20 MINUTES TO MASTER … STRESS MANAGEMENT

20 MINUTES TO MASTER … STRESS MANAGEMENT
Vera Peiffer

Stress can damage your personal and professional life, creating anger, a lack of concentration and nervous behaviour. The key to overcoming it isn’t suppressing your stress – it’s understanding it.With this book, you can learn how to identify the symptoms and causes of stress, an how to use that knowledge to rise above it – in just 20 minutes.Everyone experiences stress, but not everyone knows how to deal with it. 20 Minutes to Master Stress Management will show you how to neutralise the stressful forces in your life and develop a positive, purposeful and calm attitude, tailored to your emotional makeup, that you can live with every day.You’ll learn the key facts about identifying stress and overcoming it, including:• The symptoms of stress – both universal and unique to you – and warning signs to watch out for• How to relax in both short and long term, while still achieving your goals• How to avoid damaging thought patterns• How to identify stressful relationships and neutralise them.Previously published as Principles of Stress Management, this ebook brings together classic text from an expert in the field with a new chapter, placed at the end of the book, which condenses all the ideas and techniques into a simple and digestible 20-minute read.20 Minutes to Master Stress Management is your key to feeling calmer, more satisfied and more confident every day.This is part of the 20 Minutes to Master series, five indispensable guides that show you how to transform your life in simple and effective ways. Other titles in the series include 20 Minutes to Master Meditation, 20 Minutes to Master Buddhism, 20 Minutes to Master Your Psychic Potential and 20 Minutes to Master Wicca.

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20 Minutes to Master Buddhism

20 Minutes to Master Meditation

20 Minutes to Master Your Psychic Potential

20 Minutes to Master Wicca

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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This ebook will show you how you can master stress management – in just 20 minutes.

The book is split into two parts. The first part, Principles of Stress Management, is an original, previously published work from an expert in the field. It’s a comprehensive and insightful introduction to the subject, explaining the ideas and techniques that will allow you to develop a true understanding and practise it every day.

The second part is 20 Minutes to Master Stress Management, which you’ll find towards the end. This is your stress management cheat-sheet – a short and lucid look at all the ideas and techniques covered in the first section, which will only take you 20 minutes to read. It’s a powerful and invaluable resource that you’ll return to again and again.

If you want to truly master stress management – in both the short term and the long term – look no further. The answers are here.

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CONTENTS

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Title Page (#ulink_9b65a597-3567-57ce-a9c9-d8795f75198f)

In the Same Series (#ulink_d22eccbd-322f-5af2-9718-3689dc065962)

Dedication (#ulink_ce367b07-668c-514f-9f4b-68db7f39fdf8)

About this Book (#ulink_62954733-029e-5ded-bc87-7e4a1a0c383d)

PRINCIPLES OF STRESS MANAGEMENT (#u82946258-39d0-5943-a12b-053c41561234)

Introduction (#ulink_32f8c35b-a34d-53ab-aebd-858e3582b38c)

PART I: STRESS – HOW IT HAPPENS

1 What Stress Is and What It Is Not

2 Are You a Stress-prone Type?

3 Questionnaire: Check Your Personality Stress Factors

4 What Is Causing You Stress?

PART II: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FALL INTO THE STRESS TRAP …

5 Physical Reactions

6 Mental and Emotional Reactions

7 Behavioural Reactions

8 Questionnaire: What Is Your Stress Level?

PART III: … AND HOW TO CLIMB OUT OF THE STRESS TRAP

9 How to Stop Yourself from Overworking

10 So You Thought You Knew How to Breathe …

11 Giving Your Body Time Off

12 Taking a Mental Holiday

13 Sleeping Better

14 Dealing with Difficult People

15 Using Anger Constructively

16 How to Talk about Things You Would Rather Avoid

17 Accentuate the Positive

18 De-stress Your Life

19 Alternative Ways to Unwind

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