On becoming fearless ... in love, work, and life

by Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos, 1950-

Format: Book on CD 2006
Availability: Available at 1 Library 1 of 1 copy
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Brentwood Library Storage CD ABRDG 305.42 Huffington
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Summary
Observing that her own teenage daughters were beginning to experience some of the same fears that had once burdened her--how attractive am I? do people like me? do I dare speak up?--Arianna Huffington began to examine the ways in which fear affects all our lives. In stories drawn from her own experiences and from the lives of other women, she points toward the moments of extraordinary strength, courage, and resilience that result from confronting and overcoming fear. And she outlines the steps anyone can take to conquer fear. Her book shows us how to become bold from the inside out--from feeling comfortable in our own skin to getting what we want in love and at work to changing the world.
Published Reviews
Publisher's Weekly Review: "Huffington exhorts women to "break through to the other side of fear" and to be bold in all aspects of life. She tells listeners that in order to join a Cambridge debate club, she had to overcome her fear of having a heavy Greek accent. In a nutshell, that's both the tenor and flaw of this book. Huffington might have done better to work on overcoming her accent than the fear of it. To her credit, she reads her book slowly and carefully, and almost all of her words can be understood by even the casual listener. A larger problem is that the message of overcoming fears about beauty, competition in love and so forth probably comes across better in a written text. Not fitting into society's prescriptions does have real consequences, whether one is fearless or not. Nevertheless, women who finish Huffington's mantra might feel better about who they are, even if they are listening while having their bodies waxed. Simultaneous release with the Little, Brown hardcover (Reviews, Sept. 4). (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved"
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Additional Information
Subjects Women -- Psychology.
Courage -- Miscellanea.
Audiobooks.
Publisher New York :Hachette Audio,2006
Edition Abridged.
Participants/Performers Read by the author.
Language English
Notes Compact disc.
Abridgment by Jessica Kaye; approved by the author.
Description 3 audio discs (approximately 3 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN 1594836302
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