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The Joy of Stress: How to Make Stress Work for You

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I am a hypnotherapist. A few years ago, I wanted to hold stress management workshops. To support this endeavor, I wanted solid knowledge in all aspects of stress. I purchased pre-packaged courses and researched over 20 books. I found that Dr. Hanson's, "The Joy of Stress" was probably the most insightful and informative of the bunch. His use of graphics was inspired.
Brian E. Walsh, PhD, author, Unleashing Your Brilliance

I came across this book accidentally but afetr reading about twenty pages, I ordered my own from Amazon.

All you ever wanted to know about stress and more besides.

Dr. Hanson goes into the story of stress and it's effects in a very thorough way. The book is written in plain English so that the general reader is left with a good comprehensive understanding of the topic without feeling overwhelmed with medical jargon and complex terminology.

This is a very human book in the sense that the author puts the reader right at the heart of his case. he relates decsions which can affect our stress levels to us.He writes in a factual way without appearing judgemental or condescending. In my view this is one of the great strengths of the volume. Dr. Hanson does not adopt a health fascist tone like so many do or sound self-righteous.

The clarity of the discourse is another clear advantage to this text. With a lively and positive style it sets out very clearly what can be done to combat stress. Despite being published in 1986 the message it brings is still vital but topical. Perhaps it could be updated for the new century but until then I highly recommend this book as a handbook to use to make all of our lives better

Excellent book on stress written by a medical doctor. Lots of sound theory explaining the benifits of stress up to a point beyond with performance declines. Many practical suggestions for managing stress.

Excellent easy to read and understand book with many practical suggestions. He develops a therory that stress is good, for example in athletic competition, up to a point. Beyond that point performance declines.