The stress management handbook : strategies for health and inner peace

Stress is linked to the six leading causes of death. The good news is that these all involve behaviour and lifestyle - things we can control and change. This text presents a proven programme for dealing with stress by gaining power over it.

The Stress Management Handbook represents the new standard in stress management for individuals, health care and mental health care professionals. No other book offers the scientific scope, compelling success stories and comprehensive mind-body-spirit strategies for stress management - all in simple language and easy-to-read format. Dr. Leyden-Rubenstein emphasizes a non-drug approach and offers over 50 healing strategies she developed in response to her own quest for relief from years of disabling stress-related illness.

No one can escape stress, but you can learn to gain power over it. Lori Leyden-Rubenstein presents a proven program of life strategies for coping with stressors and changing behavior. Stress reduction approaches discussed include yoga, relaxation training, guided imagery, biofeedback, hypnosis, psychotherapy, cognitive restructuring, and behavior modification An innovative guide provides an alternative approach to relieving the body of stress by focusing on the mind, body, and spirit, and includes such methods as breath work, yoga, meditation, visualization, imagery, and more. I could easily blame stress for the many emotional and physical symptoms I experienced from early childhood.