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2022.
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English
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"For anyone tired of staring at the same mess every day but struggling to find the time and willpower to fix it, popular therapist and Tiktok star KC Davis presents a revolutionary method of cleaning to end the stress-mess cycle"--
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English
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"This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men--and provides a simple, science-based plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions, and live a more joyful life. The gap between what it's really like to be a woman and what people expect women to be is a primary cause of burnout, because we exhaust ourselves trying to close the space between the two. How can you "love your body" when everything around you...
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Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"More than forty-four percent of Americans admit to losing sleep over stress. And while most of us do everything we can to reduce it, Stanford psychologist and bestselling author Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., delivers a startling message: Stress isn't bad. In The Upside of Stress, McGonigal highlights new research indicating that stress can, in fact, make us stronger, smarter, and happier--if we learn how to embrace it"--Provided by publisher.
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TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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"In this life-changing book, acclaimed Buddhist teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche shows how to free yourself from being a victim of your emotions by gaining the awareness and understanding that will help you harness their power. Emotions bring color and meaning to our lives, but they can also put us on an exhausting rollercoaster ride that takes us to blissful peak states, the depths of delusion and despair, and everything in between. It is only by...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Blending behavioral science and design, Leidy Klotz's Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less offers a scientific appreciation of why we underuse subtraction -- and how to access its untapped potential. When humans solve problems, we overlook an incredibly powerful option: We don't subtract. We pile on "to-dos" but don't consider "stop-doings." We create incentives for high performance, but don't get rid of obstacles to our goals. Whether considering...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
You know you should be meditating, so what's stopping you? This entertaining and enlightening book by the founder of Ziva Meditation will finally take meditation mainstream. Filled with fascinating real-life transformations, interactive exercises, and practical knowledge, Emily Fletcher introduces you to a relevatory daily practice and shows you how to make it work for your modern life.
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Adams Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Patience is both a virtue and a skill that you can learn and apply in your daily life to be calmer and more stress-free. Wouldn't it be nice to calmly zen out when stuck in traffic delays instead of losing your cool? In The Book of Patience, you will discover practical exercises, habits, thoughts, and moments of pause to allow you to cultivate and improve your patience. These 250 quotes and activities will help you deescalate feelings of irritability...
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Hodder Education
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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A unique programme for diagnosing, understanding and tackling your stress, whatever its source and whatever your needs. The tailored stress management plan draws on the latest psychological research and techniques and will help you return long-term peace to your life.
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"Shift negativity into positivity in seconds. In our search for happiness, many of us find ourselves pleasing everyone else over ourselves until we end up with feelings of resentment, frustrations, and stress. Whether you're looking for love, work, or the solutions to a problematic marriage or the pressures of facing an empty nest, THE STRESS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK will teach you how to speak and live from a place of love rather than a place of stress....
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Ramsey Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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We're the most technologically advanced society in history, but we've never been more stressed, medicated, or lonely. We have 1,000 Facebook friends but no one to help us move our couch. The pace of life is making us exhausted. We're all carrying the weight of our trauma based on the stories we were told by others and the ones we tell ourselves--and those stories are like bricks in a backpack that keep us from being happy and healthy. In his new book,...
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Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Lifestyle guru Karen Salmansohn presents a colorful gift book of two-minute meditations and mindfulness tips to help you let go of stress and worry and achieve a more Zen mindset in just minutes a day. Almost 40 percent of Americans admit they worry every day, and the media has pegged today's millennials as "The Anxious Generation." Although interest in meditation and mindfulness is ever growing, many of us don't have the time or patience to develop...
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OceanoExprés
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
A new psychological approach to the causes of stress and strategies to take advantage of it. How to manage stress and make it an ally. Considered by medical and psychological standards as a reaction with merely negative consequences, stress appears on all the lists of enemies to defeat in order to maintain general well-being. However, Kelly McGonigal affirms the opposite: if we can accept it as a natural response to external and internal stimuli,...
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Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness combines wisdom from neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and spirituality to help you choose contentment. Dr. Amit Sood{u2019}s actionable ten{u2013}week program.
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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New York Times bestselling authors Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen are ready to lead you to victory...The Brain Warrior’s Way is your arsenal to win the fight to live a better life. The Amens will guide you through the process, and give you the tools to take control. So if you’re serious about your health, either out of desire or necessity, it’s time to arm yourself and head into battle.
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