Beating StressBeating Stress reveals ways to cope with everyday pressures, strains, and trials, the factors that may be causing stress in your life, the immediate and long-term physical and mental effects of stress on the body, step-by-step stress reduction routines, from quick-fix exercises to complete anti-stress programs, and personality and lifestyle profiles to enable immediate assessments of individual risks. |
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What is stress? | 6 |
DESTRESSING YOUR LIFE | 22 |
WAYS TO RELAX | 50 |
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ability to cope achieve action activity acupressure alcohol anxiety areas arms AROMATHERAPY assertiveness balance BEATING STRESS behavior body body's boss breathing habits caffeine calm carbon dioxide cause choose comfortable communication concentrate De-stressing dealing with stress decision demands diet effects emotional energy epinephrine event example exercise exhale feedback feel feet Feng Shui fight or flight friends high blood pressure hobbies Hold homeopathy Hooke's Law hyperventilation identify imbalance improve increase insomnia legs levels limbs look massage meditation mental mind minutes move movement muscles negative partner physical position posture practice Practitioners Pressure bands problems reduce reflexology relax release response resting your hands shiatsu shoulders situation skills slow smoking sources of stress stage stamina stimulation sugar symptoms of stress technique tense tension therapy thought threat triggered Type A personality VISUALIZATION vital vitamins warm workplace yoga