"...plenty of ideas for living stress free in the real world..."

"This book looks at sources of stress ... and reveals 52 ideas for curing
them."

"Let's face it, if you're the type of person who enjoys lighting lavender candles and spending an hour in the bath every night 'chilling out', then you're probably not the type that's going to get that stressed to begin with. Stress-proof your life is for the people who struggle to find time for a shower much less a bath. It's for the ones who are still clicking their mouse or ironing a shirt at 11.30pm. The ones who don't take their annual leave and worry that stress is affecting their health and relationships. Or they would worry if they weren't so knackered and that report wasn't due in at 9am. It's going to take a lot more than a candle-lit bubble bath to sort them out...."
Elisabeth Wilson

Stress is not a generic thing although it's always treated that way. Some people are really good at avoiding some stresses without realising that they are slaves to another kind. Elisabeth looks at the sources - occupational, genetic and environmental - and reveals 52 clever techniques and ideas that focus on the causes rather than simply telling people how to deal with the symptoms. Here are just some of the chapters to be discovered:
* Admit your addiction! The power of positive stress.
* Give a little, get a lot. Why volunteering could be the best decision you've ever made.
* Too stressed to sleep? It happens. here's what to do if it happens to you. (Strictly no lavender candles)
* The 'stop and collapse' effect. If you're fed up with getting sick on the very first day of your holiday, here's how to prevent it.

With the 52 Brilliant Ideas series readers can enhance their existing skills with negligible investment of time or money and will substantially improve their performance over the course of a year. Each of the 52 chapters tackles a single aspect of the subject in an entertaining and lively way. At the end of each chapter is a "how did it go?" feature which allows readers to reflect on the lesson in a classical experiential learning pattern. The tone of each book is personal and informal; readers will feel as thought they are having a one-to-one with their favourite coach.

Elisabeth Wilson trained as a doctor before becoming a journalist. She's written books for the medical trade press, including Breast News and Psychiatry in Practice, before moving into consumer journalism. She has written widely for the national press including the Mirror and Mail, and was Health and Wellbeing editor at SHE magazine. Elisabeth is also author of Re-energise your sex life, also in the series.

2008-01-07 Stress proof your life - Elisabeth Wilson

A relative bought this book for me. It proved to be very useful. You can read the parts that relate to how you feel the day that you pick it up and move quite easily to related topics in the book. It helped me to make a decision about how I was letting stress affect my life. I let go of a lot of old feelings and bad memories and moved on. A brilliant book for all to pick up and read.