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100 Ways to Stay Calm: Simple Tips and Tricks to Relax Your Mind and Body
100 Ways to Stay Calm: Simple Tips and Tricks to Relax Your Mind and Body
100 Ways to Stay Calm: Simple Tips and Tricks to Relax Your Mind and Body
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Becoming more relaxed is easier than you think

Here at your fingertips are dozens of different ideas on how to unwind and reduce stress. With 100 Ways to Stay Calm as your guide, things are going to get a little more peaceful, a little more relaxing, and a whole lot less hectic. From setting lavender out in your home to practicing mantra meditation, these hundred simple tips will help you take the stress out of your day.
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Release dateNov 1, 2011
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100 Ways to Stay Calm: Simple Tips and Tricks to Relax Your Mind and Body
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    100 Ways to Stay Calm - Adams Media

    100 Ways to Stay Calm

    Simple Tips and Tricks to Relax Your Mind and Body

    Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

    Avon, Massachusetts

    Contents

    Introduction

    Find Out if You’re Under Stress

    Discover What Stress Means to You

    Try, Try Again

    Learn Why Stress Happens

    Draw a Line in the Sand with Your Stress

    What’s Your Stress Type?

    Find What Helps You Best

    Do You Worry? A Lot?

    Involve Your Doctor

    Put Yourself to Bed

    Discover Your Stress Profile

    Embrace Good Stress — Yes, It Exists!

    Determine Your Stress Tolerance Point

    Pinpoint Your Stress Triggers

    Gauge Your Stress Response

    Don’t Get Sucked Into the Stress Spiral

    Learn the Forms of Mental Stress

    Manage Your Stress

    Control the Stress in Your Head

    Feed Your Soul

    Discover Mindfulness Meditation

    Learn about External Stress

    Learn about Internal Stress

    Good Things about Your Stress Response

    Bad Things about Your Stress Response

    What’s Happening in Your Brain

    Maintain a Healthy Diet

    Stress Can Make You Sick

    Catch Your Zs

    Drink Your H2O

    The Good, the Bad, and the In-Between

    Manage Your Substance Use

    Break the Noise Habit

    Avoid Retail Therapy

    Make Time for Exercise

    Avoid Fad Diets

    Eat Natural Foods

    Choose Nutrients, Not Empty Calories

    Evaluate Treating Yourself

    Benefits of Exercise

    Get Motivated, and Stay Motivated!

    Find What Works For You

    Be Your Own Yogi

    Pace Yourself

    Discover the Benefits of Massage

    Schedule Regular Massages

    Go Swedish!

    Experience Energy Healing

    Find the Funds to Support Massages

    Meditation Station

    How Meditation Can Fight Stress

    Start Your Own Practice

    Discover Zazen

    Walking Meditation

    Try Yoga Meditation

    Experience Ayurvedic Medicine

    Try Creative Therapy

    Keep a Dream Journal

    Flower Remedies

    Consider Cognitive Therapy

    Is Your Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full?

    Find Out What Sets You Off

    Lose the Negative Attitude

    Are You Passive or Aggressive, or Both?

    Find Your Inspiration

    More Money, More Stress

    Learn about How You View Money

    Make Financial Goals

    Simplify

    Defeat Your Debt

    You Are Not Alone with Stress

    Stress at Work

    Examine Your Job Stress

    You Can’t Eliminate All Your Work Stress

    Do it Later, if You Can (And You Usually Can)

    Make Your Own Sacred Space

    Minimize Your Upkeep

    Admit Your Pack-Rat Tendencies

    Practice Feng Shui

    Cultivate Positive Energy

    Don’t Wait

    Change is Good

    Schedule Regular Alone Time

    Lose the Stress You Don’t Need

    Don’t Stress about What You Can’t Control

    Ladies and Stress

    Don’t Be a Stereotype

    Learn about Stress and Fertility

    Deal with Parenting Pressures

    Have Me Time When You Need It

    Gentlemen and Stress

    Male Stress Management

    Defy Gender Roles

    Be Conscious of Dominance Issues

    Senior Stress

    Kids Can Be Stressed, Too

    Young Kids and Stress

    Signs of Stress in Young Kids

    Stress and School

    Be a Responsive and Responsible Parent

    Also Available

    Copyright Page

    Introduction

    Today is the first day of a new year in your life. It doesn’t matter if today isn’t December 31; it’s still the first day of a new year of beating stress! We’ve provided 100 ways you can take control of the stress in your life, at home, at work, in relationships … everywhere! Stress can creep into all the areas of your world, but that doesn’t mean you have to tolerate it. From the yoga studio to the Internet to your doctor’s office, there’s help out there for you. So go after it!

    This collection will uncover the mysteries of stress: what it is, its different forms, and what it means to you. Once you know what your own personal definition of stress is, you can move toward overcoming it. Does stress take more of a toll on your mind or your body? Do you release stress through bad habits, such as nail biting or binge eating? Do you watch your diet and get enough regular exercise? If you have bad habits you need

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