Item: Play It Away: A Workaholic's Cure for Anxiety Paperback

Do you feel guilty or anxious when you're not working?
Have you stopped playing with your friends?
Do all of your daily activities revolve around building a more successful career?
Are you sitting still and staring at screens for most of your waking hours?
Do you interact with people primarily through screens?
Are you always sleeping fewer than eight hours per night?
Are you consuming stimulants multiple times per day to hide your exhaustion?
Are you indoors all day long, depriving yourself of fresh air and sunlight?
Do you depend on alcohol or drugs to cope with social situations outside of work?

Are you trapped in your own personal hell, and don’t know how to get out?

I’ve been there, and I know what that lifestyle is like. Shallow breathing, tension in the gut, chest pains, rapid heartbeat... Every moment is exhausting, crushing, and painful. Eventually, anxiety destroys your confidence, your productivity, your relationships, and your ability to enjoy life. The worst part is the gnawing sense that you’ll never feel happy again.

Fear no more. You can put an end to your suffering. You can start living again. And it’s not as hard as you think...

Play It Away covers my entire journey: what caused my anxiety, the “A-ha!” moment that lead to my cure and how I got my life back. In this book, you’ll learn:

• The key breakthrough that allowed me to enjoy life again (page 27)
• My step-by-step plan for healing anxiety without drugs (page 47)
• How I turned non-stop worrying into background noise (page 95)
• My unusual technique for stopping panic attacks (page 100)
• Why “anchors” fuel anxiety, and how to remove them (page 49)
• How I finally started sleeping well again (page 85)
• Three common nutrient deficiencies that amplify anxiety (page 114)
• How to boost productivity and have guilt-free fun (page 70)

Actual Reader Feedback

“After reading your book, everything clicked for me… There are so many parts in it that I can relate to; the anxious feeling from coffee, lack of sleep, too much time spent on my laptop/iPhone, and so many other things… I can’t explain how nice it was to know that someone finally understood AND has solutions to change those feelings… The answers I’ve been searching for and asking doctors about for almost the last 3 years, you were able to summarize in one book.”

“As someone who has been racking his brain trying to figure out where I went wrong, reading this was a gigantic breath of fresh air.”

“I'm a developer who’s been struggling with burnout for a long time. I read your book in a single sitting. The only feedback I've got is THANK YOU! I'm so appreciative of your words because they validate what I've been feeling deep down all this time.”

“I’m going to implement this stuff on my own, even though I don’t feel like I struggle with anxiety. I just think this can help me be a happier, more fun person.”

“I’ve become so isolated and miserable... Somewhere along the way I ended up working every second I could, thinking it made me feel better... I can’t remember the last time I did something fun and not felt bad about doing so... This is what I needed to hear to save my life.”

“Charlie's transformation through the rediscovery of his own innate play nature stands as an example available to all of us. Access your own unique play capacities and infuse them into your life! It works!” - Stuart Brown, M.D., bestselling author of Play