"Thank you so much for helping me overcome my anxiety problem! I read your book, FROM PANIC TO POWER, and it helped me to realize that I over-analyze every situation by trying to control my life and by trying so hard to be perfect for everyone. You helped me see that we can live our lives by worrying or we can relax and enjoy the ride. It's up to us to change our way of thinking. May God Almighty bless you!" Ann Johnson

"My life is good. I'm still taking lots of risks and facing my fears. The last time I gave a speech at Toastmasters I was voted best speaker of the day! Sure, it was stressful and I hardly slept the night before, but each time I give a speech it gets easier and easier. And I've been volunteering once a week as a tax preparer for AARP. That's something I never would have done before (having to sit with strangers and prepare their tax returns). That also gets easier each week.

Before the program, I used to force myself to do things that were uncomfortable and "suffer" through them but the difference now when I do things that are uncomfortable, is that now I am intentionally placing myself in the way of discomfort and I am willingly facing my fears and willingly risking embarrassment or disapproval or making mistakes, knowing that nomatter what happens I will handle it and come out of it stronger more self-confident. And I do. Best regards, Judy Adler

"Thank God there is someone who knows what we go through and helps us to see that light at the end of the tunnel. It took me a couple of days to have what you said to me last time really sink in. You are right I was backing up (away) from my scary thoughts and still focusing on them, analyzing them and everything I said or did. I wasn't wanting to deal with it. I just wanted it to go away. And the more I tried the more helpless I felt because I was dwelling not dealing.

I understand now that you can't make a thought go away you have to let it, by what you said, "managing it." I let a few scary thoughts scare me and I was frustrated because I thought I was doing all the right things. But the thoughts were managing me not me managing them when they came around. I realize now that the goal is not to NOT ever think those thoughts again. I also know now that when they do come to not let it frighten me because I have dealt with it and found the answer a thousand times. I know that all these thoughts are NOW a memory and I will think them still every once in awhile but that is all it is, a memory.

I am still working on this but trying to look at it as a practice opportunity. I know this will take time because it still frightens me but hopefully the more I practice the better it will get." Monique Legg, MT