Your Inner Mammal: How to Meet Your Real Emotional Needs and Become Stronger-for Self and Others

Your Inner Mammal takes on anxiety, anger and depression -- the major emotional maladies that afflict us in the cold, impersonal and threatening modern world. To do that, Dr. Neff builds on the concept of "e;your inner child."e; That concept has served us well in mental health for many years. If you are still a child - and a lucky one -- someone else may meet your emotional needs. But not if you are an adult. Your lover doesn't want to love you as a needy child. They want - and need - a competent adult. In short, the inner child concept tells you to attend to your own emotional needs. Your Inner Mammal tells you a lot more. It tells you what those needs are. And it provides chapter after chapter of tools to meet those needs - including chapters entitled, "e; The Importance of Being Calm,"e; "e;Your Angry Mammal,"e; "e;Your Inner Playmate,"e; "e; Your Inner Dancer, "e; "e;Getting In Touch,"e; and "e;You Are Part of Nature - Embrace It. "e;