50 Ways to Prevent and Manage Stress

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This quick and easy volume features 50 solutions everyone can use to alleviate the effects of stress and related disorders. Included is information on the health toll of stress, work and home adjustments that can help reduce stress, body work, diet and herbal relief, exercise, counseling, and creative outlets. Stress is a disorder from which nobody is immune. More than ever before, it affects children and adults in equal measure. This straightforward guide features solutions everyone can use to alleviate the effects of stress and related disorders. Included is information on the health toll of stress, work and home adjustments that can help reduce stress, bodywork, diet and herbal relief, exercise, counseling, and creative outlets.  Read more... Abstract: This quick and easy volume features 50 solutions everyone can use to alleviate the effects of stress and related disorders. Included is information on the health toll of stress, work and home adjustments that can help reduce stress, body work, diet and herbal relief, exercise, counseling, and creative outlets. Stress is a disorder from which nobody is immune. More than ever before, it affects children and adults in equal measure. This straightforward guide features solutions everyone can use to alleviate the effects of stress and related disorders. Included is information on the health toll of stress, work and home adjustments that can help reduce stress, bodywork, diet and herbal relief, exercise, counseling, and creative outlets Content: Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction What Is Stress? Types of Stress PART ONE Downshifting Recognize How Hard You Work At Least Try to Do What You Love Reduce the Commute Reduce Your Workweek Renegotiate Vacation and Leave Time Rid Yourself of E-Stress Eliminate Energy Drains Reduce Your Snail Mail and Plastic Restructure Your Finances Stop the Insanity: Stress Relief for Parents PART TWO Hands-On Healing Discover Your Life-Force Energy Get a Massage Consider a Chiropractor Discover Osteopathic Manipulation Consider Pressure-Point Therapies. Stand and Deliver: Postural Reeducation StrategiesTry Rolfing: Structural Integration Know Where to Find (and How to Use) Hands-On Healers Learn to Give (and Receive) a Proper Back Rub Learn to Work Your Own Pressure Points PART THREE Antistress Herbs and Nutrients Calm Your Nerves with Herbs Consider Aromatherapy Take These to Heart Lower Your Risk of Heart Attack or Stroke with Herbs and Nutrients Give Your Immune System a Boost Combat Digestive Disorders with Herbs and Spices Eat Well to Reduce Stress Avoid Overeating Supplement Your Diet with Antistress Vitamins. Avoid Stress AggravatorsPART FOUR Inner and Outer Antistress Workouts Get Moving Make Stress-Fighting Endorphins Develop an Action Plan Know When to Consult a Fitness Practitioner/Trainer Practice Yoga Try Deep-Breathing Exercises to Relieve Stress Meditate for Stress Relief Try Qi Gong Exercises Stretch to Relieve Stress Try Antistress Postures to Improve Digestion PART FIVE Self-Care Get More Sleep Get Creative Try Feng Shui Avoid Loneliness Consider Counseling Rule Out Biological Causes for "Burnout" Pamper Yourself Enjoy Your Food Limit Your Exposure to Food Toxins. Cry More, Laugh More, and Learn to ForgiveBibliography Resources Body Work/Hands-On Healing Counseling and Therapy Resources Chronic Fatigue Links Emotional Health Heart Health Index.