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Managing Stress: Principles and Strategies for Health and Wellbeing with Art of Peace Workbook

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I'm in an advance study program in health and wellness and this text book is part of one of my courses. However, this book can be used by anyone interested in learning how to manage their stress.

I have read several other works on managing stress and this is simply the best I have ever read. It is easy to read with lots of graphics and photos. It has a section in each chapter that highlights definitions you should understand and remember. There are many worksheets to help you work though your own stress issues. At the end of each chapter there is a summary in bullet form that highlight the most important concepts. The books walks you though stress management in a step by step indebt process. You can skip around chapters reading the ones you need or are interested in and still get a lot out of it.

If you are studying stress at the college level you will love this book and if you are just interested in learning and managing your own stress and can read at a 9th grade level you will find this a fantastic resource. The last chapter covers more than 10 of the most powerful stress management techniques that you will learn to use for the rest of you life.

The workbook that came with my order is an outstanding addition to helping you understand stress management. And my girl friend uses the relaxation CD to help her sleep.

Interpret this as you will, but this book does not take a scientific approach to the study of stress, preferring to rely on ancient medicine and holistic body-mind-spirit ideas.

Unfortunately, the author not only departs from scientific fact, but also from common-sense scientific methodology. Evidence for "cell memory" is an unverified story of an unnamed woman who had cravings for beer and chicken nuggets after recieving a heart transplant from a motorcyclist. Einstein proved that E=mc^2; even scientists admit the universe is a friendly place made of spiritual energy! These statements reflect poor understanding and scholarship by the author and turn an interesting, harmless book on holistic health into an embarassing lesson on what happens when you believe everything you hear.

I highly recommend this book. I took a college course and we used this book. It is a very balanced book and looks into all areas of Eustress (good stress), Neustress (neutral stress) and distress (bad stress). It gives a plethora of step by step information on many different techniques into managing and eliminating stress. It was so helpful to me, I decided to keep the book once my class was over. There is also an excellent accompanying journal called Managing Stress "A Creative Journal" you can buy to go with it.

The material was shipped and I received it within three days of me ordering it. It was received as stated and in a timely manner. Thank you, very much. It has been nice doing business with you.

This is the absolute worst textbook ever written. I had to read this for a class and I found a scholarly mistake on nearly every other page. The claims made by the author and interpretation of evidence are ridiculous. If you wish to learn anything about stress or stress management I urge you to not buy this book. Some people may like this book because it is an easy read and is not particularly academic. However, if you are interested in learning and not filling your head full of worthless junk science then find another book.

The book arrived very quickly and in perfect condition, however; I was surprised to find that I was charged 27.00 more than what the invoice included with the books indicated.

Received the book and CD in the condition promised, even tho it took a longer time in the mail than another book I'd ordered at the same time. Still quite happy overall with product and service.

i have good opinion about the amazon.com and the products i got were in good condition and i got them in low price than others

This book was the text for my college Stress Management course to fulfill the health credit requirement. This text was so beneficial that my husband enrolled in the course after a week of repeated serious health crisis after serious health crisis (he was only given 2 weeks or less to live by an electro-physiologist). My husband and I both learned invaluable lessons on taking ownership of our human body.

This book covers it all - from music therapy, art therapy, tai chi, qi gong, nutrition, spirituality, etc. Brian introduces the reader to concepts from Maslow's theory of self-actualization to cell memory, reiki to st. john's wort, basically everything relating to taking charge of our stress from A to Z. I have yet to find a more comprehensive book on the foundations for taking charge of the health and wellness of our psychological mind and physical body.

This book is a must read for everyone who owns their body (ie everyone!)

This is a sound text to guide programs aimed at reducing target audiences' life stress. Concur that it is also a sound read for the general population as well. Mr. Gordon's review misleads potential beneficiaries of this text which is filled with a plethora of evidence based and efficacious information. Though there may be some shortfalls in terms of hard science, the text does not warrant absolute discredit.