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Tired of letting stress have a negative impact on your life?Easy.It's impossible to get through life without encountering stress.And unfortunately, most of us learn the incorrect ways to cope withit. Thankfully, Stress Management For Dummies gives youtrusted, time-tested guidance on teaching your body and mind toproperly cope with stress while keeping your sanity intact.Whether it's love, work, family, or something else that has youin the red zone, this updated edition of Stress Management ForDummies will help you identify the stress triggers in your lifeand cut them down to size -- all without losing your cool.* Shows you how to use stress in a positive, motivational wayinstead of letting it negatively affect your life* Teaches you to retrain your body and mind to react positivelyto stress* Helps you overcome common stresses faced in modern lifeIf you want to manage stress and get back to living a normallife, Stress Management For Dummies has you covered.

Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with Stress Management 7Chapter 1: Stressed Out? Welcome to the Club! 9Chapter 2: Stress Explained (In Surprisingly Few Pages) 23Chapter 3: Getting Started: Gathering Your Tools 35Part II: Mastering the Basics 49Chapter 4: Relaxing Your Body 51Chapter 5: Quieting Your Mind 73Chapter 6: Cultivating Mindfulness 97Chapter 7: Stress-Reducing Organizational Skills 117Chapter 8: Finding More Time 139Chapter 9: Eating, Exercising, and Getting Your Zzzs 161Part III: The Secrets of Stress-Effective Thinking 185Chapter 10: Understanding How Your Thinking Stresses You Out 187Chapter 11: Stress-Resilient Values, Goals, and Attitudes 211Part IV: Managing Your Stress in Real Life 231Chapter 12: Overcoming Your Anger 233Chapter 13: Worrying Less 249Chapter 14: Reducing Interpersonal Stress 271Chapter 15: De-Stress at Work (And Still Keep Your Job) 295Chapter 16: Maintaining a Stress-Resilient Lifestyle 315Part V: The Part of Tens 337Chapter 17: Ten Habits of Highly Effective Stress Managers 339Chapter 18: Ten Events That Trigger Stress 343Index 347