While recognizing that telling someone who is freaking out to 'calm the f*ck* down' may seem counter-intuitive, Knight lays out why it's so important to do just that. She outlines a customizable "emotional insurance" plan for navigating life's inevitable setbacks, sharing irreverent advice for calming anxiety and moving forward. Do you spend more time worrying about problems than solving them? Do you let unexpected difficulties ruin your day and do "what ifs" keep you up at night? Sounds like you need to Calm the f*ck down. Just because things are falling apart doesn't mean YOU can't pull it together. Whether you're stressed about sh*t that hasn't happened yet or freaked out about sh*t that already has, the NoWorries method from "anti-guru" Sarah Knight helps you curb the anxiety and overthinking that's making everything worse. Calm the F*ck Down explains: The Four Faces of Freaking Out--and their Flipsides, How to accept what you can't control, Productive Helpful Effective Worrying (PHEW), The Three Principles of Dealing With It, and much more!

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Introduction -- So you're freaking out : acknowledge the real problem and rein in your reaction -- Calm the fuck down : identify what you can control, accept what you can't, and let that shit go -- Deal with it : address what you can control -- Choose your own adventure : when shit happens, how will you calm the fuck down and deal with it?