The Gift of Fear : Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence (Hardcover)

from justablondemoment

Being a victim of a violent crime myself, I found this book to be amazingly accurate in how the author defines 'survival signs' and how we KNOW them but often choose to IGNORE them. That was true for me. Easy to read not too technical but yet backed with facts and case studies. Good book everyone...

from Castlelass

Gavin de Becker encourages us to pay attention to our intuition, which he defines as “knowing without knowing why.” He defines the difference between fear, worry, and anxiety. As an expert in violence, he provides guidance on personal safety, such as offering tips to avoid becoming a victim of cr...

from Featherwick

The chapters that related to everyday advice were useful, especially the last chapter, and there were several points where the author articulated something I subconsciously knew but had never consciously considered. Some of the anecdotes and stories were also very interesting, and for the most pa...

from catzkc

It has some good tidbits, but I really expected a lot more given what I had heard about this book. I'd recommend giving it a once-over, but get it from the library! Also - I don't recommend the audiobook version. The author should have sprung to have someone else do the reading - just b/c you can...

from Jessica_Olin

I want every woman I know to read this book, and it wouldn't hurt the men in my life to read it as well. Gavin de Becker has taught me to distinguish between the worry I put myself through and the fear that is worthy of my attention. I had an interesting intersection with this book and *Anger: Wi...