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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with stress
Previously published as Mindfulness Moments.
Take a few minutes out of your day, wherever you are, and colour your way to peace and calm.
Working with your hands is one of the best ways to soothe anxiety and eliminate stress. This stunning, pocket-sized colouring and activity book offers practical exercises in mindfulness that draw on your creativity and hone your focus.
The Mindfulness Moments Colouring Book is the third book from international bestselling illustrator Emma Farrarons. Perfectly sized to carry around in your pocket or bag, this gorgeous adult colouring book includes ideas for mindfulness activities, all beautifully embellished with exquisite scenes and intricate, sophisticated patterns.
"Stress Scripting" presents a unique and tested program of
stress management. Its basic idea is that writing thought and
action scripts for stress situations can enhance effective coping.
Comprehensive, scholarly, and very accessible, it is unlike any
other stress management book. With a focus on assertiveness
training, coginitive restructuring, stress inoculation training,
and relaxation, this book is an extremely versatile tool for
therapy, workshops, university instruction, business consultation,
and self-help groups. Innovative topics include: the link between
assertiveness, defense, and coping; the similarity of problem
solving and negotiation; relapse prevention; the phases of stress
and stress inoculation training coping philosophies; and
cognitive-behavioral relaxation training.
Divided into four parts, Stress Scripting is carefully designed
to be used either in its entirety, or each chapter separately. Part
I presents the basic ideas of stress scripting: defense and coping,
assertiveness, thinking and stress, cues, reinforcement, and the
phases of stress. It concludes with an option to contract for
behavior change. Concentrating on behavior change, Part II
introduces assertiveness scripts, relapse prevention, problem
solving and negotiation, desensitization, and the coping
philosophy. Part III presents an optional cognitive-behavioral
relaxation training program. "Stress Scripting" can be integrated
with whatever approach the user prefers. Part IV concludes this
volume with an extensive series of individual and group
exercises.
Ready to take back control? We all have stress in our lives. It
could be a deadline at work, a major change such as a house move,
or a relationship breakdown. Whatever it is, it can leave you
feeling out of control. How to Manage Stress helps you work out
what it is that makes you stressed and shows you how you can tackle
it. Whether you crumble under pressure, get angry, or simply bury
your head in the sand, this book provides effective techniques to
help you take the edge off and even channel your stress in a
positive way. * Know how to create a calm and stress-free
environment * Make better use of your time - never again get
overwhelmed * Identify stress in yourself and others - and know
what to do about it 'Engaging, practical and packed with simple to
achieve exercises that really do help you combat stress.' Matthew
Cole, Clinical Director, York Stress & Trauma Centre
Extreme Stress and Communities: Impact and Intervention is the
first volume to address traumatic stress from a community
perspective. The authors, drawn from among the world's leaders in
psychology, psychiatry and anthropology, examine how extreme
stress, such as war, disasters and political upheaval, interact in
their effects on individuals, families and communities. The book is
rich in both theoretical insight and practical experience. It
informs readers about how to adopt a community perspective and how
to apply this perspective to policy, research and intervention.
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.
This book is one additional indication that a new field of study is
emerging within the social sciences, if it has not emerged already.
Here is a sampling of the fruit of a field whose roots can be
traced to the earliest medical writings in Kahun Papyrus in 1900
B.C. In this document, according to Ilza Veith, the earliest
medical scholars described what was later identified as hysteria.
This description was long before the 1870s and 1880s when Char cot
speculated on the etiology of hysteria and well before the first
use of the term traumatic neurosis at the turn of this Century.
Traumatic stress studies is the investigation of the immediate and
long-term psychosocial consequences of highly stressful events and
the factors that affect those consequences. This definition
includes three primary elements: event, conse quences, and causal
factors affecting the perception of both. This collection of papers
addresses all three elements and collectively contributes to our
understanding and appreciation of the struggles of those who have
en dured so much, often with little recognition of their
experiences."
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.
With his signature engaging style and straightforward wisdom, Craig
Groeschel--New York Times bestselling author, pastor, and
counselor--delivers a powerful guide to breaking free of destructive
thought patterns and renewing our minds for a bright and purposeful
future.
Are your thoughts out of control--just like your life? Do you long to
break free from the spiral of destructive thinking? Let God's truth
become your battle plan to win the war in your mind!
We've all tried to think our way out of bad habits and unhealthy
thought patterns, only to find ourselves stuck with an out-of-control
mind and off-track daily life. Pastor and New York Times bestselling
author Craig Groeschel understands deeply this daily battle against
self-doubt and negative thinking, and in this powerful new book he
reveals the strategies he's discovered to change your mind and your
life for the long-term.
Drawing upon Scripture and the latest findings of brain science,
Groeschel lays out four practical and transformative strategies that
will enable you to change your thinking and transform your life:
- Remove the lies you believe and replace them with truth
- Rewire your brain and learn exercises to renew your mind
- Reframe your mind and restore a healthy perspective
- Revive your soul through prayer and praise and reclaim your
life
God has something better for your life than your old ways of thinking.
It's time to change your mind so God can change your life.
'Essential reading, not just for anyone struggling with mental
illness, but for anyone who knows someone who needs support. That's
all of us' Daisy Buchanan, author of How to Be a Grown-Up'An
essential, wondrous WOW of a book' Sarah Knight, New York Times
bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k
It doesn't matter that you've lived in the shadows, that you've
slept through years of your life, that you've done things you're
shamed to admit even to yourself. It doesn't matter that you're an
anxious mess with a shouty monster brain that keeps you from
conforming to society's definition of normal. How to Come Alive
Again is a relatable, honest, joyous and above all practical guide
for anyone who has a mental illness - or anyone who knows and loves
someone who does. Beth McColl shares what's worked for her and what
hasn't, and what she wishes she'd known from the start: from advice
on how get through a bad day to the truth about medication and what
to expect from a partner. Here are the basics for mending your
life, accepting yourself, and learning to live again.
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