Rather than explaining typical strategies for overcoming fear, Fear Book examines how fear is an experience, how to recognise that experience as nothing more than a conditioned reaction to circumstance, and how to mentor oneself into letting go of beliefs about "appropriate" responses to fear.

The notion is debunked that fear is anything other than a label we have learned to put on a set of physical and emotional responses, which is a Buddhist view of emotion in general.

The revised edition expands on many points and includes a series of exercises and new illustrations for recognising fear for what it is and overcoming its devastating effects.