CHAPTER 1

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Why We Worry

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That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.

—Chinese Proverb

Marie wakes up in the middle of the night, heart pounding. Is someone trying to open the kitchen door? No. It’s the plumbing. Her husband snores softly beside her, but she feels utterly alone in the dark as her mind starts racing. Instead of drifting back to sleep, watching pleasant dreams unwind, she’ll now lie awake for hours, viewing an endless slide show of the big ...

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