From School Library Journal
YA Jeffers discusses the crippling effects of fear in her personal life and explains how she formulated a course of action for conquering it. Her answers are simple, her course of action difficult only because it requires courage. She explains how fear is based on the uncertainty of change and the lack of positive self image. She avoids psychological lingo, and includes many case studies about careers and changes in personal lifeboth of which are beginning to cause anxiety in many teens. Her message is reassuring: choices are not opportunities to make mistakes, but valid paths to growth, whichever path we take. She addresses the fundamental cause of fearthe belief that ``I can't handle it!'' Feel the Fear is an important book, for while some young people are more crippled by insecurity that others, many do believe that the path to adulthood is fraught with dangers. Fear is doubtlessly a handicap with which they must learn to cope. Jennifer John Reavis, Episcopal High School, BellaireCopyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Based on a course taught at the New School for Social Research, this book offers readers a clear-cut plan for action that, when followed, should help them unlearn their misconceptions about of fear and replace them with attitudes of strength and conviction. By mixing positive thinking with situational exercises that examine basic fear responses, psychologist Jeffers shows that fear is what you make of it and that in most cases it is unfounded. She also illustrates key points through examining case studies, which show that when we are fearful, faulty thinking is most often the real culprit; when such thinking is corrected, the fear is gone. This book by no means offers a quick, fix-it course, as the author encourages return visits to the text when situations call for it. Recommended for general self-help collections. Robert L Jaquay, William K. Sanford Town Lib., Loudonville, N.Y.Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From AudioFile
Susan Jeffers, author of the "Fear-Less" Audio Series, presents her complete book offering positive-thinking to overcome a variety of common fears. Her delivery is upbeat, cheery and encouraging as it should be. While her style suffers from the fact that she is reading copy, her presentation and organization of the essential points is succinct and effectively reduced from her original audio series to this recording. The program could have included the examples of the affirmations she suggests finding elsewhere. E.F.A. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Book Description
CONQUER A POWERFUL ENEMY The world's foremost producer of personal development and motivational audio programs now gives you the tools to face the fears that hold you back. We're all afraid of something: beginnings, endings, changing, getting stuck. But fear doesn't have to hold you back from happiness or success. You can change your relationship with fear -- and in this dynamic, inspirational program, Susan Jeffers, Ph.D., teaches compassionate concepts and highly effective exercises that help you unravel the complexities and reverse the effects of fear. You'll learn: * The five truths about fear * How to weed negatives out of your words and thoughts * How to development goals that help extend your self-imposed limitations Don't be a prisoner of your own insecurities. Career growth, personal harmony and financial rewards can be yours -- when you learn to Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway.

ANNOTATION

In this self-help classic, reissued to help listeners combat today's fears, Jeffers offers compassionate concepts and effective exercises designed to help unravel the complexities and reverse the effects of fear.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

CONQUER A POWERFUL ENEMY

The world's foremost producer of personal development and motivational audio programs now gives you the tools to face the fears that hold you back.

We're all afraid of something: beginnings, endings, changing, getting stuck. But fear doesn't have to hold you back from happiness or success. You can change your relationship with fear — and in this dynamic, inspirational program, Susan Jeffers, Ph.D., teaches compassionate concepts and highly effective exercises that help you unravel the complexities and reverse the effects of fear. You'll learn:

* The five truths about fear * How to weed negatives out of your words and thoughts * How to development goals that help extend your self-imposed limitations

Don't be a prisoner of your own insecurities. Career growth, personal harmony and financial rewards can be yours — when you learn to Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway.

FROM THE CRITICS

AudioFile - Emelise F. Aleandri