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If you're a highly sensitive person (HSP), you're in good company. HSP's make up some 20 percent of the population, individuals like you who both enjoy and wrestle with a finely tuned nervous system. You often sense things that others ignore such as strong smells, bright lights, and the crush of crowds. Even the presence of strangers in your immediate vicinity can cause you considerable distraction. You already know that this condition can be a gift,...
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"Stay Calm and Focused, No Matter What Most people don't start mindfulness meditation to become saints or gurus. They're just tired of feeling stressed and are looking for effective ways to get a grip on their emotions and, quite simply, to calm down. If you're among them, feel free to leave your incense and meditation pillow at home-Mindfulness to Go is your pocket guide to reaping the benefits of meditation just about anywhere you might find yourself...
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"Day-to-Day Help for Highly Sensitive People About one in every five of us has a nervous system that is especially acute and finely tuned. If you're in this group, on one hand, it's a great gift. You're creative, compassionate, and you deeply appreciate subtlety and beauty in the world. On the other hand, you may be more easily disturbed by noise, bright lights, strong scents, crowds, and time pressure than the less sensitive among us. In his first...
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"I'm never going to finish this project on time. This is hopeless; everything's going wrong. Why do I try to do everything at once? A busy life is full of stressful situations - that's a given. But that doesn't mean there is nothing you can do. Your thoughts can actually affect the way your brain processes stress, for better or worse. Most of the time, our brains compound the problem, adding thoughts of self-doubt and frustration to already difficult...
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Life is stressful, and that's not always a bad thing. A certain amount of stress actually helps us work more productively and take action in a crisis. But recurrent and prolonged stress can paralyze us or lead us to feel exhausted, angry, or overwhelmed. The skills presented in The Stress Response can dramatically change the way you process stress. And they don't take much time to learn. Drawn from a technique therapists use called dialectical behavior...
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"The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook broke new ground when it was first published in 1980, detailing easy, step-by-step techniques for calming the body and mind in an increasingly overstimulated world. Now in its sixth edition, this workbook, highly regarded by therapists and their clients, remains the go-to source for stress reduction strategies that can be incorporated into even the busiest lives. This new edition is updated with powerful...
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Using the Law of Attraction and Lynn Grabhorn's Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting as a starting point, Excuse Me, College Is Now is an invaluable, up-beat guide for college students, and their parents, on how to navigate the stresses of college life to enjoy it. Filled with real-life stories and practical tips, this is a user-friendly book that deals with the major issues college kids face today. Excuse Me, College Is Now includes advice and tips on:...
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"Given the popularity of yoga in this day and age, you probably know about the benefits it can have on both the mind and body. An increase in positive mood, a decrease in stress, better sleep, and fewer aches and pains are just a few. Maybe you've been busy, and have been meaning to try it-or maybe you have tried it but still find it difficult to fit into your schedule. The most common excuse people give for not exercising is that they have no time....
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Fourteen-year-old Neffie, has it bad. She's freakishly tall, and dark-skinned with pink freckles. Worse, she is the only mixed-race girl in her all-white small-town Iowa high school. Just when she can't imagine her life getting any worse, a mysterious grandfather appears with the shocking news that Neffie is actually of dual worlds, and there's no way she belongs in Iowa. Soon Neffie is bending, across the Tymes to face her new life on the feudal...
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"Through developing the four powers of Connection, Truth, Courage and Vision, we can become not just observers of the changes that we see around us, but creators - driving transformation in our lives and in the world. To be alive in this world is to be constantly surrounded by change. The Way of Change shows us how to come into a more fulfilling relationship with these changes by teaching us powerful tools and practices, and then guiding us to find...
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"Imagine, for a moment, a branch in the wind. If it moves with the wind, it will sway gracefully and remain intact; but if it refuses to bend, it will break. Like that unbendable branch, many of us refuse to be in harmony with the changes around us, and it is out of this conflict that much of our stress is created. As with most emotions, stress is a natural part of life, but it must be carefully managed in order to keep a sense of balance. When we...
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New Harbinger Publications
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2008
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1 online resource (8 p.)
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"If you suffer from anxiety, or symptoms of anxiety, there are real steps you can take to change the way your body responds. For example, progressive relaxation of muscles can reduce your pulse rate, blood pressure, and can work in much the same way as anti-anxiety medication. In this New Harbinger Self-Help Essential, you will learn to distinguish between tense and relaxed muscles, progressively relax all of the muscles in your body, and relax quickly...
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New Harbinger Publications
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2008
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1 online resource (16 p.)
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"The power of relaxation lies within you-you may just not know how to access it. In this New Harbinger Self-Help Essential, you will learn to use self-suggestions for deep relaxation and positive change, fight stress and stress-related illnesses, and alleviate specific problems like insomnia, chronic pain, and fatigue. New Harbinger Self-Help Essentials provide simple, effective exercises that you can use now to make lasting changes. This Essential...
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New Harbinger Publications
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2008
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1 online resource (26 p.)
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"Sometimes it may feel as though there simply aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done. This can leave you feeling pressured, stressed, and anxious. Fortunately, there are techniques you can learn to help manage your time and set reasonable goals. In this New Harbinger Self-Help Essential, you will learn to understand the limits of multitasking, clarify values and define your goals, and develop a workable plan to reach them. You will...
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New Harbinger Publications
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2008
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1 online resource (30 p.)
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"If you feel that your voice is not being heard, you may feel stressed, angry, and resentful. For some, assertiveness comes easy, but for countless others, it is a skill that must be learned. In this New Harbinger Self-Help Essential, you will learn how to evaluate your current patterns of communication, differentiate between aggressive, passive, and assertive styles of communication, and avoid anxiety by effectively asserting yourself. In addition,...
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New Harbinger Publications
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2005
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1 online resource (176 p.)
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"It's the quintessential buzz word of modern life. It hangs on everyone's lips from the first miles of the morning commute until the screeching alarm clock starts yet another day. Countless articles and studies tell the same story: lives controlled by unmanaged stress end early and none too well. This book describes a simple, straightforward method readers can learn and practice to literally transform stress by shifting the heart's own rhythms. At...
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Summersdale
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1 online resource (128 pages)
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Learning how to manage stress in the workplaceIn this easy-to-follow book, the authors guide readers through the steps to manage and control stress at work. Readers will understand what stress is and identify how and why it occurs at work, and receive practical advice to help make positive changes. Some of the 50 ways to manage workplace stress include identifying developing skills to manage time more effectively, improving one's spoken and written...
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New Harbinger Publications
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2008
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1 online resource (14 p.)
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"In your busy, day-to-day life, sometimes you need to stop and take a breath to clear your head and maintain a sense of calm and well-being. In this New Harbinger Self-Help Essential, you will learn breathing techniques to help increase awareness of yourself and your inner experience, release tension, relax your body and mind, and reduce or eliminate symptoms of stress. The mindful breathing and mindfulness relaxation techniques outlined in this Essential...
19) Mind-Body Workbook for Stress: Effective Tools for Lifelong Stress Reduction and Crisis Management
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New Harbinger Publications
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2012
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1 online resource (208 p.)
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"Chronic stress is a huge problem that has only gotten worse in recent years. The good news is that new research is emerging to help treat stress in more effective ways than ever before. Mind-body bridging is one of these new modalities. Shown to be effective in both clinical and research settings, the easy-to-use mind-body bridging system helps readers dramatically reduce their stress in one to three weeks. Mind-Body Workbook for Stress helps readers...
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The ultimate practical guide to MBSR-with more than 115,000 copies sold-is now available in a fully revised and updated second edition. Stress and pain are nearly unavoidable in our daily lives; they are part of the human condition. This stress can often leave us feeling irritable, tense, overwhelmed, and burned-out. The key to maintaining balance is responding to stress not with frustration and self-criticism, but with mindful, nonjudgmental awareness...
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