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1) Full catastrophe living: using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness
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A guide to awareness meditation methods offers a program for coping with illnesses as well as everyday stress.
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English
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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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Oxford University Press
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English
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The wear and tear of American life has been a topic of public concern ever since the mid-nineteenth century when middle-class men faced pressures to succeed in a newly industrialized society. But although stress is often associated with conditions over which people have little control--workplace policies unfavorable to family life, increasing economic inequality, war in the age of terrorism--the stress concept focuses most of our attention on the...
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Hay House
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English
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Ortner describes not only the history and science of tapping (Emotional Freedom Techniques) but also the practical applications. In a friendly voice, he lays out easy-to-use practices, diagrams and worksheets that will teach readers, step-by-step, how to tap on a variety of issues. With chapters covering everything from the alleviation of pain to the encouragement of weight loss to fostering better relationships, Ortner opens readers' eyes to just...
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Routledge
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2011.
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English
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From the publisher. Occupational stress affects millions of people every year and is not only costly to the individual -- in terms of their mental and physical health -- but also results in major costs for organizations due to workplace absence and loss of productivity. This Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) based self-help guide will equip the user with the necessary tools and techniques to manage work related stress more effectively. Divided into...
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"In Relationship Skills 101 for Teens, best-selling author of Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens, Sheri Van Dijk offers teens powerful tools to regulate their emotions and create better relationships--whether it's with parents, friends and peers, or dates. Using skills based in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), teens will learn to take control of their emotions and reactions in order to respond effectively to peer pressure, bullying,...
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Avery, a member of Penguin Random House
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[2015]
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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"--
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An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to use innovative treatments to reactivate the mind's abilities to trust, engage others, and experience pleasure. --Publisher's description.
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Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Español
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En los últimos treinta años, Deepak Chopra ha estado a la vanguardia de la revolución que ha experimentado la meditación en Occidente. Meditación Total ofrece una exploración y reinterpretación completa de los beneficios físicos, mentales, emocionales, relacionales y espirituales que esta práctica puede brindar a todos. Deepak guía a los lectores sobre cómo despertar a nuevos niveles de conciencia que finalmente cultivarán...
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[2019]
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English
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Though anxiety has risen among young people overall, studies confirm that it has skyrocketed in girls. Research finds that the number of girls who said that they often felt nervous, worried, or fearful jumped 55% from 2009 to 2014 while the comparable number for adolescent boys has remained unchanged. As a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with girls, Lisa Damour, Ph.D., has witnessed this rising tide of stress and anxiety in her own...