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Everyone experiences stress in their lives. While it is a natural response to challenges, stress can have debilitating effects on both physical and mental health. Stress Management offers a fresh look at, and effective strategies for, managing stress and building resilience across six dimensions of wellness: physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, and environmental. This foundational text takes a holistic approach to managing stress, detailing the effects of stress on the body and outlining techniques that examine root causes and proactive responses to stressors.Stress Management offers a range of coping strategies that will help students formulate a well-rounded plan to tackle stress from multiple angles—before it occurs, while it is occurring, and after it occurs. That model is centered on four primary pillars: Source management—reducing or eliminating stress at its source Relaxation—employing techniques for breathing, meditation, and rest to focus the mind and relax the body Thought management—adopting a thought process to better manage the stressor Prevention—avoiding stress when possible The book also offers practical tools to help students learn how to identify their triggers, practice self-care, and leverage support, including knowing when to seek professional help when necessary. To further aid in applying the strategies to their own lives, the text includes these features: Case studies with discussion questions that prompt students to consider real-world scenarios and contemplate ways to solve those stressors Research Spotlight elements that present current issues and hot topics related to stress Online learning tools, delivered through HKPropel, including audio mini lectures and short interviews, self-discovery activities, chapter quizzes that are automatically graded and provide immediate feedback, and vocabulary flash cards and quizzes Stress Management is a timely and highly practical book that offers students a deeper understanding of stress and its effects on overall wellness. It guides them in putting together a stress management plan that will help them be healthy in all aspects of their lives. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is not included with this ebook but may be purchased separately.

The long, passive stretches of yin yoga help you release tension, and they improve your flexibility and mobility. But the benefits of yin yoga go beyond the physical. The slow, mindful nature of the practice helps reduce stress and calms your mind, giving you a greater feeling of well-being. The book gives you the tools and inspiration you need to practice this soft, slow form of yoga. Find the benefits you get from each pose; try out sequences that help with everything from sore shoulders to improving your golf, hiking, and skiing; and start or end the day with a 15-minute fix to take the stress out of your joints and muscles. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced yogi, Yin Yoga 50+ is the perfect guide to help you harness the power of yin yoga and experience a more peaceful, balanced life. Time to give yin yoga a try? You'll be surprised at the profound effect this gentle practice will have on your body and mind.

Embark on an illuminating voyage through the biological foundations of human nature and development with Psychobiological Footprints through Human Development. This unique volume unveils the intricate dance between genetics, neuroscience, and environment, offering a holistic understanding of how we become who we are.This comprehensive book examines the psychobiological, neuroendocrine, and epigenetic mechanisms that regulate developmental processes in typical development and under conditions of developmental risk. Moving within a dynamic systems epistemic framework and capitalizing from the heritage of the infant research field, it provides a solid framework for comprehending the interplay of nature and nurture. With a captivating blend of theoretical principles, processes, and contextual applications, this book transcends academic boundaries to empower anyone interested in the intricacies of human development.Psychobiological Footprints through Human Development is a guide to discovering how our life experiences contribute to making us who we are and therefore it is invaluable to graduate students in the fields of developmental psychology, neuroscience, genetics, and related disciplines. Delving into the biological roots of behaviour, cognition, and emotion, it will also equip practitioners, researchers, and educators with invaluable insights to enrich their practice.

An essential resource for every person suffering from anxiety featuring helpful hacks to reduce anxiety, manage emotions more effectively, improve interpersonal relationships and cope with stress.The Instant Anxiety Solution revolves around a 5-step program called A.L.A.R.M. enabling easy, accessible practical skills and techniques for anyone willing to do the work. The essential steps are as follows:Step #1 - Activate Your Parasympathetic Nervous SystemStep #2 - Label “What” You Are FeelingStep #3 - Acknowledge That Emotions Are TemporaryStep #4 - Remember to AVOID Layering Your Thoughts & EmotionsStep #5 - Move Forward and Take ActionSupportive worksheets and journal elements are included to better help people practice their new skills.Currently, anxiety is the #1 mental health disorder in the United States, with roughly 40 million people suffering annually and growing rapidly. Sadly, only an estimated 37% receive professional help, largely due to affordability and accessibility issues.

'I'm tired of feeling stressed out every day.''I can't stand having so little impact, despite caring so much and working so hard.''I just don't have anything left to give.'Over years of developing and teaching their renowned Mindful Self-Compassion program, Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer have found MSC to be uniquely helpful for people struggling with the soul-draining depletion of burnout--from health care professionals, teachers, and caregivers, to tapped-out business owners and employees. Each chapter in this engaging book offers an empathic story of someone stretched to their limits and an easily digestible bite of self-compassion that culminates in a simple anti-burnout tool based on MSC practices. Learn quick and powerful ways to recharge your batteries, de-stress, and, above all, be kind to yourself--so you can be there for others.

The author of Unapologetically Enough: Reshaping Success & Self-Love, Carrie Severson, a self-diagnosed burnout, gives readers the steps to recover from burnout in this guided journal. The Enoughness Method: Reclaiming Your Power, Worth, and Peace After Burnout gives readers a simple three-step blend of self-care and nervous system exercises. In addition, readers gain access to journal prompts and are encouraged to explore their inner dialogue while developing strategies for self-compassion. You need The Enoughness Method if you can answer YES to the following three questions: •Have you lost your passion for your career? •Are you willing to negotiate your daily expectations? •Are you open to finding more peace in life? Severson shares her experience of how creating The Enoughness Method helped her recover from burnout and find a healthier way of living. Burnout impacts our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health and steals our joy, happiness, sense of worth, and peace. The Enoughness Method is your solution to reclaiming it all back.

The accompanying workbook to Practicing Liberation: essential skills, exercises, and journal prompts for social-change workers to protect boundaries, prevent burnout, and nourish organizational cultures of resilience and careWhat do you imagine a better world to look, feel, and sound like?Practicing Liberation Workbook shows that nourishing our movements and communities depends on nourishing ourselves—and that centering rest, prioritizing joy, and celebrating creativity and radical imagination is necessary for long-term change. To be sustainable and realize the transformation we're working toward, we need to care for our body, mind, and spirit, even (and especially) when the needs of our communities are urgent.In this accompanying workbook to Practicing Liberation, editors Hala Khouri and Tessa Hicks Peterson respond to the real needs of activists and changemakers—like healing from stress and burnout, processing grief and rage, and addressing overwhelm and disconnection. Examples of practices include:Guided journal prompts for self-care critical reflections: Reflect on the ideas and practices you've inherited around survival and self-care. What did you learn about survival in your family of origin? What did you learn about self-care?Embrace and release, an embodied exercise to support you in times of overwhelmShared reflections for building community: What experiences or circumstances have shaped you in your life? What gifts has this given you? What can't you see about the world as a result? What support would give you more tools or uplift your gifts in this work?Meditations for self-forgiveness, equanimity, and connection with nature Holding space and being present for others through embodied listeningReaders are invited to try out the practices alone, with friends, in ceremony, at work, and in nature—to pick those that resonate most and use this toolkit in service of the care and transformation we each need to show up, sustain our work, and thrive for ourselves and our communities.

Margarita Pasos, líder de opinión, empresaria, conferencista y entrenadora corporativa del Fortune 500, revela cómo pasó del pánico, la ansiedad y la depresión grave a una vida de felicidad, paz y plenitud. Yo pude; ¡tú puedes! es una herramienta y una guía para las personas que han estado buscando una solución a sus trastornos emocionales, pero han luchado por encontrar la paz y el bienestar.Este libro es para ti si…te sientes agobiado o ansiosoquieres disminuir tu estrés o manejar tu irahas sobrevivido a cosas inimaginables que hoy afectan todo tu estado emocional y tus relacionesestás desmotivadote interesa elevar tu inteligencia emocionalnecesitas mejorar tus relaciones y la comunicación con tus seres cercanoste gustaría elevar el nivel de tu autoestima y creer en tite cuesta perdonar o perdonarteanhelas ser más feliz y disfrutar de un mejor bienestar emocionalLos conceptos expuestos a lo largo del libro son más bien una guía, un mapa que ayudó a Margarita a pasar de vivir una vida llena de angustia a encontrar la paz y la felicidad que anhelaba.Esta versión revisada y actualizada del best seller contiene un 25% de nuevo contenido, así como audios y vídeos de meditación y afirmaciones para que el lector ponga en práctica su proceso de reprogramación mental hacia la felicidad.Tomar el control de tus emociones es el más fundamental y el primer paso hacia una vida feliz y plena. Al final del libro, Margarita te explicará cómo puedes avanzar para ser imparable reprogramando tu mente.I Could; And You Can, Too!Margarita Pasos, Fortune 500 thought leader, entrepreneur, speaker, and corporate trainer, reveals how she went from panic, anxiety, and severe depression to a life of happiness, peace, and fulfillment. I Could; And You Can, Too!Is a tool and guide for people who have been looking for a solution to their emotional disorders but have struggled to find peace and wellbeing.This book is for you if you:feel overwhelmed or anxiouswant to reduce your stress or manage your angerhave survived unimaginable things that today affect your entire emotional state and relationshipsare unmotivatedare interested in raising your emotional intelligenceneed to improve your relationships and communication with your close oneswould like to raise the level of your self-esteem and believe in yourselfhave trouble forgiving or forgiving yourselfyearn to be happier and enjoy better emotional well-beingThe concepts exposed throughout the book are more like a guide, a map that helped Margarita to go from living a life full of anguish to finding the peace and happiness she longed for.This revised and updated version of the best seller contains 25% new content as well as audios and videos for meditation and affirmations for the reader to put into practice her process of mental reprogramming towards happiness.Taking control of your emotions is the first and most fundamental step to a happy and fulfilled life. At the end of the book, Margarita will explain how you can move forward to become unstoppable by reprogramming your mind.

Traumatic Stress provides a well-written and accessible overview of traumatic stress studies.With its pioneering lead author, this book reviews the full range of clinical disorders that may result from extreme stress, with particular emphasis on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It synthesizes the current literature on traumatic stress, including psychological theories of stress and trauma; the biology of stress and trauma reactions; and the factors prior to, during, and after traumatic events that place people at particular risk for the development of psychological problems. It also covers the use of medication and a range of psychological treatments. Completely revamped with new case studies and research, the book gives important updates on biological research and therapy, as well as changes in diagnostic classifications.The new edition will continue to be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as busy professionals working in this field who want a concise update on disorders related to traumatic stress.

Do you feel like you're doing it all for everyone—all the time? This book offers mindful self-awareness practices to help you prioritize self-care, soothe stress, and create a life of joy, fulfillment, and well-being. As a Black woman, do you often feel an intense pressure to do it all? To be a kind of “superwoman” who never lets others down? Do you feel compelled to hide your own emotions for fear of being vulnerable or appearing weak? If so, you are not alone. Our culture tells us in many ways that Black women must be strong and unwavering for their community, family, friends, and partners. But at what cost? If you're feeling the effects of stress and burnout, this book can help you find balance. In The Black Woman's Guide to Coping with Stress, Black psychologist and registered nurse Cheryl Woods Giscombe introduces the innovative, research-based superwoman schema (SWS) framework—five core beliefs that drive Black women's stress—and provides self-care practices grounded in mindfulness and self-compassion to help you live a life of joy and greater well-being. In this empowering guide, you'll identify the core beliefs that may be contributing to your experience of stress—that you must always be strong, hide your emotions, resist vulnerability, succeed even in the face of inadequate resources, and always help others while neglecting self-care. You'll learn how these beliefs can lead to burnout and a feeling of imbalance in your life. And finally, you'll discover how to harness the strengths within these beliefs, so they no longer cause you harm. There's nothing wrong with being strong—but sometimes it's essential to “take off your superwoman cape,” recharge, and prioritize self-care. You are worth it. This book will help you gain the self-awareness you need to stay balanced and live your very best life.

Touch, taste, smell, hear, and see your way to better self-care and mental well-being.Let's face it: We all feel stress. Deep breathing, meditation, and yoga only go so far, and not being able to sit still and be alone with our thoughts isn't that unusual. The mind is designed to engage with the world around us, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to finding what calms us because we are so unique in our circumstances, our lifestyles, our finances, and our interests. 50 Ways to More Calm, Less Stress explores different ways each of our five senses can help bring more calm and less stress into our lives. Whether through touch, sight, taste, smell, or sound, each activity includes research or science-backed studies that support why it offers health and wellness benefits as well as ways you can incorporate them into your own life. The best part—most of the activities are either low or no cost and can be done inside your own home or right outside your door.Activities include:The magic of gardeningLosing yourself while doodlingCulinary therapyThe nostalgic power of perfumeNature therapyBathing in soundCapturing a memorySlow readingIf your brain constantly feels like an internet browser with thirty-five tabs open, or if you want to quiet the noise in your head long enough to think about what matters most in your life, this book is for you.

Living in urban areas has long been recognized as a risk factor for mental illness despite the advantages of cities over villages. The impact of urbanization on mental health and stress is significant and is likely to increase over the next few years. Thus, considering the stress difference in the world cities and its increase, urban planners, urban managers, and urban designers should urgently consider it an essential principle in their plans and designs to reduce its side effects. This book is a comprehensive guide for urban planners who seek to reduce urban stress in the urban environment but lack proper training and texts. Urban designers will have a unified vision to reduce urban stress caused by the appearance of the city environment. It will be useful for city managers and policymakers since this book identifies urban policies which reduce urban stress and stressful urban factors. Also, it will help urban psychologists, sociologists, architects, and social science researchers to better understand the relationship between their field and stress relief urban planning.

Based in proven-effective DBT, a take-anywhere guide to help you balance emotions and stay cool—even when life feels intense. No matter how #blessed you are, sometimes life can feel downright overwhelming. Whether it's a breakup or divorce, the loss of a job, or even a global pandemic, you may need a little extra help managing the difficult emotions that can arise when things are not going so great. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a proven-effective and evidence-based treatment that can help you find balance and improve your ability to handle adversity without losing control and acting destructively. This potent and portable guide focuses on one of the core skills of DBT: distress tolerance. With this book, you'll learn that you are strong enough to weather life's storms. You can handle whatever stress or setback life throws your way. And you can face your own difficult thoughts and feelings head on—without avoidance, anger, or despair. Life happens. But you don't have to get pulled under. With Distress Tolerance Made Easy, you'll learn tons of tips and tricks to help you keep your cool—even when those emotional triggers strike. Why not keep a copy on your nightstand, in your glove box, or on your work desk? You never know when you'll need it!

Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama offers a simple but powerful set of leadership behaviors to align teams and accelerate progress.Fom team leaders to consultants to stay-at-home parents, everyone wishes life could be less complex, but that often feels impossible. Janice and Jason Fraser introduce the Four Leadership Motions, a method they have been using for decades to help all kinds of teams make fast, meaningful progress—including Navy SEALs, startup CEOs, and Fortune 100 executives.With the Four Leadership Motions, you will set and achieve goals faster, make complex situations more manageable, and create momentum even during overwhelming circumstances. The book calls on readers to:Orient honestly to understand the complexities of any situation Value outcomes more than plans, activities, or deliverablesLeverage the brains by tapping the right people and maximizing their contributionMake durable decisions by eliminating the two pernicious kinds of waste Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama offers theory alongside hands-on exercises, formulas, and frameworks that can all be adapted to real-life situations in both professional and personal contexts. The world around you might constantly be in flux, but you don't have to be. With this book, you'll be empowered to make efficient progress with less stress—every single day.

Offering a greater focus on anxiety reduction and self-care, Managing Stress: Skills for Anxiety Reduction, Self-Care, and Personal Resiliency, Eleventh Edition provides a comprehensive approach to stress management, honoring the balance and harmony of the mind, body, spirit, and emotions. Referred to as the “authority on stress management” by students and professionals, this book equips readers with the tools needed to identify and manage stress while also coaching on how to strive for health and balance in these changing times. The holistic approach taken by internationally acclaimed lecturer and author Brian Luke Seaward gently guides the reader to greater levels of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being by emphasizing the importance of the mind-body-spirit connection. Key Features: - New Chapter (1) on Living in an Upside-Down World - New Learning Objectives open each chapter offering direction to students in the learning ahead. - New Self-Care Toolboxes, and more.

Exhaustion and hurry aren't a badge of honor. Fear and anxiety rage in our world―a weight we carry, producing profound physical consequences. We hustle hard and strive more each day, our priorities mismatched with our Savior's―struggling to surrender our lives to his will. We believe our superwoman tendencies are amazing when they are in fact alarming. What will it take to rock the boat enough to awaken our souls? A total nervous breakdown? A diagnosis of severe panic and anxiety disorder answered that question for Christy Boulware. Her fast-paced, highly driven, mis-prioritized life finally caught up with her. Eventually she went from being superwoman to staring at guns on her bedroom floor. Through her journey to recovery, Christy learned how to overcome fear and anxiety in a world that feeds both emotions. Whether you're on the verge of a breakdown, in the middle of one, or worried you're headed toward one―this book will show you how a breakdown can lead to a breakthrough. We have wasted enough time living in fear; let's start living in freedom! Through this book, the reader will: • Lay down superwoman tendencies and discover how to fully surrender to a trustworthy God. • Stop anxiety before it starts by recognizing its smoke alarms. • Recognize ungodly thoughts and replace them before they snowball out of control. • Learn why the presence of fear does not mean your faith is weak. • Discover where science complements God's Word to achieve a balanced approach for overcoming anxiety.

Embrace your innate power and find growth from trauma with this essential guide filled with groundbreaking solutions and strategies for your healing journey. Amid collective trauma, it helps to know that our bodies are built to respond to stress and what we might do to shift those reflexes. Having studied brain-based and body-based approaches to wellbeing, Dr. Christy Gibson teaches readers how to embrace their innate power and catalyze community wisdom. Drawing on her work with people suffering from stress and societal challenges, Dr. Gibson shares practical and effective mental health advice you can personalize. In clear and accessible language, The Modern Trauma Toolkit describes new theories in brain biology, such as the polyvagal theory and epigenetics, and explains how you can remodel your brain to achieve post-traumatic growth. While noting how particular communities face inequitable stressors, she empowers readers to identify and harness their unique and cultural strengths. Dr. Gibson shares over forty activities that can be self-taught and practiced so you can begin your healing journey today, including: Iffirmations: Reimagine affirmations to plant seeds of possibility The Container: Create your box of shame and leave it behind Havening: Discover the body's three areas that are best suited to self-soothing Solutions Studio: Catalyze change at the systems level using design thinking

In the realm of higher education, the journey to academic success is often accompanied by an array of challenges, particularly in the form of stress and its profound impact on mental health. The multifaceted nature of these challenges, stemming from a variety of factors, has sparked significant interest among scholars and educators alike. Student Stress in Higher Education delves into the intricate interplay between stressors, coping mechanisms, and the psychological well-being of students within higher education institutions. This book addresses a conspicuous gap in existing literature, meticulously examining the dimensions of stress uniquely experienced in higher education settings. As the transition from secondary education to university life proves to be a pivotal juncture, the findings presented in this book carry implications for university management, students, and parents alike. The chapters contained within illuminate various facets of this complex issue. From the barriers obstructing effective stress management to the gender disparities in mental health experiences, each chapter dissects a critical aspect of the overarching theme. Furthermore, the text underscores the significance of adaptive coping strategies while cautioning against maladaptive responses. The insights garnered from these chapters hold potential to reshape institutional approaches to mental health awareness and support. This book serves as a beacon of knowledge for a diverse readership. Scholars seeking to explore the nuanced landscape of student well-being will find this volume to be an indispensable resource. Administrators and counselors entrusted with the welfare of students will discover pragmatic approaches to aid students in acclimating to the challenges of higher education. From gender-specific stress manifestations to the intricacies of institutional mental health provision, this book delivers a holistic perspective. In the fast-paced milieu of higher education, the mental health and wellbeing of students remains a cornerstone of their success. Student Stress in Higher Education not only uncovers the underexplored intricacies of this subject but also extends a guiding hand to those navigating these complexities.

Exposure to stressful life experiences can disrupt key regulatory systems in the body and contribute to a variety of negative health outcomes. This authoritative text takes a biopsychosocial approach to understanding the role of stress in alcohol use disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and other chronic diseases. It presents cutting-edge knowledge about how stressors are conceptualized and measured; connections to disease processes; systemic racism as a significant, ongoing stressor for people of color; and factors that promote resilience. For each of the disorders discussed, proven and promising stress-targeted clinical interventions are reviewed. Student-friendly features include an end-of-book glossary and an extensive bibliography to facilitate in-depth study of selected topics of interest.

Mit diesem Manual werden Sie fit für die Durchführung des psychologischen Gesundheitsförderungsprogramms: Gelassen und sicher im Stress. Es wird seit über 25 Jahren erfolgreich eingesetzt und von den gesetzlichen Krankenkassen als geprüfte Präventionsmaßnahme gefördert. In Teil I finden Sie Hintergrundwissen aus der Stressforschung: kompakt, fundiert und verständlich. Teil II enthält die Trainingsbausteine: (1) Entspannungstraining: entspannen und loslassen. (2) Mentaltraining: förderliche Denkweisen und Einstellungen entwickeln. (3) Problemlösetraining: Stresssituationen wahrnehmen, annehmen und verändern. (4) Genusstraining: erholen und genießen. (5) Ergänzungsmodule zu Stressbewältigung durch Sport und Bewegung, Pflege des sozialen Netzes, Zielklärung, gesunden Umgang mit der Zeit und der 4xA-Strategie für den Akutfall. Aus dem Inhalt: Didaktische Hinweise für eine kompetente Durchführung des Trainings – abwechslungsreiche Gestaltung durch vielepraktisch erprobte Übungen – Teilnehmerunterlagen, die informieren und motivieren – alle Trainingsmaterialien stehen zum Ausdrucken online zur Verfügung. Der Autor: Prof. Dr. Gert Kaluza ist psychologischer Psychotherapeut und als Trainer, Coach und Autor im Bereich der individuellen und betrieblichen Gesundheitsförderung tätig. Nach 20jähriger Tätigkeit an Universitäten gründete er 2002 sein eigenes Fortbildungs- und Trainingsinstitut, das GKM-Institut für Gesundheitspsychologie, das er bis 2022 selbst leitete.

FINALIST: 2024 International Book Awards - Business: MotivationalToo many of us work through burnout and sacrifice our work-life balance to get ahead in our careers. But the real path to success and happiness begins with you. Rather than just accepting the fatigue and burnout, renowned mental health expert Petra Velzeboer shows you how to prioritize your wellbeing and mental health at work. From recognizing the impact of internal and external influences to learning support mechanisms, Begin With You offers you key strategies that will lead to a rewarding life and career.Petra Velzeboer draws upon her personal experiences of trauma and hardship to offer insights on how you can overcome difficult periods and develop a positive outlook. Packed with case studies and psychological research, Begin With You is the essential guide to becoming a mental health champion and transforming your career and life for the better.

••Winner 2024: The People's Book Prize Beryl Bainbridge Award for First-Time Author••••Business Book Awards 2024 Finalist••Are you fed up of feeling tired, wired and unable to manage your mood? Worried that your mental health is having an effect on your relationships or your ability to perform at work?You are not alone.Many successful career women believe they thrive under pressure yet become susceptible to the negative effects of stress. Despite unexplained changes in their health, some ignore the warning signs and burn out. At best this leaves them unable to function and at worst it can lead to infertility, heart attack, stroke or dementia.Antidepressants are frequently offered for the symptoms of burnout but there is another way.In The Burnout Bible, registered nutritionist, functional medicine practitioner and mental health expert Rachel Philpotts shares: A simple 4-step solution to improving your mood naturally, Evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle tips to tackle fatigue and emotional overwhelm, and Quick and easy mood-boosting recipes All designed to help you beat burnout and feel revitalized, reenergized and restored.

In today's high-pressure world, burnout has become an invisible pandemic. It disrupts our productivity, causes unrelenting exhaustion, and ultimately stops us from living our best lives. David Thorpe has authored'How Burnout Stops'to provide a practical guide out of the burnout experience. This book explores the link between our personal habits, work culture, and societal expectations, providing invaluable insights into how we can change our circumstances and reshape our lives. The first part of'How Burnout Stops'answers fundamental questions such as'What is stress?'and'What is burnout'. This section explores the underlying causes, suggests coping mechanisms, and provides pre-emptive strategies against stress and burnout. Subsequently, the second part uncovers nearly a hundred potential stressors. This analysis discusses the possible symptoms they may induce, alongside offering preventive and mitigating strategies for both organizations and individuals.'How Burnout Stops'is more than a self-help book. It's a call to action, an invitation to pause, reflect, and create a more balanced, fulfilling life. Whether you are on the brink of burnout, already there, or wish to help those around you, this book is your guide. Take back control of your time, energy and resources. Your journey to wellness begins with understanding how burnout stops.

Konrad Michel, a leading psychiatrist and acclaimed expert, draws on decades of experience to offer necessary new ways of understanding—and preventing—suicide. After one of his first patients died by suicide, Michel devoted himself to researching self-harm. Writing vividly and personally, he recounts more than forty years of working with and learning from suicidal patients.Michel shows that suicide is not just a consequence of mental illness but an action related to a person's life story. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with suicidal patients, he argues that suicide and suicide attempts occur when someone experiences extreme emotional pain that severely impairs the ability to think and act rationally. Based on this understanding, Michel and his colleagues developed a person-centered approach to treatment that overcomes the limitations of the traditional medical model. Through a brief therapy, patients find a personally meaningful narrative understanding of their suicidal thoughts and impulses. People at risk can learn to recognize their vulnerabilities in order to manage potentially life-threatening situations and keep themselves safe. Michel emphasizes the importance of communication: medical professionals need to connect with patients as individuals to identify specific warning signs.Both compassionate and rigorous, this book provides vital insight into suicide prevention and shows how changing attitudes will help save lives. It includes practical advice for people at risk, with special emphasis on young people, as well as for relatives and health professionals.

Uštěpačné poznámky, chybějící slova poděkování nebo přehlížení mohou zasáhnout něčí srdce stejně silně jako nečekané odmítnutí či při hádce pronesená ostrá slova. I když budeme nadále fungovat navenek, psychicky jsme zraněni. Pokud bolest z tohoto zranění ignorujeme, zůstává podprahová. Teprve když ji přijmeme, můžeme uvolnit místo pro jiné, pozitivnější pocity.Autor ve své knize ukazuje, jak můžeme najít odvahu podívat se a rozpoznat, co přesně v nás bylo zraněno, jak se můžeme postarat o svá zranění, vyrůst z nich, a dokonce je uzdravit, jak reagovat co nejrychleji nebo s odstupem a jak vyléčit i ty nejdávnější rány. Přitom nabízí řadu konkrétních návodů a metod práce s emoční bolestí.Rolf Sellin je původní profesí architekt, který o sobě zjistil, že je vysoce citlivý. Když se učil pracovat se svou citlivostí, vyvinul metody, které dnes ve svých seminářích a knihách zprostředkovává nejen hypersenzitivním laikům, ale i psychoterapeutům a psychologům. V Portále vyšly jeho knihy Blíž tě nepustím (2019) o nastavování hranic a Vysoce citliví lidé mezi námi (2021).

This book offers a thorough and accessible look into the importance of recovery in both staying healthy and performing well, and highlights the detrimental effects of underrecovery on physical and mental health. Internationally renowned experts from psychology, physiology, sport medicine, health, and sport science offer interdisciplinary analysis of the effects of underrecovery as well as the use of applied intervention and prevention strategies.Over the last few decades, research in sports has provided numerous studies showing the importance of addressing recovery to find recovery-stress balance and build resources that help prevent illness and promote healthy living and well-being. Each chapter of this volume discusses a specific area of recovery, providing a collection of useful and practical lessons athletes and non-athletes can take forward in their training and beyond. Focusing on both research and applied counseling techniques to discuss recovery as an underestimated factor in physical and mental health, the book aims to enlighten readers on ways to incorporate recovery into their everyday lives to reduce stress and prevent injury.The book is written for the scientific community, applied health scientists, students, and interested readers. It draws on experiences and scientific findings from the field of sport to make them usable for an expanded understanding of recovery in the field of health and related areas such as the workplace.

How a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it.There's a force we encounter every day that we aren't aware of—and it threatens to derail otherwise promising careers and lives: microstress.This hidden epidemic of small moments of stress has insidiously infiltrated both our work and our personal lives with invisible but devastating effects. Microstress doesn't trigger the normal stress response in our brains to help us deal with it. Instead, it embeds itself in our minds and accumulates daily, one microstress on top of the other. The long-term impact can be debilitating. Unregistered microstress weighs us down, damages our physical and emotional health, and contributes to a decline in our well-being. What's more, microstress is baked into our lives. The source is seldom a classic antagonist, such as a demanding client or a jerk boss. Instead, it comes from the people with whom we are closest: our friends, family, and colleagues.The good news is that once you understand microstress, you can fight back. Drawing on fresh research, Rob Cross and Karen Dillon explain the science behind the phenomenon. They also share the secrets of a small set of people who've endured their share of microstress but have still managed to cultivate relationships that enable them to thrive both at work and in life. Compelling interviews with these high achievers bring to life best practices that show you how to build resilience against microstress and ultimately how to find purpose—purpose that helps you break free from this quietly invasive force that's stealing your life.

Dieses Open-Access-Buch setzt sich mit der übergeordneten Forschungsfrage auseinander, für welche Dimensionen subjektiven elterlichen Wohlbefindens das Kind eine Rolle spielt. Anhand eines systematischen Gangs durch den bestehenden Theorie- und Forschungsstand zum Verhältnis von kindlichen Anforderungen, erhöhten Anforderungen in der Elternrolle und elterlichem Wohlbefinden kristallisieren sich wesentliche Forschungslücken heraus. Der erste Teil der Arbeit fragt, im Rahmen eines Vergleichs von Eltern und kinderlosen Paaren, kritisch danach, ob Kinder unglücklich machen. Der zweite Teil der Arbeit befasst sich speziell mit dem Übergang zur Elternschaft als einer besonders anforderungsreichen Phase in der Familienentwicklung. Dabei steht im Zentrum der Untersuchung, wie frischgebackene Eltern mit den neuen, noch unbekannten Betreuungs- und Pflegeanforderungen des Babys umgehen. Kann die Partnerschaft dieser Bewährungsprobe standhalten?

Dit boek biedt inspiratie en inzicht aan iedereen die meer wil weten over stress.

Pendant l'écriture d'un roman, d'une chanson, d'un scénario ou d'une thèse, l'angoisse et le doute assaillent souvent celui ou celle qui tente de créer. Une fois l'œuvre produite, c'est le syndrome de l'imposteur qui surgit alors, convaincant le ou la créateur.ice que sa création est mauvaise, redondante ou carrément plagiée, qu'il ou elle n'a pas sa place parmi ses pairs, ou encore que toutes ses productions subséquentes seront de qualité moindre, que son apogée est passée. Comment appréhender le doute inhérent à tout acte créateur dans des environnements de plus en plus axés sur les modèles de réussite, de compétition et de productivité néolibéraux? Quelle place pour le tâtonnement, les digressions, les joyeuses pertes de temps, mais aussi le refus d'adhésion au concept même de réussite? Contre la tyrannie du succès, les auteur.ices de ce collectif se placent, avec Samuel Beckett, Joyce Carol Oates, Jack Halberstam et bien d'autres, du côté de ceux et celles qui savent que l'échec peut être créateur, productif et ludique. Avec des textes de Florian Grandena, Éric Mathieu, Mattia Scarpulla, Myriam Dali, Kevin Lambert, Mercédès Baillargeon, Olivier Ducastel et Jacques Martineau, May Telmissany, Pierre-Luc Landry, Philippe Yong, Julia Minne, Maïssa Ben Jelloul et Bénédicte Coste.

This book spotlights the communities of coping that develop in everyday routines at work like socialising, taking group breaks, telling stories and jokes, or drinking coffee and smoking together. Such practices help employees improve their well-being as they try to deal with the stress and emotions created by their demanding jobs. Effective solutions for how work groups can better manage work-related stress by building strong emotional cultures with a strong group mindset, trust, and connection are described. The research points to communication patterns that encourage co-workers to openly discuss work problems, painful experiences and therefore better deal with stress. These communal practices nourish the camaraderie that sustains them and ensures the work is done. What is also highlighted is the way individuals become both involved in the system of power at play in the organisation by expressing/suppressing their stress-caused feelings and entangled in the struggles against this system.

Improve your sales performance and avoid burnout with Mental Health, resilience, and stress-management strategies. In Stress Less, Sell More: 220 Strategies to Prevent Sales Burnout and Maximize Mental Performance, celebrated sales leader and founder of the Sales Health Alliance, Jeff Riseley, delivers a practical and impactful handbook that makes it easy for sales teams to perform better and build mental health conversations consistently into their busy selling days. In the book, you'll explore ways to navigate the pressures and stressors faced by every sales professional. Its pages can be read day-by-day or all at once, and a companion website supplements the material found in the book with free articles,, and videos. You'll also discover: How to build an individual Mental Health and stress-management toolkit to improve mental resilience and sales performance. Ways to overcome stressors in sales like lost deals, missed targets and buyers ghosting. Helpful team-based changes that dramatically improve salesperson mental health—like quota relief during vacationsAn essential guide to improving salesperson wellbeing and sales performance, Stress Less, Sell More will prove to be an invaluable resource for sales leaders, team leaders, salespeople, and sales teams looking for ways to make daily work life less stressful and more productive.

You can move past toxic stress, let go of fear and anger, and build resilience! This workbook will show you how. Do you often feel sad, anxious, angry, or upset and don't really know why? Do you no longer enjoy the things you used to enjoy, or feel like the world is a bad place? If you've experienced extreme stress or trauma—such as abuse, neglect, a family member's illness, or living through a natural disaster—you may need help healing and moving forward in your life. It's important to know that you are not alone, and there is nothing to be ashamed of. Most importantly, there are ways to feel better.Written by an expert in teen mental health, this healing workbook offers powerful skills to help you overcome the effects of toxic stress, trauma, and adversity using mindfulness, neuroplasticity, and emotion regulation. You'll learn all about how your mind and body respond to stress, how to identify triggers, and how to ground and calm yourself in the moment when your emotions feel too big to handle.If you're struggling with the effects of stress or trauma, you should know that you can move forward in your life with confidence, self-compassion, and resilience. This workbook will help you, every step of the way.

La psychotraumatologie connaît un renouveau indéniable sous le double effet de l'interdisciplinarité et de la révolution numérique, modifiant les référentiels et les pratiques autour des traumatismes psychiques. C'est ainsi qu'émergent de nouvelles approches et méthodes de diagnostic visant une meilleure prise en compte de la parole en souffrance. Cet ouvrage dresse un état des lieux des connaissances actuelles et aborde successivement : • l'évolution historique de l'interaction entre psychiatrie et linguistique ; • une description complète des diverses manifestations du phénomène ; • les nouvelles pistes pour comprendre le psychotrauma dans toute sa complexité ; • les évolutions et les innovations en termes de recherche et de développement.

An in-depth analysis of the science behind stress in dogs In The Stress Factor in Dogs, Dr. Kristina Spaulding explores what science has revealed about stress in dogs and other mammals and demonstrates how to effectively read scientific research in order to apply our acquired knowledge to the dogs in our lives. This thoroughly comprehensive book provides detailed insight on how stress affects the health and well-being of our dogs at all stages of development. By analyzing how stress is connected to problem behaviors, such as aggression and reactivity, Dr. Spaulding is able to offer solutions to dog owners, trainers, veterinarians, and shelter staff who desire to reduce stress and increase resiliency in dogs. • Defines the stress response and identifies different kinds of stress • Explains how stress impacts dogs throughout their lives, including during vulnerable stages, such as early development • Examines which factors lead some animals to respond differently to stress than others • Lays out techniques and tips for reducing stress and increasing resiliency in dogs • Highlights recent research on stress in shelter dogs, working dogs (including Therapy Dogs) and performance dogs • Teaches how to read scientific research and encourages readers to develop their own ideas on applying this information to improve the lives of dogs

If you've ever dared to express dissatisfaction with the state of your life, you've inevitably received a variety of helpful suggestions:'Have you tried meditation? Exercise? A cult? An exercise cult?'In Do I Feel Better Yet?, Madeleine Trebenski explores more than 45 so-called solutions suggested to her in the name of self-care. In a playful and at times sardonic chronicle of the elusive promises of multistep skin-care routines, gratitude journaling, scented candles, and more, Trebenski perfectly captures what it's like to live in a time when homemade kombucha and weighted blankets are said to single-handedly solve all our problems. These essays will make you laugh, make you feel less alone, and maybe make you feel better—even if just for a little while.

Social work practice has evolved to meet the needs of the time, the problems that are present, and the knowledge and skills available. Given the more recent rapidly changing stressful environments, political, economic, demographic, sociocultural, and ideological change has affected how practice is defined. Now it is even more essential for there to be innovative theoretical concepts and intervention strategies to support current practice. This textbook addresses today's context of social work practice that needs to deal with the complexity of personal and social relationships, the continuing historical flux of the times, and the constant anxiety or'threats and pulls'of daily life. The text is based on the idea that social work practice requires a research and theoretical base that allows practitioners to build on a client's ability to persist in the face of life's challenges and to proceed positively with life events. The Resilience-Enhancing Stress Model (RESM) is an outgrowth of the profession's interest in strength-based person-environment approaches — grounded in generalist social work practice that offers a range of intervention practice methods with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. RESM was developed to provide the skill set for working with clients and constituencies across the individual-family-community configuration during times of distress. It also can be a welcomed addition to social work practice with people undertaking life transitions and overcoming disruption to individual, family, and community function. Topics explored include:An Evolving Resilience-Enhancing Stress ModelInterviewing to Promote Resilience Among Marginalized PopulationsCo-creating a Grand Narrative: The Intersection of Individual, Family, and Community PracticeConnecting Communal Living, Ecology, and ResilienceA Resilience-Enhancing Stress Model: A Social Work Multisystemic Practice Approach is a timely text for human behavior and practice methods at the generalist or advanced generalist levels in social work. It can also be used at the doctoral level of social work education depending on the professor's attention to the depth of theoretical concepts. Practitioners in the field may find the contents useful to their professional enrichment.

Motivational models are critical to understanding crisis decision making because leaders and their advisors are emotionally involved, intent on reducing stress, and motivated to find ways of advancing their interests while minimizing the risk of war. The principal theoretical work on the subject is Irving Janis and Leon Mann's classic study of decision making, published in 1977. While useful, the book has a significant flaw: Janis and Mann theorize that policy maker stress during crisis is derived from decision deliberation, leading to a circular approach. This book solves the identified problem by addressing circularity between the rise of psychological stress, decision deliberation, and dysfunctional behavior with an independent measure of decision conditions using cognitive complexity. With an effective independent measure of stress, the key contribution of this volume is a reformulation of Janis and Mann's model to render the construct more rigorous and empirically useful to thepresent-day study of crisis decision making.

“A preeminent expert sheds light on how to handle the daily hassles of life. It's not just a manual for managing stress—it's a toolkit for preventing it.” —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think AgainFrom world-renowned psychologist and New York Times–bestselling author Dr. Elissa Epel, a simple yet powerful plan to turn your stress into your strength in just seven daysWe can't avoid stress. But we can embrace it and transform it.Whether we're facing deadlines, difficulties with family or friends, personal crises, or just the uncertainty of the world—stress is the ocean we swim in. Even our negative thoughts can trigger our body's stress response so we rarely experience periods of ease and deep restoration.In The Stress Prescription, Dr. Epel distills decades of research, infused with wisdom, into a practical yet transformative seven-day plan of science-based techniques that can help you harness stress through more positive challenge and purpose. The seven-day prescription will lead you through these exercises:Day 1: Things Will Go Wrong... And That's All RightDay 2: Control What You Can... And Put Down the RestDay 3: Be the LionDay 4: Train for ResilienceDay 5: Let Nature Do the WorkDay 6: Don't Just Relax... RestoreDay 7: Start Full, End FullDr. Epel shows us how we can “stress better”—by training our minds and bodies to shift towards a flexible, beneficial stress response that can actually enhance health. You will develop a more robust mindset, build the resources you need to turn stress into strength, and fill your days with more joy, connection, and ease.

First Published in 1989. Based on the updated proceedings of the Soviet-American International Pavlovian Conference held in Moscow, this volume presents a new trend in the systems analysis of emotional stress as an outcome of behavioural conflict situations in which the subjects fail to achieve a useful end result. The mechanisms, complications, prevention and behavioural therapy of emotional stress are examined. While almost any of the body functional systems can be involved, psychosomatic and immune system disorders, coronary heart diseases and hypertension are shown to be the major complications of chronic exposure to emotional stress in both humans and animals. A special section of the book highlights various approaches towards the enhancement of stress resistance in man through emotional self-regulation, relaxation, social skills training and other biobehavioural interventions.

Provides consumer health information for teens about teen suicide from a global perspective and how culture plays a role in teen suicide. It discusses mental health disorders and life-threatening behaviors linked to suicide risk, including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, substance abuse, and self-injury.

Provides consumer health information about types of stress and the stress response, the physical and mental health effects of stress, along with facts about treatment for stress-related disorders, and stress management techniques for adults and children.

A practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide to help you understand and overcome stress, filled with helpful tips and actionable advice Feeling overwhelmed? This little book is here to help. How to Understand and Deal with Stress is a friendly, accessible guide with all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles, and to take practical steps to reduce or manage the burden. By learning the science behind stress and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you'll start to dismantle its hold on you. And with practical ways to manage the condition – including physical, medical and therapeutic perspectives – this book will help you work out the best ways you can support your mental health and improve your overall well-being. By the end of this book, you will: • Understand the science behind stress, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggers • Be armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate stress, from breathing exercises and healthy lifestyle choices to problem-solving techniques and coping mechanisms • Have a host of holistic remedies up your sleeve for when stress strikes, such as mindfulness, visualization and breathwork • Know about the medical treatments and therapies available, and know how and when to seek professional help or support With the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage stress so that you can get back to feeling like you again.

This textbook provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of stress, helping students and professionals understand the main neurobiological and psychological causes and consequences of stress in human beings. It's aimed at understanding the concept of stress at different levels, from the impact of environmental stressors to its processing in the brain, and from the neural mechanisms involved in this processing to the expression of different adaptive responses. All these neural mechanisms are clearly explained according to different levels of complexity, from the neurobiological level, including the cellular and molecular mechanisms, to the psychological level, including the cognitive and emotional processing, and behavioral expressions.The whole content is described in a very comprehensive manner, accompanied with descriptive graphics to clearly illustrate every detail, therefore allowing a full integration of all the covered concepts. In addition, clinical expressions of stress, such as mood and anxiety disorders, are also covered in detail, including an overview of different factors of vulnerability and resilience, therefore providing a unique and fundamental insight of this interdisciplinary field. Given its interdisciplinary approach, Neuroscience of Stress: From Neurobiology to Cognitive, Emotional and Behavioral Sciences will provide a comprehensive and clear introduction to the study of stress to students and professionals from different fields of the behavioral and health sciences. It will serve as a valuable text for adoption in classes of a wide range of graduate courses dealing with mental health and well-being, in areas such as health and clinical psychology, health promotion and disease prevention, psychiatry and behavioral medicine, among others.

Abolish stress. Rediscover joy. Replenish your energy. In Crazy Busy acclaimed psychologist Thijs Launspach examines why we often work ourselves to the bone and what we can do to prevent this. He explains how to cope with stress and create more peace and calm in your life. He draws on the latest scientific knowledge, the methods used by experts and the stories told by those who have learned the hard way what stress can do to both body and mind. All to provide you with the answer to the question: how can you free yourself from a life of stress? A full diary and no time to think; the feeling that you are always playing catch-up and never quite hitting the mark: our lives today are almost invariably crazy busy. Being busy is one of the hallmarks of the modern era. But the pressure is taking its toll on us. The number of burnouts has risen dramatically over the past ten years. In fact, it has now reached epidemic proportions: approximately one in seven of all workers suffers badly from stress or has been forced to take a break from work because of stress-related complaints. And even if you don't reach the actual burnout stage, stress can still make your life a lot less enjoyable. Why are our lives so hectic? Have we all become workaholics? Why are we so susceptible to FOMO (the Fear Of Missing Out)? And most importantly, what can you do to cope with the stress in your life and prevent a burnout? Do you find yourself rushing to get things finished more than once a week? Do others often offer you well-intentioned advice on ‘how to slow things down a little'. Do you ever suspect that the stress you feel prevents you from being as happy as you would like to be? Are you more addicted to your smartphone than you would care to admit? Is it the first thing you reach for when you wake up in the morning? Do you often find yourself longing to stop and take a break from it all?If your answer to one or more of these questions is ‘Yes', then this is the book for you.

A beautifully illustrated, irreverent guide to breaking out of the anxious thought patterns that hold us back.This little self-help book contains 101 anxiety spiral-stopping exercises, inspiring pep talks, and calm-the-F-down activities. With a no f•cks given tone, research-backed therapeutic techniques, and fun, fresh illustration, F•ck Anxiety will help you take control over your anxious thought patterns and make you laugh at the same time.Divided into six chapters—the first two will help kick that anxiety spiral in it's scrawny ass, and the next four help build and flex anti-anxiety powers on the daily—F•ck Anxiety covers the following:Get Out of Your Head in Ten Minutes or LessGet Stubborn Against a Longer SpiralDo These Eight Things Every Day—You Deserve It!A Grab Bag of Ways to Be Amazing to YouTruths + Tending for Shitty SituationsHush Up, It's Time for Your Daily Moment of ZenIn addition, the book also includes an explanation of how anxiety works, as well as recommendations for additional tools and practices.

Military spouses: Transform your military life stress into strength!'... a must-read for military spouses... to learn and understand the circumstances and harm of stress, the outcome and capabilities of the mind, and the tools, questions, and reflections to manage through it all.'—Sabina W. Zarlenga, MS, LPCC, NCC, CCTP, Army spouseDo you feel like you are constantly adjusting your life over and over again? As if the underlying stress of your service member's dangerous missions or the lengthy separations during deployments aren't enough. Each new assignment brings another relocation, potential job search, school changes, and more. It's easy to feel overwhelmed and believe that a life of constant stress is the norm for military spouses. But cumulative stress hugely impacts your life! In Milspouse Strength, author Kendra Lowe, a veteran, military spouse, and trained psychologist, helps you understand the impact of both positive and negative stress, healthy ways to respond to stressful situations, and ultimately how to transform your stress into strength. The information, tools, and reflection questions will help you break down the individual stresses that weigh on your mind so you can feel in control of your life right now and develop the skills to change the way you see and respond to military life stress.'Truly outstanding!... Kendra captures the true essence of being a military spouse: the challenges, the resilience, the stress, and the rewards. She then goes on to give tangible information to deal with the stress successfully.'—Robyn Grable, US Navy veteran, military spouse, CEO of Veterans ASCEND Features: • Information about different types of stress• Tools for assessing stress levels and their impact• Stories and perspective from other military spouses• Reflection questions in each chapterEncouraging ~ Informative ~ All Service Branches

Find lasting relief from worry and stress with powerful techniques grounded in clinical experience and neuroscience. If you feel frazzled, you dwell in good company. Racing between the demands of work, health, family, and friends, many people report feelings of worry, irritability, and increasing stress. While we often cannot control stressful life events, we can learn to control our brain's response to those circumstances and reduce our suffering. Drawing from the latest research and more than 25 years of clinical experience, Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider explains the link between anxiety, anger, and stress and shares groundbreaking remedies from neuropsychology. These tools will strengthen your resilience and expand your capacity for happiness.In Frazzlebrain, you'll discover how to: Soften your response to stress Overcome toxic self-criticism Tame hostile and cynical thinking Activate your brain's self-healing properties Create meaningful experiences Cultivate optimism and hopefulness Each chapter offers exercises, case examples, and self-improvement skills to help you achieve a calmer, happier, healthier lifestyle.

Discover how to transform stress and other unwanted states into resilience, clarity, and improved wellbeing with this insightful new book Resilience By Design: How to Survive and Thrive in a Complex and Turbulent World delivers the world's most detailed and research-backed how-to manual to integrate advances from neuroscience and complexity theory with real world expertise, providing practical techniques that you'll want to use every day. Alongside well explained scientific theory, each chapter contains dramatic, real-life stories of people from frontline services, elite sports, and everyday survivors who learned to thrive in high pressure, demanding, and often deadly situations. You'll discover how resilience isn't just the ability to tough it out; it's dependent upon an interconnected set of skills, techniques, creative processes, and new understandings of how we think, act, and interact with our environments and each other. If you or someone you care about experiences unwanted stress, anxiety, decision fatigue, overwhelm, or burnout, by applying the step-by-step techniques in this book, you'll learn to develop resilience, clarity, improved energy, wellbeing, and overall performance. You'll also learn: There's no such thing as an inherently stressful situation, workplace, or event. How to appreciate and benefit from the hidden information in your unconscious signals and intuitions How to adapt your decision making to meet the challenges of uncertainty, from the complicated and complex, to the outright chaotic When to define your limits and'line in the sand'so that you never expose yourself to unmanageable risk or potential burnout What is it to,'Know Thyself', through techniques that change perspective and bring clarity even in uncertain, turbulent times Techniques that can be easily taught to people you care about Lifelong resilience and being at your best is available to each of us, no matter what life throws at you. Resilience By Design was derived from the experiences of hundreds of people on the frontline of emergency services, defense, Olympic level sports, business, art, science, and many other areas of expertise—from firefighters and paramedics to social workers and athletes. This book is written for students and teachers, parents and children, caregivers and patients, athletes and coaches, managers and employees, entrepreneurs, and fortune 500 CEOs, and anyone who wishes to know how to survive and thrive in an ever more complex and turbulent world.

Learn to manage stress and overcome anxiety with this customizable breakthrough program from leading adrenal distress/stress expert Dr. Doni Wilson.We have come to accept stress and anxiety as being hand-in-glove with being successful. Many of us believe that we are supposed to be superhumans and just ignore stress—carrying on with long hours and sleepless nights, suffering quietly with the headaches, tension, and stomach sensitivity, rather than risk being perceived as unable to “keep up” with the demands of modern life. But we're not robots or machines; we're human. While stress is inevitable, and, in certain situations, even necessary for effective functioning, we must keep it from overpowering our daily lives by learning how to harness stress to empower us. In Master Your Stress, Reset Your Health, Dr. Doni Wilson shows that the key to breaking the cycle is finding and treating your unique stress type. After more than 20 years working with thousands of patients, Dr. Doni has found that people generally fall into one of five types based on their adrenaline and cortisol levels throughout the day: the Night Owl, the Stress Magnet, Yawning on the Go, Tired and Wired, or Sluggish and Stressed. In this groundbreaking book, she'll help you identify your stress type--and give you the tools to make stress work for you. Your body's particular response is based on genetics and your lifestyle. Your pattern is unique—even in similar situations, different people may respond to that stress in a completely different way. Dr. Doni's customizable C.A.R.E. program is simple: Clean eating, Adequate sleep, Recovery, and Exercise. Dr. Doni shows you how to tailor each step of the program for your stress type to allow you to: Overcome exhaustion and fatigueClear up brain fog and improve memoryOptimize your body weight Stop insomniaRecover from anxiety and depressionRelieve headaches, chronic pain, and digestive issuesIncrease your energy, sex drive, and immunityPrevent serious illnesses such as cancer, dementia, and heart diseaseAdd years to your life Far too many of us have accepted the negative effects of stress and anxiety as a fact of life—pushing through rather than risking falling short of the demands of modern life. This groundbreaking guide will set you on a path to become resilient to stress, so you can thrive like never before.