Stress After the Holidays
As you take time to unwind after the bustling holiday season, consider gearing up for the new year with library resources on relaxation and stress management. The following books are a jumping block to get started.
8 Keys to Stress Management: Simple and Effective Strategies to Transform Your Experience of Stress by Elizabeth Anne Scott
Therapist and writer Elizabeth Anne Scott offers information about stress and ways to combat its negative effects with easy to follow techniques.
10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing my Edge, and Found Self-Help that Actually Works: A True Story by Dan Harris
After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Harris knew he had to make some changes. He realized the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had both propelled him through the ranks of a hyper-competitive business and also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out.
10 Steps to Mastering Stress: A Lifestyle Approach by David H. Barlow, PhD, Ronald M. Rapee, PhD, and Sarah Perini
This step-by-step guide is designed to help you identify what is causing your stress, teach you proven calming techniques, and most importantly, show you how to think more realistically in ways that will reduce, rather than increase, your stressful reactions to daily life events.
Cool, Calm and Commuted by David Michie
Many people spend hours every day commuting to and from work. This time can be spent meditating to reset yourself in preparation for what awaits at the end of the traveling. In Cool, Calm and Commuted, David Michie offers a series of meditative exercises to transform the commuting experience.
Happy-Go-Yoga: Simple Poses to Relieve Pain, Reduce Stress, and Add Joy by Christine Chen
Playful, simple, and beneficial yoga poses and mental exercises to help alleviate pain and stress for anyone, anytime, anywhere. Christine Chen presents a fun, easy way to make yoga a part of our everyday lives to transform discomfort and chaos--at home, in the office, during a commute, in our relationships--into bits of happiness, health, and focus.
Herbs for Stress & Anxiety: How to Make and use Herbal Remedies to Strengthen the Nervous System by Rosemary Gladstar
Treat stress, anxiety, depression, and more with simple herbal remedies that strengthen and build a healthy nervous system. Herbalist Rosemary Gladstar profiles 21 herbs proven to be effective at soothing common stress symptoms such as panic attacks, depression, headaches, migraines, and insomnia.
In This Moment: Five Steps to Transcending Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroscience by Kirk D. Strosahl and Patricia J. Robinson
Little daily hassles can often add up to big stress. Two internationally-renowned psychologists show readers how to connect with the present moment and find a sense of calm and serenity using an evidence-based program grounded in mindfulness and neuroscience. Readers learn how to combat stress in healthy ways, stay balanced, and live happier lives, no matter what challenges arise.
Relaxation Techniques: Reduce Stress and Anxiety and Enhance Well-Being by Lillian Nejad and Katerina Volny
This book presents seven techniques to experience relaxation and enables readers to learn practical and effective exercises to overcome stress and anxiety and improve their lives.
Mindfulness @ Work: Reduce Stress, Live in the Moment, and Be Happier and More Productive at Work by Anna Black
Author Anna Black suggests short and simple meditations that can be used throughout the working day to strengthen focus and concentration, enhance working relationships and improve empathy--all of which help you to perform well and keep calm at work, whatever your job.
The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigal
Stanford psychologist and bestselling author, Kelly McGonical, Ph.D, offers an alternative way of viewing stress. In The Upside of Stress, McGonigal highlights new research indicating that stress can, in fact, make us stronger, smarter, and happier if we learn how to embrace it.
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