Shook One

Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me

By: Charlamagne Tha God

Narrated by: Charlamagne Tha God

Charlamagne Tha God, New York Times bestselling author of Black Privilege and always provocative cohost of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, reveals his blueprint for breaking free from your fears and anxieties.

Being “shook” is more than a rap lyric for Charlamagne, it’s his mission to overcome. While it may seem like he’s ahead of the game, he is actually plagued by anxieties, such as the fear of losing his roots, the fear of being a bad dad, and the fear of being a terrible husband. In the national bestseller Shook One, Charlamagne chronicles his journey to beat those fears and shows a path that you too can take to overcome the anxieties and emotional blocks that may be holding you back.

Ironically, Charlamagne’s fear of failure—of falling into the life of stagnation or crime that caught up so many of his friends and family in his hometown of Moncks Corner—has been the fuel for his grit and hustle. However, even after achieving national prominence as a radio personality and working with icons such as Russell Simmons, Gucci Mane, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charlamagne still found himself paralyzed by anxiety and distrust. Here, in Shook One, he is working through these problems—many of which he traces back to cultural PTSD—with help from mentors, friends, and therapy. Being anxious doesn’t serve the same purpose anymore. Through therapy, he’s figuring out how to get over the irrational fears that won’t take him anywhere positive.

Charlamange hopes Shook One can be a call to action: Getting help is your right. His second book “cements the radio personality’s stance in making sure he’s on the right side of history when it comes to society’s growing focus on mental health, while helping remove the negative stigma” (Billboard).

Another Great Book

I love CTG's books and I really enjoy the collaboration with Dr. Ish to give more depth to the ideas around therapy and mental health. I am a decade long fan of CTG on the radio, as well as Wendy (.... how you doin?). This is what our people need right now: healing and understanding.

Everything

I don’t know why it took me this long to read the book because I wish I had read it when it first came out. Can’t wait to read the next one

Another great book!

Another great book by Charlamagne the god. I learned so much... must read book for anybody dealing with anxiety or stress issues as well as trauma. "I am a damaged individual who is working on healing my pain. " -Charlamagne the god

THANK YOU!

Good Book

I enjoyed this book far more than the first one (not to say I didn’t like the first one because I did). This book was very informative and made you think about your life, how you can always do better, never fear getting help and how to deal with what’s going on in your life.
Thanks Charlamagne

I just love Charlamagne!!!!

Charlemagne has done it again! To write a book about something most African Americans deal with but won't speak about just tells you so much about him! So many Gems! This guy is the bomb!