Stress Management for Busy People - Softcover

Turkington, Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070655359 ISBN 13: 9780070655355

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1997

Synopsis

How to stay calm, cool and collected and still get everything done that needs to be done Beat stress at work, at home, anywhere and everywhere! From identifying the causes of stress to showing how diet, exercises, meditation, visualization, and other relaxation methods can get it under control, Stress Management for Busy People puts practical tools at your fingertips. Learn how to handle kid-related stress, mind-frazzlers from bullheadedness to body piercings. Fight insomnia without sleeping pills. Follow five simple steps to stress-free money management ù and much, much more. This fast-reading guide includes instant stress-releasing tips...special alerts...and step-by-step tutorials to keep you headed on the right road to peace of mind.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In less time than it takes to get another gray hair, you can identify the causes of your stress, learn how to relax, and ease your anxiety and anger. Stress bt itself can't hurt you--it's how you respond to stress that counts. That's where Stress Management for Busy People comes in. Filled with practical advice, it helps you identify your problem--fast!--and gives you stress-busting tips and techniques you can use--now! This fun, concise, interesting handbook teaches you effective, quick and simple ways for reducing stress at work, home, or at school. From identifying the causes of stress, to discovering how mediation, visualization, and other relaxation methods can ease stress, Stress Management for Busy people is filled with practical lessons to help you stay calm, cool, collected, and in control. Fast forwards: A concise, illustrated overview of each chapter's key points. Habits and strategies: time-saving tips and techniques to help you see the big picture and plan ahead. Instant stress releasers: tips designed to help you ease stress--fast. Cautions: special alerts--because, as with everything else in life, there's a right way and a wrong way to relieve stress. Step-by-step tutorials: highlighted boxes instruct you on special techniques. What's next? At the end of each chapter, you get a preview of what's coming.

About the Author:

Carol Turkington specializes in the field of psychology and health. She is the author of 15 books including Reflections for Working Parents and Reflections for Working Women, both published by McGraw-Hill. David Barlow, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Stress and Anxiety-Related Disorders at Boston University.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0070655359
• ISBN 13: 9780070655355
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 183