Nervous Energy

Harness the Power of Your Anxiety

By: Dr. Chloe Carmichael

Narrated by: Jordan Killam

Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

Many people reach success by deliberately being their own worst critic and obsessively double-checking their work; or by pushing their feelings aside. This strategy is seductive because it does work, at least up to a certain point. The problems arise once you advance beyond school and early career stages. The higher you climb, the more complex projects and issues in your life become. Meanwhile, you may have become so good at putting your emotions aside in certain situations that it’s hard to reconnect with them. This is when the old tools no longer suffice.

The "somewhat OCD" tendencies we pride ourselves on, or rather, the “Nervous Energy” we possess, can become mismanaged, and lead us down a rabbit hole of excessive self-criticism, anxiety, and pessimism. In Nervous Energy, Dr. Chloe Carmichael outlines nine tools with step-by-step instructions that can help you harness your Nervous Energy in order to live a more productive and fulfilling life. If managed correctly, the nervous energy that some people label as anxiety can actually be a source of stimulation, productivity, and fulfillment - and Dr. Chloe Carmichael has tried and tested methods for making this happen.

If you've ever felt a sense of excess energy that you didn't quite know how to direct, or felt that your creativity and motivation was being drained by constant analysis paralysis, Nervous Energy is for you.

“Anxiety and stress are the number one epidemic of modern civilization. Frequently, stressed people find themselves at the pinnacle of success at the cost of unhappy lives, fractured relationships, and unhealthy bodies. Their energy is wasted even though they may have an excess of it. If 'high energy' people learnt to harness their energy to go beyond reactive responses to modes of intuition, creativity, and emotional resilience, they would achieve even more by doing less and be happier and healthier. This book offers the tools they need." (Dr. Deepak Chopra, MD)

©2021 Dr. Chloe Carmichael (P)2021 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Critic reviews

"Anxiety and stress are the number one epidemic of modern civilization. Frequently, stressed people find themselves at the pinnacle of success at the cost of unhappy lives, fractured relationships, and unhealthy bodies. Their energy is wasted even though they may have an excess of it. If 'high energy' people learnt to harness their energy to go beyond reactive responses to modes of intuition, creativity, and emotional resilience, they would achieve even more by doing less and be happier and healthier. This book offers the tools they need." (Dr. Deepak Chopra, MD)

Life Changing

This book made me realize that society is comprised of three types of people ranked by how well they can operate in the world, how often they experience negative emotions, and most importantly, the circumstances of which they are born into. As someone on the very bottom tier (Low-functioning) it has been made very clear through this book that my only purpose is to serve as a bad example or to make psychiatrists more money and perhaps make those doctors realize they only should be providing utmost care to the highest functioning of people.

The personal experiences are that of which a life should be, unlimited money, taking on only private yoga clients who could afford individual classes, $300 lunches, and the ability to choose to only associate with the people that most benefit your personal agenda. Chloe doesn't take just any scrub off the street. That's what this book is for, to make them realize their place. And everyone should strive to be the person that Dr. Carmichael would consider taking into practice, and anything less makes them a lower functioning person deserving of the harsh realities of the rest of the world.

The advice given is tucked away after some lengthy yet enlightening anecdotes about how to better function when you feel stressed. Of course, the more complicated answers lie with a high functioning psychotherapist; of which you have to be able to develop a repertoire with the capital that you should already have if you aren't so low functioning. Steps like the three part breath can potentially be taught in any meditative class, but a private instructor is the best route to go if you wish to truly feel like a higher functioning person. Making mental shortlists is great advice, just remember to cut out any wider vision of anything more than what you want.

All in all it's made me realize I must give away my life as a low functioning person and somebody else can have a great story like Dr. Chloe, so that this individual may become a better functioning person than I can ever afford to be.

Helpful and fascinating

I learned great tips for managing my overactive ideas and ambitions from this book. Dr. Chloe is very practical and knowledgeable. I've already implemented several techniques to help me sort out my goals and plans.

Described what I've struggled to articulate...

Described what I've struggled to articulate about my own experience with social anxiety disorder, particularly in the career arena. It was great to feel seen in that capacity. Lots of new tools that I'm testing and implementing. Good read.

Not as good as I hoped...

This book was recommended by Daily Connoisseur so I had high expectations but it was not that intuitive. Perhaps it was meant to cover the very basic, but lacked depth.