A quick-relief guide for calming anxiety and stress right now-during the COVID-19 pandemic If you're feeling unprecedented levels of stress and anxiety right now, please know that you aren't alone. In these extreme and uncertain times, it's natural to be in a constant state of mental and physical strain. Whether you're dealing with job loss, a sick loved one, or just feeling the weight of the world during your 2 a.m. doomscroll-you need quick tools you can use right now, whenever and wherever you are, to lower stress and soothe anxiety. This emergency kit has you covered. Written by a dream team of mental health experts and grounded in evidence-based therapy, The Anxiety First Aid Kit offers powerful tools for triaging stress and anxiety in the moments when you need it most. You'll find easy and doable ways to help you press pause on panic, and find your calm spot right away. You'll discover in-the-moment interventions to help you relax before your anxiety and stress go into overdrive. And finally, you'll learn how to make healthy and workable lifestyle changes to improve your mental health and increase resilience, so you can effectively deal with stressful situations in the future-no matter what life throws at you. Between pandemic-related economic fears, the frustrations of social distancing, indoor confinement, work and household double duties (now including homeschooling!), and the looming threat of serious illness, is it any wonder you're feeling completely stressed out and anxious? If you need immediate relief, The Anxiety First Aid Kit has everything you need to manage stress and anxiety-right now.

From overflowing priority lists to power-hungry colleagues to nagging parental guilt, stress is the defining characteristic of most of our lives. Real help is here--an all-encompassing, stress-busting tool kit that goes far beyond breathing exercises and visualization techniques. Such one-size-fits-all methods are no match for the stressors we experience daily in our overcomplicated lives. Whether you have too many projects, your confidence is flagging, or you are clashing with a coworker, "Success Under Stress" provides a flexible array of strategies. You will learn how to: - Adjust your perspective to see opportunity instead of obstacles - Alter your physiology to get focused when overwhelmed, energized when exhausted, and calm when wired - Change the problem to prevent the stress from returning All in all, "Success Under Stress" offers a veritable arsenal of "magic bullet" solutions--hundreds of situation-specific, quick-acting tips for defusing stress and boosting productivity. Complete with quizzes, examples, exercises, and more, this practical book helps you gain control, exude calmness and confidence amidst everyday chaos, and achieve the success you richly deserve.

From John Gray, author of the phenomenal multi-million copy bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, comes the definitive book for men and women seeking lasting love in the face of modern pressures. Why Mars and Venus Collide is the most important relationships manual since Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus redefined the boundaries of male and female relationships. Men and women are different - we all know that. But if our genes have stood still then social changes have not. Overworked, stressed-out and time-poor, we can barely keep up with the frenzied pace of our lives - and our relationships are breaking down as a result. In Why Mars and Venus Collide, John Gray, the best-selling relationships author of all time, shows how everyone can strengthen their relationships and make them last. He explains: Why couples fight - the physiological reasons why females and males behave differently under stress, How to stop fighting, How to seek support - and find it, How to lower your stress levels in everyday life, How to communicate equably and amicably, even when you're raging inside. Now repackaged to relate to a new generation of readers, Why Mars And Venus Collide proves why John Gray is known as the greatest living authority on how men and women relate.

I breathe in peace, I breathe out tension Embrace the calm and happiness that comes once you've learned to let go. Don't we all want to live a life full of positivity and joy, unshackled by anxiety? Well, the secret is in letting go of our fears, stress and worries, and this accessible and beautifully designed book will show you how - with practical techniques for dealing with anxiety, simple lifestyle changes and therapies you can try at home. Offering words of wisdom, positive affirmations and the low-down on the most effective treatments to explore, this is the book you need to take control of your life.

You wish you didn't spend as much time worrying as you do, but you just can't seem to help it. Worrying feels like second nature. It's what helps you solve your problems and prevents you from making mistakes. It's what motivates you to be prepared--if you didn't worry, things might get out of hand. Worry protects you, prepares you, and keeps you safe.
Is it working? Or is it making you tense, tired, anxious, uncertain--and more worried?
For more than twenty-five years, Dr. Robert L. Leahy has successfully helped thousands of people defeat the worry that is holding them back. "The Worry Cure" is his new, comprehensive approach to help you identify, challenge, and overcome all types of worry, using the most recent research and his more than two decades of experience in treating patients.
This empowering seven-step program, including practical, easy-to-follow advice and techniques, will help you:
- Determine your "worry profile" and change your patterns of worry
- Identify productive and unproductive worry
- Take control of time and eliminate the sense of urgency that keeps you anxious
- Focus on new opportunities--not on your fear of failure
- Embrace uncertainty instead of searching for perfect solutions
- Stop the most common safety behaviors that you think make things better--but actually make things worse
Designed to address general worries as well as the unique issues surrounding some of the most common areas of worry--relationships, health, money, work, and the need for approval--"The Worry Cure" is for everyone, from the chronic worrier to the occasional ruminator. It's time to stop thinking you're "just a worrier" who can't change and start using the groundbreaking methods in "The Worry Cure "to achieve the healthier, more successful life you deserve.

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More than 60 percent of American women have trouble sleeping- which isn't surprising, as they have a higher risk of developing sleeping problems. But addressing this issue is more nuanced for women than for men; pregnancy and menopause are just two factors that add complexity to an already difficult problem. At the risk of jeopardising work, parenting, relationships, or overall health, no woman can afford to deal with sleep deprivation on her own. The Women's Guide to Overcoming Insomnia is a roadmap for those who experience anything from occasional bad nights to chronic insomnia. It outlines several methods to overcome these issues and improve physical and emotional well- being. From medical sleep aids to nonmedical approaches, the book looks beyond the basics of sleep hygiene, helping women to retrain their bodies and minds for a good night's sleep every night.

Discover a gateway to peace in just two minutes. In this frantic, unforgiving world, peace often seems a million-miles-away. Your to-do list is never-ending, schedule hectic: there is too much to do in too little time. You feel stressed, frustrated, overwhelmed and overloaded. With simple two-minute exercises designed to fit around your life, psychologist Corinne Sweet reveals how to tune out of the busyness of everyday for a moment of restorative calm. Drawing on a range of proven mindfulness techniques, from meditation to visualisations and affirmations, these workable tips and easy exercises will convince you that we can all find two minutes in a day. In the time it takes to boil the kettle, or at the end of a car journey, these simple exercises will make all the difference to your quality of life and wellbeing.

Burned out from today's always-on culture? This beautiful guided journal is designed to help you do the deep healing work necessary to get out of burnout and into a state of sustainable well-being. Here, you can reflect on your experience with burnout, learn to better recognize it, and find ways to address it before it spins out of control. In these pages, you'll find: Writing prompts to help you recognize and heal from burnout in your life Exercises to explore mindfulness, emotions, and your personal values A method to help you visualize what wellness looks like for you A fill-in guide to help you maintain better wellness habits With this lovely, full-color journal in hand, you'll be better equipped to build strong boundaries and live through stressful times with peace, equilibrium, and a mindful focus on the parts of your life you truly value. Escape the burnout cycle and create a truly sustainable life. The Everyday Inspiration Journals series has a guided journal for every self-improvement journey. Whatever your personal goal, whether it is to incorporate more positivity into your life, or to slow down and find calm, or to hone your spell-building craft, or something else, you will find in this series an elegant journal in which you can record your thoughts, aspirations, and progress. With a simple, easy-to-follow structure, each journal is filled with powerful prompts and helpful trackers to illuminate your way. Also available from the series: Finding Gratitude: A Journal, Spellcraft, Be Happy: A Journal, Everyday Calm: A Journal, Self Care Journal, and Essential Dream Journal.

Knowing how to stay on top of stress is a vital life skill. Manage Your Stress equips you with practical, effective techniques to manage life at uni in a stress-free way. Recognise and understand your body's response to causes of stress Learn techniques for changing stressful thinking patterns Build your resilience so you can handle stressful situations. Super Quick Skills provide the essential building blocks you need to succeed at university - fast. Packed with practical, positive advice on core academic and life skills, you'll discover focused tips and strategies to use straight away. Whether it's writing great essays, understanding referencing or managing your wellbeing, find out how to build good habits and progress your skills throughout your studies. Learn core skills quickly Apply right away and see results Succeed in your studies and life. Super Quick Skills give you the foundations you need to confidently navigate the ups and downs of university life.

What do you do when stress takes over your life, and nothing you do to feel better seems to work? When you... *Melt down over the smallest things *Get angry at the people you love *Choke under pressure *Feel tense and worried all the time *Procrastinate or give up in the face of a crucial deadline *Use food, alcohol, gambling, or other addictions to cope *Dwell on the past when you just want to move on Hijacked by Your Brain is the first book to explain how stress changes your brain and what you can do about it. Stress is not the enemy. In order to reduce stress, you have to understand why your brain causes you to feel stress and how you can take advantage of it to handle the high-stress people and situations in your life. This groundbreaking book reveals the step missing in most stress reduction guides. We can't stop stress, but we can control the effect stress has on us. Hijacked by Your Brain is the user's manual for your brain that shows you how to free yourself when stress takes over.

Is it time for you to just give up? Because every time you aim low, you'll feel like you've died and gone to Disneyland. You'll be in a place where you're never concerned about hard work, a place where you never feel guilty for goofing off all day, a place where nobody expects anything from you, a place where choosing to eat a third corn dog--or not--will be the hardest decision of your day. No, You Can't also offers such crumbs of wisdom as: Hope is a crutch. Crutches are only good for getting two things: awesome parking at the mall and sympathy dates. Otherwise, they will just slow you down. You can't be a failure when you have no hope of winning. Whoever said nothing is easy has never tried quitting. Aiming low is as easy as breathing. You can practically do it without thinking. And the skills required to get there--like quitting and making excuses--take less time to learn than you might imagine. All you need is No, You Can't and the stark realization that you don't really want to "be all that you can be." In fact, your expectations can go so low that anything you DO achieve is completely surprising.

52 simple, stress-busting MBSR meditations and practices you can use whenever-and wherever-you need to find calm and inner peace. As life becomes increasingly stressful, you need innovative tools to help you find balance. Grounded in the same powerful program outlined in the self-help classic, A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, this portable 52-card deck offers easy and effective stress relief you can use in the moment, whenever stress, worry, or anxiety take hold.Developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a clinically proven program that is effective in alleviating stress, anxiety, panic, depression, chronic pain, and a wide range of medical conditions. Taught in classes and clinics worldwide, this powerful approach shows you how to focus on the present moment and permanently change the way you handle stress.Now this powerful program has been distilled into bite-sized meditations you can use daily, even when you're on the go. Use this card deck to enhance your own mindfulness practice, jumpstart a new routine, or simply find quick relief when you need it.

Ten to Zen is a simple, effective and fuss-free guide to help you start your day in the right head-space to prepare for the challenges it may bring.

Each morning most of us will spend about ten minutes in the shower, ten minutes making and eating breakfast but no time at all clearing our minds. Ten to Zen uses a combination of four therapeutic models – Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychotherapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy – in a simple, easy-to-follow programme.

You will learn:

> How to settle your mind quickly

> How to focus and retrain your brain on dealing with stress

> How to restructure unhelpful patterns of thinking

> How to develop ways of communicating that are more effective

Ten to Zen was developed by Owen O'Kane to encourage new principles for living based on his experience as a psychotherapist and his many years of caring for the dying in the field of palliative care, which has hugely influenced how he works and how he views life.

This book offers a path to well-being and satisfaction for the anxious and exhausted and anyone charmed by concepts such as hygge, ikigai, and wabi sabi. Psychologist Scott Haas spends much of his time in Japan, and with this book he provides a host of delightful examples of the way he has been made welcome, accepted and happy in this distant country, as well as many thought provoking and practical lessons which you can apply. WHY BE HAPPY? will help make your world a happier place by discovering a place of contentment and peace amid the chaos of modern life.

'A timely book about mental wellbeing and how we can all prepare ourselves for the ups and downs of life' Miriam O'Callaghan 'Jim Lucey has put all his experience into this book. It will empower you to update your strategy for a healthy and fulfilling life' Adam Clayton We will all experience times in our lives when our health is challenged. As we navigate an uncertain world, stressors such as financial worries, illness, loss, isolation and loneliness can turn into distress, anxiety and depression. In A Whole New Plan for Living, leading psychiatrist Prof Jim Lucey presents ten powerful steps to show us how, by maintaining balance and wellness in our daily lives we can achieve overall health and wellbeing, ready for the challenges life presents to us. From understanding wellness, to managing stress and distress, to the opportunity for mental health recovery no matter the circumstances, A Whole New Plan for Living shows us how by making small changes, we can achieve optimum mental health, become more resilient and live with hope for the future.