Peace of Mind Is a Piece of Cake - Softcover

Michael Mallows; Joseph Sinclair; Joseph. Sinclair; Sinclair, Joseph.; Mallows, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1899836241 ISBN 13: 9781899836246

Publisher: Crown House Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

The ultimate guide to help people cope with the stresses of modern day life. Contains relaxation techniques and exercises for immediate and lasting relief. The authors provide clear suggestions for how everyone can best respond to stress in their everyday life.

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About the Author:

Michael Mallows is a management trainer, consultant and psychotherapist whose background lies in co-counselling, Transactional Analysis, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and, more recently, use of the Enneagram in training. His previously published work, Power2: The Power To Use NLP presents a meaningful explanation of how we can empower each other in our relationships. Joseph Sinclair's previous writings have been based on his experiences in the shipping industry, with the exception of An ABC Of NLP, a glossary of NLP terms. He has been a member of the Institute of Transactional Analysis, the International Co-counselling Community and the Institute of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and is currently a member of the Association for Humanistic Psychology.

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A stress reaction as the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it can have good or bad causes, and create good or bad effects. Stress should not and cannot be avoided; non-excessive stress is, like body temperature, a natural occurrence in the body.

Irritability, hyperexcitation, depression, a pounding heart, dryness of throat or mouth, impulsive behaviour or emotional instability, the urge to run, hide, cry, an inability to concentrate, feelings of unreality, weakness, dizziness, loss of energy, nonspecific anxiety, insomnia, trembling or nervous tics, high-pitched nervous laughter, stuttering, grinding the teeth, sweating, migraine headaches all the above are signs of stress! According to Selye, these danger signals can be measured by the blood levels of adrenalin.

And while stress, of itself, does not cause health problems, unresolved stress, recurrent stressors, or "triggers" (those things or events which cause us to experience stress), will aggravate an existing health condition. Negative stress will intensify a headache in a migraine sufferer, it can provoke an attack of asthma in an asthmatic, or a stroke in someone suffering from high blood pressure.

Concern about stress leads to anxiety. Anxiety is a state of health; stress is not. We make the mistake of confusing the stress with the anxiety. Financial concerns, urban frustrations, boredom, ageing, ill health, bereavement, occupational demands, are often perceived as stress when in fact they are causes of stress.

In fact we all have different stressors even though we may react to them in similar ways; or we have similar stressors and react to them differently.

It is the connotations that we place on our stressors, the meanings they have for us, which will control the ways in which we react to them. Our perception of an event will not necessarily be the same as someone else's; nor will the implication of that event. What causes us to feel bad, or unhappy, or guilty, might not stress another person at all: might, indeed, fill them with joy.

Often people who feel trapped by their situation are prisoners of their own limiting belief systems. Trapped in the doldrums of fixed beliefs, a sargasso mind drags them into depths of despair. Thoughts spin out of control, creating eddies of victim consciousness. We make demands on our bodies, and our bodies will, inevitably, demand recompense, which narrows the perspective even further. This book offers keys for unlocking the mind and unravelling some of the tangled and intertwined beliefs that reinforce the feelings of powerlessness which underpin most stress.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown House Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1899836241
• ISBN 13: 9781899836246
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120