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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Getting Started with Stress Management 7 | 9 |
Stress Explained In Surprisingly Few Pages | 23 |
Stressed Out? Welcome to the Club 9 Chapter 2 Stress Explained In Surprisingly Few Pages 23 Chapter 3 Getting Started Gathering Your Tools | 35 |
Mastering the Basics | 49 |
Quieting Your Mind | 73 |
Cultivating Mindfulness | 97 |
StressReducing Organizational Skills | 117 |
StressResilient Values Goals and Attitudes | 211 |
Understanding How Your Thinking Stresses You Out 187 Chapter 11 StressResilient Values Goals and Attitudes 211 Part IV Managing Your Stress i... | 231 |
Worrying Less | 249 |
Reducing Interpersonal Stress | 271 |
DeStress at Work And Still Keep Your Job | 295 |
Reducing Interpersonal Stress 271 Chapter 15 DeStress at Work And Still Keep Your Job 295 Chapter 16 Maintaining a StressResilient Lifestyle | 315 |
The Part of Tens | 337 |
Ten Events That Trigger Stress | 343 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Stress Management For Dummies --For dummies |
| Author | Allen Elkin |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, 2013 |
| ISBN | 111852392X, 9781118523926 |
| Length | 384 pages |
| Subjects | › › Health & Fitness / General Self-Help / Self-Management / Stress Management |
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