Product Description

How do you respond to stress? How can you recognise it? How does it affect your health and well-being? And above all, what can you do about it? "Stress Management" has all the answers. It offers a huge range of practical steps you can take to reduce stress, leaving you to choose which method seems most appropriate for you and best suits your temperament and lifestyle. The authors of this amazing comprehensive and supremely practical book believe that if you identify the cause of your stress, you can learn to channel the tension into positive source of energy that will help you take charge of your life and enjoy it. You will learn: How stress manifests itself, Where it comes from, How to start managing it, Techniques of relaxation, How to overcome your own special stressors, How to rechannel your stressful behaviours, thoughts and attitudes, How to control anger and anxiety, How to be assertive, How to use time management, How to improve your health and nutrition, How to make it all work for you. With detailed exercise programmes for each method, this immensely readable book by two doctors who are experts in stress management provides in a single, well-organised volume the key to a fuller, happier and healthier life.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #90688 in Books
• Published on: 1997-02-13
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

you should definitely buy this book
You should definitely buy this book..even if you are not "stressed" as it is far more than that and therefore *accurately* sub-titled "A comprehensive guide to your well-being" .

It takes a very thorough logical approach to a) what stress is and b) how to deal with it - so that you feel good even when things get tricky in life !

It identifies what causes stress and how this differs among people - as identifying what is creating your stress is obviously necessary in order to tackle it.

You may think you know what your stress is already - may be you hate your job - but the relevant chapter makes sure you are not ignoring other key things you need to deal with, like chemical stressors (eg caffeine) and family stressors, and there's a list of others !

Ok, so you let's say you read that bit and now you know why you're stressed...but how do you deal with it ?

Well, this is where this books *really* comes into it's own. It takes you through all the things you can do to get control over it - using Physical techniques (relaxation) Mind and Attitude techniques, examining your Personality and your Verbal approach as well as Change management ideas.

Each of these areas is given a concise yet effective explanation and in some cases quite detailed. There are specific exercises on many of of these areas with fill in charts and the book doesn't finish there...

There's a whole section on Communication - assertiveness vs agressiveness.

Then there's even more on Keeping Healthy physically , Losing Weight/Controlling your weight, and a final chapter pulling it all together.

This book is not in "wooly airfairy" language - it gives *specific* advice and explanations - even though dealing with a subject which might sometimes seem impossible to pin down.

This means you can actually get on with doing things about your stress instead of worrying about it.

Added to this there is even a good bibliography so you can read on further if you want to get more details on the ideas in the book.

I found this book on a friend's shelf and i am glad I borrowed it. If you can get hold of it now, then you will NOT be disappointed.

Amazing value too at the price I just saw here (it's over 300 pages of solid useful advice).

Very good comprehensive book about stress management
The book covers many areas that are related to stress and how to manage it. It is well written with examples. Strongly recommended.