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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with stress
Stress impacts all facets of our lives and has devastating effects on the global economy, including reduced productivity and the burden it places on healthcare systems. Decades of research show that chronic stress severely compromises our physical and mental health. More recently, it has been revealed that stress can destabilise our DNA and affect our genetic integrity. This promotes many of the diseases that societies are currently grappling with and could potentially impact future generations.
Yet stress has two faces: ongoing stress is one of the biggest challenges faced globally, but short intervals of stress can actually offer tremendous potential to grow, break personal barriers and excel.
Turning the traditional stress paradigm on its head, The Stress Code does not advocate stress avoidance, but rather aims to create an adaptable strategy to better manage stress. Supported by extensive scientific research, the book offers readers tools and skills to help buffer the adverse effects of chronic stress, enhance functionality and health, and help us to thrive in situations of adversity.
When my father was first diagnosed with Alzheimer's, I read
everything I could get my hands on about the disease. Right off the
bat I could tell if it was written by a physician, pharmaceutical
company or even a nursing home. When caregivers are looking for
help, the last thing they need is medical text so complex they
already forgot what they read by the time it's laid back down. This
is what got me started on writing about common sense caregiving,
which turned into a weekly column and now into this book. My goal
is to make this book as "caregiver friendly" as possible. Sharing
my triumphs and hardships from my plus three-thousand day campaign
in dealing with the disease of Alzheimer's and the world of
memory-impairment.
In this "wonderful" (John Brandon, Forbes) book, neuroscientist
Shane O'Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits walking confers
on our bodies and brains, and to appreciate the advantages of this
uniquely human skill. From walking's evolutionary origins, traced
back millions of years to life forms on the ocean floor, to new
findings from cutting-edge research, he reveals how the brain and
nervous system give us the ability to balance, weave through a
crowded city, and run our "inner GPS" system. Walking is good for
our muscles and posture;?it helps to protect and repair organs, and
can slow or turn back the aging of our brains. With our minds in
motion we think more creatively, our mood improves, and stress
levels fall. Walking together to achieve a shared purpose is also a
social glue that has contributed to our survival as a species. As
our lives become increasingly sedentary, O'Mara makes the case that
we must start walking again-whether it's up a mountain, down to the
park,?or simply to school and work. In Praise of
Walking?illuminates the joys, health benefits, and mechanics of
walking, and reminds us to get out of our chairs and discover a
happier, healthier, more creative self.
Volume 16 of Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being is
focused on how stress and well-being shape the experiences of
military personnel both in and out of the combat zone. The book
examines the connections between life in or after the military and
employee stress, health, and well being. Chapters in this volume
include veterans' transitions into the workplace, work-family
issues for military couples as well as children of parents in the
military, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychopathy and emotion,
the role of stress and well-being on performance in the military,
resilience and stress interventions in military organizations and
the use of drugs by soldiers and veterans as a coping mechanism for
chronic pain. The book showcases the work of the best researchers
and theorists contributing to this field to provide a
multidisciplinary and international collection that gives a
thorough and critical assessment of knowledge, and major gaps in
knowledge, on occupational stress and well being with a view to
shaping future research both in military and civilian research
literatures.
'The most important and accessible mental health book in a
generation. Truly life-changing.' - Osher Gunsberg Your Head is a
Houseboat is a uniquely hilarious guide to what goes on in your
brain, from illustration sensation Campbell Walker aka Struthless.
The only truth we really know is that we're going to spend the rest
of our lives in our own houseboat (our head) so it makes sense to
make that houseboat as good as possible. The houseboat needs
cleaning and maintenance, and it shouldn't be weighed down by junk
(our own thoughts and other people's opinions). It has an
unreliable and overworked Sea Captain, and a zoo of animalistic
desires below the deck who are really steering. But it's your
houseboat, so it's probably time for you to cast away and set sail
(is that even how houseboats work?) on a journey to understanding
it. In Your Head is a Houseboat, Cam demystifies brain functions,
mental health, emotions, mindfulness and psychology - but with less
complex terminology and more bizarre metaphors. It's a book filled
with illustrations, journal exercises and words that will probably
hit too close to home. At its core, this is a funny, accessible
approach to understanding your head and making it a nicer place to
live.
The book provides a concise guide to how academic leaders can
manage their time more efficiently and thus better cope with the
stresses of their position. Rather than focusing on theory or the
"causes" of time and stress pressures for college administrators
today, the book focused on field-tested approaches for achieving
more of one's priorities and for dealing with the pressures of
academic leadership positions. (Academic leaders already know why
they're running short of time and feeling stressed; they don't want
more analysis and theory, but rather insights into how they can
make things better.) The book is designed for use by individual
academic leaders, administrative teams in a retreat, leadership
workshops or training programs, and courses in higher education
leadership.
Decades of research have unequivocally shown that life stress is a
central factor in the onset and course of almost every psychiatric
disorder. However, the processes by which stress influences mental
health are complex, and the integration of the myriad of biological
and psychological systems involved requires a multidisciplinary
perspective. Fortunately, scientists working from diverse vantage
points have made huge advances in unpacking the complexities of
stress-disorder relations. The Oxford Handbook of Stress and Mental
Health provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the science
of stress and mental health. Topics covered include assessment
issues, the role of stress in various mental disorders,
developmental influences and individual difference factors that
predict reactivity to stress, and treatment of stress-related
mental health problems. Internationally recognized scholars in the
field of stress and stress-related disorders have contributed their
diverse expertise, providing both depth and breadth in terms of
understanding stress and mental health. Chapters 1 to 4 provide a
critical discussion of assessment issues in the domains of stress
exposure and stress response. Chapters 5 to 14 review the relation
of stress exposures to a broad range of mental health outcomes
across the lifespan. Chapters 15 to 25 are concerned with
understanding how the stress response unfolds at both psychological
and neurobiological levels. Lastly, Chapters 26 to 33 addresses
stress adaptation and resilience, as well as evidence-based
treatments for stress and stress-related disorder. This volume will
constitute an invaluable resource for students, established
scientists, and clinicians looking for a comprehensive treatment of
the topic of stress and mental health.
The Way of the Mindful Warrior provides a fresh, authentic, and
structured path of how to use mindfulness to embrace living in
awareness and reconnect with our innermost nature of peace, wisdom,
and compassion. Mindfulness is a 2,500-year-old Buddhist meditation
practice that involves focusing awareness on the present moment,
the only place where an individual can truly embrace and experience
life. In recent decades, mindfulness has gained popularity amongst
scientists, healthcare practitioners, and the public more
generally. An abundance of popular literature has subsequently
emerged providing different interpretations of how to practice
mindfulness and apply it in daily-living contexts. However, most
current approaches to mindfulness have removed it from its
traditional spiritual context or overlook important scientific
insights from research into this ancient contemplative technique.
The Way of Mindful Warrior fixes this oversight and integrates the
traditional Buddhist teachings on mindfulness with emerging
insights from the scientific study of mindfulness, wellbeing and
the human mind. The book is timely and presents a fresh,
easily-digestible, and structured path of how to use mindfulness
not only as a tool coping with the stresses and strains of
contemporary living, but as a means of cultivating unconditional
wellbeing and for flourishing as a human being.
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.
The objective of this series is to promote theory and research in
the increasingly growing area of occupational stress, health and
well being, and in the process, to bring together and showcase the
work of the best researchers and theorists who contribute to this
area. As you know, questions of work stress span many disciplines
and many specialized journals. Our goal is to provide a
multidisciplinary and international collection that gives a
thorough and critical assessment of knowledge, and major gaps in
knowledge, on occupational stress and well being. Research in
Occupational Stress and Well Being is focused on power, politics
and influence. It has been widely accepted that power, politics and
influence are pervasive within most social entities, including work
organizations. However, research on the role of social influence in
the stress process is still needed. This volume will focus on the
connections between social influence processes, broadly defined
(e.g., power, politics, political skill and influence), and
employee stress, health, and well-being.
Phantom Stress: Brain Training to Master Relationship Stress
introduces the reader to Logosoma Brain Training, a four-step
practice that liberates one from the stresses that cause
self-sabotaging patterns of thought, emotion and behavior and undo
secure relationships. Phantom Stress is rooted in adverse childhood
experiences or past stresses from adult life. These phantoms
memoires eclipse appropriate responses to life in the present and
derail healthy self awareness, disrupt secure boundaries, and
destroy positive emotional connections. This book teaches readers
how to track down and neutralize toxic memoires that produce
phantom stress, and open new brain pathways to reconnecting with
others for creative adaptive resilience to stress-lasting love and
compassion.
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.
No one can successfully achieve goals and new objectives, provide
outstanding service, engage in exceptional teamwork, make change in
their community or lead other people without personal
accountability. After decades of working with organisations and
individuals, John G. Miller knows that the troubles that plague
them cannot be solved by pointing fingers and blaming others.
Rather, the real solutions are found when each of us recognizes the
value of our own accountability. In this book, Miller explains how
negative, ill-focused questions like "Who dropped the ball?" harm
rather than help. Conversely, when we begin to ask better questions
- QBQs, questions behind the questions - and to see power in
ourselves, then our lives and organisations are transformed.
Succinct, insightful and practical, this book provides the tools
for putting personal accountability into daily action, with
astonishing results.
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