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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with stress
In order to live a full and abundant life in alignment with our
dreams and callings, we first need to become crystal clear on where
we draw our boundary lines. But where and how do we draw the line?
And how do we communicate clearly and lovingly to those around us
where the line is and why it's important? With plenty of relatable
stories from her life juggling multiple businesses and a full
house, therapist and mindset coach Kate Crocco offers eight
principles that will help you understand, create, and maintain
healthy boundaries in order to find more peace, greater
fulfillment, and less burnout. She shows you how to take back
control from the whims of other people's opinions about what you
should be doing so that you can align your time and priorities with
God's highest calling for your life. Stop selling yourself short,
waiting for permission, and looking to others for approval to begin
living a life of purpose, passion, and personal peace.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTESELLER Emma Mitchell's richly illustrated and
evocative diary - as seen on the BBC's Springwatch - records her
nature finds over the course of a year and shows how being in the
wild benefits our mental and physical wellbeing. 'This is a
beautiful, beautiful book, and I can't recommend it enough.' Sue
Perkins 'Emma's words are profound, her photography is inspiring
and her illustrations are exquisite.' Emma Freud 'Emma's writing is
precise, gorgeous and inspiring.' Amy Liptrot 'An absolute joy.'
Joanna Cannon Emma Mitchell has suffered with depression - or as
she calls it, 'the grey slug' - for twenty-five years. In 2003, she
moved from the city to the edge of the Cambridgeshire Fens and
began to take walks in the countryside around her new home,
photographing, collecting and drawing as she went. Each walk lifted
her mood, proving to be as medicinal as any talking therapy or
pharmaceutical. In Emma's hand-illustrated diary, she takes us with
her as she follows the local paths and trails, sharing her nature
finds over the course of a year. Reflecting on how these encounters
impact her mood, Emma's candid account of her own struggles is a
powerful testament to how reconnecting with nature may offer some
answers to today's mental health epidemic. Written with Emma's
characteristic wit and frankness, and filled with her beautiful
drawings, paintings and photography, this is a truly unique book
for anyone who has ever felt drawn to nature and wondered about its
influence over us.
Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised
and updated edition of his most popular work, with nearly 90,000
copies in print Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's
acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new
chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new
insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of
spirituality on managing stress. As Sapolsky explains, most of us
do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or
malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear-and the ones that plague us
now-are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage,
such as heart disease and cancer. When we worry or experience
stress, our body turns on the same physiological responses that an
animal's does, but we do not resolve conflict in the same
way-through fighting or fleeing. Over time, this activation of a
stress response makes us literally sick. Combining cutting-edge
research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice,
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or
intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including
depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. It also
provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses.
This new edition promises to be the most comprehensive and engaging
one yet. Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely
revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with nearly
90,000 copies in print Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's
acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new
chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new
insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of
spirituality on managing stress.
Images designed to encourage calm and focus.
Stop negative thoughts, assuage anxiety, and live in the moment
with these fun, easy games from improv expert Clay Drinko. If
you've been feeling lost lately, you're not alone! Even before the
Covid-19 pandemic, Americans were experiencing record levels of
loneliness and anxiety. And in our current political turmoil, it's
safe to say that people are looking for new tools to help them feel
more present, positive, and in sync with the world. So what better
way to get there than play? In Play Your Way Sane, Dr. Clay Drinko
offers 120 low-key, accessible activities that draw on the popular
principles of improv comedy to help you tackle your everyday stress
and reconnect with the people around you. Divided into twelve fun
sections, including "Killing Debbie Downer" and "Thou Shalt Not Be
Judgy," the games emphasize openness, reciprocation, and active
listening as the keys to a mindful and satisfying life. Whether
you're looking to improve your personal relationships, find new
meaning at work, or just survive our trying times, Play Your Way
Sane offers serious self-help with a side of Second City sass.
'...short, sharp guide to managing your mind.' THE SUNDAY TIMES
STYLE 'If I could inject it, I would.' REFINERY29 'Brilliant' THE
TELEGRAPH Manage your mind. Handle your emotions. Concentrate on
what matters in life. So many of us feel stressed in our daily
lives but lack the ability to respond to life's hurdles effectively
and overcome these challenges. We can build resilience to stress by
taking action to live our lives in a more meaningful way. The
answer is to become stressilient. Dr Sam Akbar will show you how.
As a clinical psychologist with over ten years of experience, Dr
Sam draws from her own professional expertise to provide sensitive
and realistic guidance to feel calmer, less stressed, and more
resilient to life's challenges. From understanding how your brain
works, managing your emotions and challenging your
thought-processes, to opening up your perspective and having more
self-compassion, Stressilient offers an indispensable, easy and
effective go-to guide to help you get from surviving to thriving.
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.
Discover a new framework of living with the bold, interactive guide
of the Radically Content journal. Explore themes like guilt, "I'll
be happy when...," anxiety, settling, control, healing, shame,
self-trust, and being our own worst enemies. Not only will you
unlearn the dogma of that discontent, but you will learn practical
tools to create a more satisfied life for yourself. With vivid
imagery and prompts to guide you along the way, this journal is
sure to complete your daily routines and motivate you to find the
satisfaction in your everyday life. The Radically Content journal
guides you through life and supports you in: Cultivating self-trust
Defining your own version of "success" Living with intention
Rewriting your personal narrative Creating consistent and healing
rituals This journal encompasses themes that everyone is familiar
with, and it teaches you to overcome and persevere. Learn the
basics and more to your self-healing journey with the Radically
Content journal.
A beautifully illustrated, practical journal to help combat
anxiety, wherever you are. While some forms of anxiety are natural,
even helpful, anxiety disorders can lead you into a spiral of
stress and worry, and interfere with your everyday life. Practical,
supportive and uplifting, this is a journal for anyone who
struggles with anxiety, whether in the form of phobias, social
anxiety, generalized anxiety (GAD) or day-to-day worrying.
Beautifully illustrated by Marcia Mihotich, The Anxiety Journal by
psychologist Corinne Sweet encourages you to use CBT techniques and
mindfulness exercises to help you better understand your anxiety
and help you to achieve peace and calm. Whether you're awake at 4am
unable to turn off those racing thoughts, or struggling to get
yourself together before a presentation, The Anxiety Journal will
help to soothe stress and reduce worry, identify negative
thought-cycles, and provide you with techniques to combat anxiety
wherever you are.
Out of the Woods is a graphic memoir for people suffering from
depression and anxiety. Combining a personal story, the latest
medical research and proven self-help strategies, the book offers a
unique insight into these illnesses.
Banish burnout and reclaim your calm with this innovative 12-week
start-anytime journal. Burnout is a state of emotional, physical,
and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress. It occurs when
you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to meet
constant demands. Burnout has become more than just a buzz word or
a symptom of stress. With searches related to burnout rising on
average 41% annually since 2017, and 77% of employees saying
they've experienced burnout, it's no wonder the World Health
Organisation has started to take it more seriously. And that's
before the pandemic and working-from-home burnout became even more
prevalent. It was these worrying facts and her own experience of
burnout that led mental-health advocate Bex Spiller to set up The
Anti-Burnout Club, which has grown exponentially since launch in
2021. Bex has witnessed first-hand how burnout isn't just reserved
for high-flying execs at FTSE 100 companies. It's creeping into our
homes, making it impossible for many of us to cope with all of the
demands of modern life. With this journal, Bex has created a
multi-platform solution to a growing problem. Combining people's
love for pen and paper with the rise in online wellness apps and
platforms, The Anti-Burnout Journal works for traditionalists and
technology lovers alike. This undated journal spans 12 weeks with
weekly lessons and challenges to help beat burnout, delivered
through the pages of the journal alongside an online dashboard with
lifetime access to video lessons in yoga, mindfulness, meditation,
nutrition and breathwork, can be watched time and again. Alongside
the lessons are weekly and daily pages that encourage journalling
the more traditional way using everything you've learned. This
multi-platform approach makes this journal completely unique and
ensures that you can use it in a way that suits you, without
feeling more stress or overwhelm. This one-of-a-kind journal is the
perfect gift to yourself or someone in need of self-care in this
stressful world we live in and promises to help you slow down,
reflect, find balance and restore a sense of calm.
In this follow-up to the million-copy bestseller Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World, Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman reunite to show readers how to use the hidden foundations of mindfulness to rediscover calm and reclaim your life in our chaotic world.
Use the hidden foundations of mindfulness to rediscover calm and reclaim your life in our chaotic world.
There are moments in life that decide your fate. They ripple into the future and dictate how you experience the world in the moments that follow; either positive and uplifting, dark and chaotic, or flat and dull.
What if you could recognise these moments before they seized control of your life? What if you could use them to set sail for a better future? What if all moments, big and small, could be harnessed this way?
In Deeper Mindfulness, Oxford Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman reunite to present a new eight-week guided meditation programme that takes mindfulness to the next level. Deeper Mindfulness reveals how the latest advances in neuroscience, combined with millennia old wisdom, can be used to transform your life. These discoveries open the doors to a deeper layer of mindfulness known as the 'feeling tone'. This sets the 'background colour' that tinges your entire experience of life. It is also the tipping point from which you can reclaim your life in an increasingly stressful and chaotic world.
Proven effective at treating anxiety, stress and depression, the practices in Deeper Mindfulness offer a new and more fruitful direction for both novice and experienced meditators. It also allows the rest of us to approach life with renewed strength, vigour and equanimity.
Destroy the Horcruxes by wrecking this activity book! You'll take
down Lord Voldemort, one page at a time. Inspired by the films of
Harry Potter. If you've ever wanted to destroy a Horcrux and defeat
Voldemort and his followers like Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger,
Harry Potter or Neville Longbottom, this book is for you! Destroy
the Horcrux on each of the pages in the activity book by dripping
orange juice on it, ripping it to shreds or colouring all over it.
Your goal is to wreck these pages by any means possible, just like
in the Harry Potter films. This book also includes fun facts about
the Dark objects seen in the films of Harry Potter, such as the
Hand of Glory, the cursed necklace and a whole lot more. a
no-holds-barred way of interacting with the Wizarding World sure to
appeal to fans of Wreck This Journal a great way to practise stress
management! This is the perfect activity book for any Harry Potter
fan.
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