Perhaps the best book about living with anxiety that I have ever read. - Mark Manson, New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. The Chinese believe that you must first make a beast beautiful before you can defeat it. Sarah Wilson first encountered this Chinese proverb in the memoirs of psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind, and it became the key to understanding her own lifelong struggle with anxiety. Wilson, a bestselling author, journalist, and entrepreneur, has helped over 1.5 million people worldwide live better and healthier lives through her I Quit Sugar books and programs. Meanwhile, she has managed chronic anxiety. In First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, Wilson directs her intense focus and sharp investigative skills toward her lifelong companion, examining the triggers and treatments, the fads and trends. She reads.