Introduction
 
The twenty-five guidelines that follow are powerful coping tools that help reduce the experience of anxiety. While brief, they contain a depth of insight collected from hundreds of hours of clinical observations. They apply to a variety of personal situations and levels of anxiety.
 
The guidelines are best used as meditations, frequently consulted and eventually memorized. In this way they can be called to mind when needed and can be most useful.
 
Anxiety is a human experience. Its total elimination from our lives is unlikely and undesirable. But peace of mind can be experienced by minimizing disruptive and excessive worry.