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Train Your Brain for Happiness and Freedom from Chronic StressOur brains have evolved powerful tools for coping with threats and danger-but in the face of modern stresses like information overload, money worries, and interpersonal conflicts, our survival reflexes can do more harm than good.To help you adapt your nervous system to the challenges of today's world, neuropsychologist Dr. Rick Hanson presents Stress-Proof Your Brain. Join him to learn...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 57 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Tackling the serious topic of stress in his famously entertaining manner, Professor Sapolsky sets the stage on a Kenyan savannah, with a hungry lion in hot pursuit of a terrified zebra. As he explains, the zebra's fight-or-flight response channels essential energy to its survival effort by shutting down and even damaging nonessential biological functions- in a temporary, short-term response. Unfortunately, humans can generate the same response simply...
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McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 online resource
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English
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FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT STRESS. If you're like most people, you probably think that stress is an inevitable part of life. The truth is: it's not. In a groundbreaking 30-year study, Dr. Derek Roger has discovered that everything we think we know about stress-and how we should "manage" it-is just plain wrong. STRESS IS A CHOICE. It is not a natural response to the pressures of work. It's a choice that you make, consciously or not, to...
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2013.
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English
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Examines the causes of stress in everyday life and presents such strategies for overcoming it as the practice of acceptance and gratitude, the use of relaxation and meditation techniques, and the cultivation of closer relationships with others.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 90 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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"We saw that things like intractable smoking, things like promiscuity, use of street drugs, heavy alcohol consumption, etc. , these were fairly common in the backgrounds of many of the patients. . . These were merely techniques they were using, these were merely coping mechanisms that had gone into place." Vincent Felitti, MD. When Dr. Vincent Felitti, head of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, began to delve...
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"We can't avoid the things that stress us out, but we can change how we respond to them. In this breakthrough book, a clinical psychologist and neuroscience expert offers an original and comprehensive approach to help readers harness the power of positive emotions and overcome stress for good. The unique mindfulness exercises in this book provide a recipe for resilience, empowering readers to master their emotional response to stress, overcome negative...
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In this third and final installment of his poetic trilogy, Yung Pueblo expands upon favorite themes while guiding readers further, toward a life lived authentically, intuitively, and in harmony with others. In these rapidly changing times, it is more important than ever to know ourselves well and fully, even and especially in the face of turmoil. The Way Forward encourages readers to connect more deeply to their intuition, using it to remain focused...
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For those people who: have a keen imagination; are labelled too shy or too sensitive; who perform poorly when being observed even though they are usually competent; have vivid dreams; for whom time alone each day is essential; and find they are quickly overwhelmed by noise and confusion, crowded parties, hectic office life ... this is the book to help them understand themselves and how best to cope in various situations. Highly sensitive people are...
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John Wiley
Pub. Date
2011
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xii, 306 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Gabor Mate, M.D., skillfully blends recent advances in biomedicine with the personal insights of his patients to provide empowering insight into how deeply developmental experiences shape our health, behavior, attitudes, and relationships. A must-read for health professionals and lay readers seeking awareness of how the mind controls health."--www.Amazon.com.
17) How to relax
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Parallax Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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116 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
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English
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"How to Relax is part of The Mindfulness Essentials series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, introducing beginners and reminding seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. Pocket-sized, with original two color illustrations by Jason DeAntonis, How to Relax shows how critical it is to regularly interrupt the hub-bub and routine of our lives to stop, relax mindfully, and recharge. Thich Nhat Hanh says that when we...
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
c2006
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1 DVD (46 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The pace of life has greatly increased, and the escalation of chronic stress is costing people their health, relationships, and careers. In this program, an immunologist, a psychiatrist, and a mental skills coach lay bare the symptoms of chronic stress, the negative impact on the body of continual exposure to adrenalin and cortisol, and biological and psychological factors that influence vulnerability to overstressing. The fight/flight/freeze response...
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Oasis Audio
Pub. Date
p2011
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5 CDs (5 hr. 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Everybody has stress in their lives. For some it's busy schedules and carpools; for others it's relationship problems, financial burdens, or career woes. It all can be overwhelming if you haven't learned some coping mechanisms. In Stopping Stress Before It Stops You: A Game Plan for Every Mom, Dr. Kevin Leman shows mothers how to enjoy a more peaceful life by making stress work for them.
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