Allen Elkin

Stress Management For Dummies

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Produktbeschreibung

Tired of letting stress have a negative impact on your life? Easy. It's impossible to get through life without encountering stress. And unfortunately, most of us learn the incorrect ways to cope with it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 184mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 722g
• ISBN-13: 9781118523926
• ISBN-10: 111852392X
• Artikelnr.: 36939498

Autorenporträt

Allen Elkin, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and the director of The Stress Management & Counseling Center in New York City. Nationally known for his expertise in the field of stress and emotional disorders, he has appeared frequently on Today, Good Morning America, and Good Day New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting Started with Stress Management 7

Chapter 1: Stressed Out? Welcome to the Club! 9

Chapter 2: Stress Explained (In Surprisingly Few Pages) 23

Chapter 3: Getting Started: Gathering Your Tools 35

Part II: Mastering the Basics 49

Chapter 4: Relaxing Your Body 51

Chapter 5: Quieting Your Mind 73

Chapter 6: Cultivating Mindfulness 97

Chapter 7: Stress-Reducing Organizational Skills 117

Chapter 8: Finding More Time 139

Chapter 9: Eating, Exercising, and Getting Your Zzzs 161

Part III: The Secrets of Stress-Effective Thinking185

Chapter 10: Understanding How Your Thinking Stresses You Out187

Chapter 11: Stress-Resilient Values, Goals, and Attitudes211

Part IV: Managing Your Stress in Real Life 231

Chapter 12: Overcoming Your Anger 233

Chapter 13: Worrying Less 249

Chapter 14: Reducing Interpersonal Stress 271

Chapter 15: De-Stress at Work (And Still Keep Your Job) 295

Chapter 16: Maintaining a Stress-Resilient Lifestyle 315

Part V: The Part of Tens 337

Chapter 17: Ten Habits of Highly Effective Stress Managers339

Chapter 18: Ten Events That Trigger Stress 343

Index 347