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OASIS in the Overwhelm: 60-second strategies for balance in a busy world

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I just finished reading Oasis in the Overwhelm over the weekend and all I have to say is, "bravo!!" I loved the book. The tone of the writing is so comforting. The author does not talk down to the reader but rather respect's your intelligence and individual experience. At the same time, she writes from a position of authority and backs up her findings and opinions with sound research. Throughout the book, I could almost hear the author's voice reading the words to me.

I think the aspect of Oasis I liked the most is that it does not promise too much, but what it does promise, it delivers. What I mean is, the author is not claiming that these techniques will make you as athletic as a major league ball player, as good looking as a supermodel, or as smart as Einstein; but the techniques will make you a better person and feel like you have more control of your life.

I have already practiced each of the book's four techniques and my wife has already noticed the difference. I am recommending Oasis to my Mother and Mother-in-law who both recently lost their husbands and are in search of the Oasis in the Overwhelm of their daily lives. I hope they get as much out of it as I did.



John A. Cirello
Senior Partner
Cirello & Vessicchio, LLC
Attorneys at Law

I must confess some bias. I have taken Ms. Grenough's course in stress management and have found it incredibly helpful even two years after the fact. I purchased the book as a refresher and was extremely pleased at how doable the refreshing was. Take "must figure out how to get a grip" off your to do list. Purchase Oasis in the Overwhelm and find a new lease on life. The book is short, practical and to the point. I highly recommend it.

Oasis in the Overwhelm is a powerful story written by an amazing woman. Millie has created 4, quick and easy, life strategies to calm your mind anytime anywhere. We all know that stress kills so give a copy of Oasis to someone you love.

BJ Frazier
President
Just For The Health Of It, LLC

Millie Grenough teaches the basic survival techniques for today's lifestyles. The effective yet simple techniqes help to put control back into your everyday life. It left me with a sense of hope and exhilaration. It's a gift that gets used everyday.

I just love this book and use it in my office to help people learn simple, quick relaxation skills.

I was very disappointed in this book. It is very superficial and mostly "filler" around the four "strategies" which are basic and well known approaches anyway. That this was written by a successful coach/social worker is quite surprising. It appears "amateurish" in style, simplistic and unoriginal material, unfortunately not very well presented. It has the feel of a self-published project of some kind. Nothing new or original here, yet portrayed as such. Do yourself a favor, get a good book on breathwork or meditation and don't waste your money on this.

Millie gave a talk to the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association about her book Oasis in the Overwhelm. Already, I was drawn by the title of the book , because "Overwhelm" is what many are dealing with in this age of Information Overload. It's easy to be stressed out, or overloaded. Now I must confess, that I have been teaching quick and natural relaxation strategies and biofeedback for 15 years, especially for children, and some of the techniques in the book are as ancient as the relaxation stones she proposes for use, and Millie admits that. However, like in one of my favorite books
"Spontaneous Healing" by Dr Andrew Weil,Spontaneous Healing : How to Discover and Embrace Your Body's Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself or The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson The Relaxation Response , or my own book Being in Control: Natural Techniques for Increasing Your Potential and Creativity for Success in School; Millie offers a personal perspective of how relaxation techniques can be applied, work, and make your life better for it. A therapist might be lacking the personal experience a "patient" has. But Millie took it further. She researched the relaxation techniques we therapists know so well, and added her own contributions and research, and perspectives to them. If anyone is contemplating learning about or taking a course in relaxation and anti stress techniques, and needs some support and practical use of it, then get this book. The exercises are easy, quick, easy to understand, and profound.

"What a whiff of fresh air. Grenough elucidates the techniques through a graceful 'how-to' and simple language... OASIS comes as 'a clear stream of reason' in 'the dreary desert sand of dead habit,' as in Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali."

D. Murali, Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications