Are you in control of your life? Can you afford 10 minutes to yourself? Or are you one of the millions of people who are now living incredibly pressured lives, whether through career, family or lifestyle choices? Statistics on this subject are quite scary - the average couple spends only 10 minutes a day talking, 31 per cent of people go to work even when they're sick, 24 per cent don't take all of their annual leave, and only 21 per cent of families eat together twice a week - most don't manage it even once. But there's a very quiet revolution happening - people are reclaiming time for themselves. Here Elisabeth Wilson reveals 149 stress-proofing ideas which are short and practical but can help you live the life you want to live ...now. Whether you want just one hour when you don't have chores, a day when you don't have to work or a complete life transforming experience, "Relax and Enjoy Life" will show you the way.
Proven Strategies to Manage BIG Emotions, Build Coping Skills and Find Fast Relief for Stressed-Out Kids Kids today are growing up in a world that runs on stress. From bullying, peer pressure, and demanding academic expectations, modern-day kids are often faced with obstacles that can feel insurmountable. In The Stress-Buster Workbook for Kids, Katie Hurley delivers 75 evidence-based strategies, activities, and scripts to help children navigate the stressors of everyday life, overcome challenges, and build self-confidence. Designed to offer a myriad of stress-busting solutions - as every kid is different and needs different tools that work for them - this book is an ideal resource for parents, teachers, therapists, and any other professional working with kids ages 4-11. Being a kid isn't always easy, but with these tried-and-true strategies, they'll learn how to conquer their biggest obstacles and realize that they can do hard things.
A creative, practical guide to successful stress control, packed with efficient strategies for relieving, releasing, and controlling stress. 20 line drawings.
Stress? You’ve got it covered. Between full-time school, part-time jobs, and some-time boyfriends, your moods swing like monkeys in the Amazon. But Girl in a Funk can help. With dozens of quick and easy ways to reduce your stress and stay on top of your game, this handy chill-out manual includes mental tricks, spa treatments, self-acupressure, breathing exercises, and loads of other natural remedies for feeling frazzled, fearful, or just plain frustrated. You’ll also learn about the science of stress, and how these tips can help. So, pause for a moment and take a deep breath. With Girl in a Funk, reclaiming your serenity can be as easy as one, two . . .chamomile tea.
Stress is an inevitable part of everyday life. Sometimes we manage it well. Other times, not so much. But understanding the role of stress in our overall health and wellness is essential to taking it head-on. It’s not just that stress can take over our thoughts; it can take over our bodies. From the flight or fight response to inflammation, from feeling anxious to feeling sick, it can deteriorate our bodies and our minds from the inside out. While many books promise tips on managing stress, this book takes it one step further to consider the science behind stress and how it affects our minds and bodies, offering evidence-based approaches to managing stress for optimum results. Amitava Dasgupta guides readers to a greater understanding of the mechanisms at work when stress is present and provides guidance for dealing with those physical and mental responses. While grounded in the science of stress, this work also helps readers employ those strategies that will best manage stress for better overall health.
Research shows that stress in the crucial early years of a child's life can pose dramatic, lasting challenges to development, learning and behaviour. This is the practical book early childhood professionals need to recognize stress in young children, and intervene with proven relief strategies before pressures turn into big problems. Developed by celebrated early childhood expert Alice Sterling Honig, this guidebook helps readers address the most common causes of stress in a young child's life, including separation anxierty, bullying, jealousy, and family circumstances. Educators and childcare providers will: understand key factors that influence a child's stress level; choose from a wide range of stress-busting techniques; personalize stress-busters to meet the needs of individual children; skillfully use stress-reducing strategies with groups of children from diverse backgrounds; harness the power of storytelling to model solutions to problems and help children address negative feelings; and avoid burnout by handling the stresses in their own adult lives. Memorable stories inspired by Dr. Honig's 30+ years of experience show readers how these stress-busters can make a real difference in children's lives, and the questions at the end of each chapter are ideal aids for self-study or professional development courses. Packed with down-to-earth, easy-to-use ideas, this empowering book gives professionals the tools they need to conquer stress in any early childhood setting, so children can develop the early social and academic skills they'll need to succeed in school.
Stress at work is a daily fact of life for most workers, managers, and even psychologists. This book, written in clear, accessible language, shows how to stop job stress before it starts. As the authors say, "stress is inevitable, distress is not." Originally published in 1984, this bestseller has been revised and updated for a new generation of readers. It will be a key resource for managers, human resource professionals, industrial/organizational psychologists, graduate students in industrial/organizational psychology, and business administrators.
The truth about life is that it is difficult to achieve and maintain healthy work-life balance. We have too many responsibilities competing for our attention, this book will guide you to fulfill most of your responsibilities to the best your abilities, it is tailored to raise awareness and equip readers with tools to manage stress. Furthermore, this book aims to build emotional strength, to give you an advantage over your stressful situations. It will give you a piece of mind and as part of the outcome, you will have a good social network and adopt a positive outlook. It arms you with knowledge and makes you want to be the best you can be against all odds.
Women are naturally talented and have an inborn capacity to play many dynamic roles in their lives, such as that of a daughter, a wife, a mother and so on. In all these roles, she sacrifices her own aspirations and desires to make others happy. This brings stress and suffocation in her life. the author portrays 40 such situations in a housewife's life forcing her to deal with them all by herself. Certain simple aerobic exercises, morning and evening walks, meditation, listening to good music and reading a book could be some of the stress busters to bring smile on her face. the book includes tables and charts to measure your stress level.