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Take the Stress Out of Your Life: A Medical Doctor's Proven Program to Minimize Stress and Maximize Health [Book with Two Audio CDs]

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This book is worth every minute of your stressed lives. As a family practitioner, Dr. Winner takes a path not usually taken by a medical doctor. He looks at the root of illness and disease rather than simply prescribing medicine. His focus in this book is on helping people minimize stress that may be contributing to their dis-ease. There are numerous real life scenarios of stressful situations and practical tools on ways to ease the stress, manage anger and frustration and relax and enjoy life more.

The chapters on mindfulness address common misconceptions about meditation and illustrate how these skills can turn aggravating, stressful situations into more positive experiences. There are even places in the book to write down your own reflections and to assess your current lifestyle.
But if you're too stressed to read another book on stress management, open the back cover and listen to the two CD's. You might just improve your sleep, enhance your communication skills, love more, feel healthier and enjoy each day to the fullest.

Dr. Winner's first book "stress management made simple" is one book that is always on our nightstand, the more I read it the more I get out of it. His teachings are easy to understand and really enjoyable. It won't be long before you start to benefit from the chapters.
My wife and myself are very grateful for the tools Jay has taught us, they have helped with everything from our jobs to our children and of course our marriage. A less stress out life is a better life. I have started to read "take the stress out of your life" and it looks like I better make a new spot on the nightstand.
A copy will make a wonderful gift to our daughter in college.
Thank you Dr. Jay Winner!

I've found Dr. Jay Winner's new book very helpful for dealing with the stresses that we all encounter in our everyday lives. The book is written in a friendly, conversational tone, the exercises are both easy to use and effective, and the price is very reasonable for a package that includes two CDs. I recommend this book to all of my university students, who certainly have to deal with a variety of new stresses in their lives, and I recommend it to you as well!

This is a well organized an readable book on an affliction that all of us share to one degree or another. The book has specific guidelines on how to take steps to reduce stress that I found insightful and novel.

Perhaps my favorite feature are the audio tracks. The 6 minute track can be done anywhere at any time and I have found, can notch down my BP. The insomnia track works like no medication! I downloaded it to my iPod and put it by my bedside. Can't sleep? Put one or two buds in your ears and press play. A few minutes listening to the insomnia track and I am out for the rest of the night!

Thanks Dr. Winner!

For the price of a cd, this book with 2 cd's gives you information, inspiration and a variety of exercises and tricks to change habits which keep us in continued stress dominance. It is written by an experienced MD who understands that stress accelerates aging, wreaks havoc on the whole body and damages the physical and mental health of many people, and causes huge financial losses from sickness. Paul at Trisoma

As a physician and student/teacher of mindfulness, I'm always looking for ways to further my own knowledge and experience, as well as find new ways to help my patients and others to explore and strengthen their mindfulness. Dr. Winner's book is written in approachable, non-sectarian, everyday language, making it understandable and helpful for a broad audience. The audio CDs are a great addition to the text and make it easy to being practicing and strengthening mindfulness, both during formal, set aside times for meditation, as well as brining it into everyday life.

This book is on my list of recommended reading for my students and patients.

Dr. Winner's suggestions are nothing new and are available in almost every self-help or stress-management book. Unfortuantely, there is no 6 minute way to eliminate stress. There are only ways to cope with stress and those book introduces you to a handful of well known relaxation strategies....


The single best way to reduce stress in your life is to quit your job. Just a fact that for most people their job is the biggest stressor!