, and as adults, who now use obsessive-compulsive behaviors to fill voids they feel on the inside.

She outlines what happens to a mind already filled with irrational fears and chronic anxiety when it encounters the rational fear of a pandemic. By unmasking the truth behind these addictions, she gives a deeper understanding of the fears we all face and how to cure them.

Teri makes it clear that it is not part of God’s plan for us to live in our childhood primal brains and remain in bondage to our fears. Instead, He wants us to put on our spiritual anchor and break free from all fears and anxiety.

About Teri Smith-Pickens

Teri Smith-Pickens is an award-winning and best-selling author and speaker, in addition to her work as a mental health practitioner and coach. She has inspired and transformed many lives through her coaching, speaking, and media appearances. In 2007, Teri had a supernatural revelation that changed the course of her life, giving her unerring courage to confront important, controversial mental health issues in children’s lives and the society at large, giving birth to her book, The Fear Cure in Four Miraculous Steps.

My Thoughts

I found this book to be full of statics and data. The author offers up many great stories to talk about her research as well as lots of data to support it. 

Teri the author explains how our fear comes often from childhood, or from current events. She explains this by using current events and stories to show us how and why it is. Through the chapters, you begin to see how it relates to you.

The author offers readers simple practices to guide us out of existing in Survival Mode to healing and living an authentic life that resists isolation, poor health, and broken relationships.

This book helped me see things more clearly and left me feeling more empowered and ready to take on my fears to start healing. I found the book to be so powerful that I highly recommend anyone struggle with fear to grab this book and read it. It will change your life.