I had a difficult time with this book. There is so much talk about about animals and so many animal metaphors. The metaphors were distracting. There is very little talk about actually managing anxiety as a condition. The anxiety discussed in this book is stress-based anxiety as Breuning does not seem to believe in medically diagnosed generalized anxiety disorder. As an anxiety sufferer, I found this incredibly patronizing. There were a few helpful tips, but overall, this book was frustrating to read. The repetitive bullet points at the end of the chapters made this book seem like an educational pamphlet, which again, felt patronizing.