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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with stress
The New York Times bestseller that draws on research from over
12,000 individuals to explain what makes people 'choke' under
pressure and show you how to develop nerves of steel 'An unusually
sharp account of work and performing under pressure' Financial
Times Nobody performs better under pressure. The reality is that
pressure only makes you do worse. But there are things you can do
to diminish its effects on your performance. In How to Perform
Under Pressure, Hendrie Weisinger and J. P. Pawliw-Fry explore the
science and psychology behind pressure and give empirically tested
short-term and long-term solutions to help you overcome its
debilitating effects. The book draws on research from more than
12,000 people and features the latest studies from neuroscience and
from the frontline experiences of Fortune 500 employees and
managers. It explains what makes people 'choke' under pressure and
includes 22 strategies you can use to excel in whatever you do.
Whether you have an important presentation to make or an Olympic
record to beat, How to Perform Under Pressure will help you to do
your best when it matters most. 'A wonderful mix of empirical
studies and first hand accounts that show how pressure impacts our
personal and professional lives' Forbes 'All too often, we choke or
crumble under pressure. This book reveals how we can develop nerves
of steel' Adam Grant, professor at the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania and New York Times bestselling author of
Give and Take
Driven Fearless shows how to enjoy driving without having a panic
attack, no matter the distance or destination. Author and certified
holistic practitioner, KristaLyn A. Vetovich draws from over a
decade of experience to help those afraid to drive regain control
of the wheel and their anxiety. In Driven Fearless, those
debilitated by their fear of driving will learn how to: Be as
prepared as possible for any destination Handle unexpected triggers
such as other drivers and unpredictable road situations Get rid of
their driving anxiety for good, even if they've been told it is
just something they'll have to live with Implement tangible steps
that stop panic attacks in their tracks for their next road trip
Distilling years of experience in educating psychiatric patients
and their families about depression, Jon Allen has written a
practical book that addresses the challenges depressed patients
face on the road to recovery. Allen advocates approaching
depression by focusing on the importance of hope, and he helps
patients understand depression through two simple ideas: catch-22
and stress pileup.
This book conveys how the symptoms of depression impede all the
things depressed persons must do to recover, thus defusing
self-criticism while encouraging patients to take satisfaction in
small steps toward improvement. And the concept of stress pileup
encompasses a developmental perspective respecting the full range
of accumulated biological, psychological, and interpersonal
stresses that play into depression. This broad understanding helps
patients become more compassionate toward themselves and puts them
in a stronger position to make use of professional care.
Coping With Depression is written for a general audience,
including depressed persons and their family members, as well as
professionals seeking a readable integration of current knowledge
that they can use to educate their patients. Although written in
nontechnical language, the book provides a sophisticated and
comprehensive understanding of the psychological development of
depression, the neurobiology of the illness, and the full range of
evidence-based treatment modalities. All material is buttressed by
extensive references to theoretical, clinical, and research
literature.
Coping With Depression emphasizes the concept of agency,
encouraging readers to take an active role in their recovery.
Countering today's trend toward exclusive reliance on
antidepressant medication, the book employs the perspective of
developmental psychopathology to integrate psychosocial and
neurobiological knowledge. The book explains how biological
vulnerability is intertwined with stress stemming from insecure
attachment, childhood adversity, stressful life events, emotional
conflicts, and problems in close relationships. Going far beyond
the "chemical imbalance," the author illustrates how the experience
of depression is linked to changes in patterns of brain activity as
evidenced by neuroimaging studies. Coping With Depression will help
readers - understand the development of depression from a
biopsychosocial perspective- appreciate how depression is
compounded by related conditions, including bipolar disorder,
anxiety disorders, substance abuse, personality disorders, general
medical conditions, and suicidal states- understand how recovering
from depression entails working on many fronts, including improving
physical health, participating in pleasurable activities,
countering negative thinking, resolving internal conflicts,
and-above all-establishing more stable and secure attachment
relationships- become knowledgeable about the treatment options
that facilitate coping, including cognitive-behavioral,
interpersonal, and psychodynamic psychotherapy as well as
medication and combined treatment- appreciate the centrality of
hope in recovery from depression and the challenges to hope that
depression poses
To maintain hope, patients, their family members, and clinicians
must face the seriousness of the illness of depression and the
daunting obstacles to recovery, including catch-22 in all of its
manifestations. Throughout the book, Allen reiterates the theme of
agency: depressed persons can use their intelligence to understand
their illness and do something to recover and remain well, making
use of help from others along the way.
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.
"Marlee's work shifts and stretches. This new collection is a
necessary resource for those of us looking to re-center, lean in,
and get curious about ourselves, about our heart's work. Getting to
Center is a blessing in book form." -Alexandra Elle, author of
After the Rain From the beloved creator, workshop facilitator, and
author of How to Not Always Be Working comes an approachable and
practical guide to leaning into the unknown even when it feels as
though everything around-and inside-us is in flux. Picking up where
How to Not Always Be Working left off, Getting to Center is an
empathetic offering to those who are looking for a roadmap for
finding their way back to equilibrium. This book meditates on
endings, grief and joy, ease, hope, addiction, and beginnings,
pairing Marlee's own experiences and wisdom with practical
exercises and tools for creating balance and understanding within
the natural changes of life. In her own constant shifting,
improviser and entrepreneur Marlee Grace has found ways to pivot
within her career, while still maintaining constant threads
throughout. She has developed practices that have supported her
through opening and closing multiple businesses, a divorce, several
cross-country moves, choosing sobriety, and more. Essential for
anyone who feels overwhelmed and anxious about these unpredictable
times, this gorgeous, thoughtful book is a hand to hold to feel
less alone, and a guide to cultivating resources we can replenish
and depend on in ourselves.
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.
The Art of Stress-Free Living helps readers to make simple changes
to their lifestyle that allows them to deal with any stressor in a
healthy and balanced way which leaves them in the right state of
body, mind, and spirit. Stress can feel as if it is affecting who
someone truly is and can start to cause problems in one's
relationships and business. The Art of Stress-Free Living is a
conscious and powerful approach to health and wellness in which
readers discover how to let their best version show up consistently
no matter what the circumstance. In The Art of Stress-Free Living,
neuroscientist and yoga master Dr. Brian P. Ramos teaches readers
how to: Reprogram their DNA naturally to react to stress and life
with confidence and power Learn the secret about stress that
changes everything in their life Avoid chronic diseases like
diabetes, cancer, mental illness, and neurodegenerative diseases,
all linked to a lifetime of uncontrollable stress Deal with stress
while still leaving enough in the tank for the activities and
people they love Develop practices and habits to use throughout the
day - even at work - to reduce long-term stress effects and keep
their relationships thriving and intact
A beautifully designed, inviting interactive journal to help you
destress, reduce anxiety, and find peace from the founder of the
popular online community Tiny Buddha, and author of Tiny Buddha's
365 Tiny Love Challenges and Tiny Buddha's Gratitude Journal.
Filled with prompts, quotes, questions for reflection, and coloring
and doodle pages, Tiny Buddha's Worry Journal can help you feel
calmer and cultivate a more mindful, peaceful spirit every day. In
addition to prompts, the journal features three recurring sections:
"Let It Go"-identify what is currently creating anxiety in your
life and suggestions for working through it; "Plan Ahead"-help to
navigate particular situations and devise a plan to approach them
in productive ways; "Color and Draw Yourself Calm"-fifteen coloring
pages and fifteen doodle pages carefully designed to inspire you to
use your own creativity to soothe worries and focus on the moment.
Don't let anxiety control you. Tiny Buddha's Worry Journal lets you
carve a little time for yourself every day, and gives you tools to
help you improve your mood, focus on the present moment, and kindle
your unique creativity.
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.
From the best-selling author of The Mindfulness Companion and The
Can't Sleep Colouring Journal comes the first in our pocket-sized
range of self-help titles, designed to help you manage everyday
stress and anxiety. From navigating your morning commute, preparing
for that big meeting at work, the stress of moving house, or any of
those daily triggers that can feel hard to handle, Dr Arnold's
expertise and guidance, including exercise and step-by-step
techniques for regaining your equilibrium, is at your fingertips in
this clear, concise and portable daily companion.
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.
"From the Hardcover edition."
What is resilience, and how can you build it? In The Resilience
Workbook, Glenn Schiraldi-author of The Self-Esteem Workbook-offers
invaluable insight and outlines essential skills to help you bounce
back from setbacks and cultivate a growth mindset. Why do some
people sail through life's storms, while others are knocked down?
Resilience is the key. Resilience is the ability to recover from
difficult experiences, such as death of loved one, job loss,
serious illness, terrorist attacks, or even just daily stressors
and challenges. Resilience is the strength of body, mind, and
character that enables people to respond well to adversity. In
short, resilience is the cornerstone of mental health. Combining
evidence-based approaches including positive psychology, cognitive
behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT),
mindfulness, and relaxation, The Resilience Workbook will show you
how to bounce back and thrive in any difficult situation. You'll
learn how to harness the power of your brain's natural
neuroplasticity; manage strong, distressing emotions; and improve
mood and overall well-being. You'll also discover powerful skills
to help you prevent and recover from stress-related conditions like
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, anger,
and substance abuse disorders. When the going gets tough, you need
real, proven-effective skills to manage your stress and heal from
setbacks. The comprehensive and practical exercises in this
workbook will help you cultivate resilience, stay calm under
pressure, and face all of life's challenges.
'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.
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