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The Mayo Clinic Guide To Stress-Free Living (2013)

by Amit Sood(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0738217123 (ISBN13: 9780738217123)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Da Capo Lifelong Books

review 1: I have always struggled managing stress and I have a knack creating too much to do for myself. I appreciate that this book doesn't teach you how to prioritize your schedule or "how to say no" to people asking for your help/time. I've heard that and tried that concept a million times and it frankly just doesn't work for me because I always have a plethora of important things to do and I would never turn away anyone asking for my help - it's just how I am.I appreciated that instead this book focuses on gratitude and giving thanks for what you have (even if it's not much - everyone has SOMETHING to be thankful for). I have found that as I look for more things to be thankful about in my life, the stressful things just kind of melt away and become unimportant and it's easy f... moreor me to postpone them to a different time when I have that perspective. I have meditated and prayed for opportunities for gratitude to be placed in my mind when I am feeling stressed or overwhelmed and as I have given my best effort, I have found that it has not been hard to notice blessings and to wish others' well.So, I did find the book to be a little wordy and didn't end up finishing it all the way because it went on and on and on about the same precepts over and over. But, I do feel like it was a worthwhile and helpful book. It could have been shorter and still covered the important points.
review 2: This book is good- it's basically just yoga/Ayurveda theory. However, after beginning to read it, I experienced the most easily identifiable and worst "stress" I've ever had, which was unprecedented. This tells me that my hypothesis is correct, at least for me- that when you start believing in "stress," then it becomes real. Trying to alleviate "stress" just affirms that you have it, and since it's so psychological, that then makes it snowball into something really unmanageable. Maybe that's just me though. less

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