The Anxious Mom Manifesto: 18 Lessons to Control Your Anxiety Monster by Paola B. Sur, is an original, provocative, and honest take on motherhood, anxiety, and facing one’s own monsters.

A memoir of personal stories, experiences, and tips from Sur’s journey as a mom living with anxiety, The Anxious Mom Manifesto offers encouragement, motivation, and guidance for mothers with anxiety. With methods to control and redirect emotions and thoughts efficiently, The Anxious Mom Manifesto encourages mothers to use their imagination and creativity to make anxiety work in their favor.

Embracing anxiety to become more present in children’s lives is one of the main lessons Sur teaches, which fosters self-empowerment to improve the motherhood experience. A hopeful handbook for mothers of all kinds, The Anxious Mom Manifesto features real and relatable experiences as opportunities to practice and learn and invites mothers to change the stigmas related to motherhood and mental health.

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