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The Stress Answer

Train Your Brain to Conquer Depression and Anxiety in 45 Days

by Frank Lawlis
Oliver Wyman
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In the workplace, at school, and in our relationships, the effects of stress can be devastating. Too much stress can cause real physical illness. Using the latest research on neuroplasticity, Dr. Lawlis redefines stress and shows readers how they can retrain their brain to prevent stress from taking its toll. This clear and practical guide includes action plans and recommendations for specific foods, physical exercises, and mental relaxation techniques to train your brain to combat stress.

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  • Release date

    September 22, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792759218
      • File size: 304623 KB
      • Duration: 10:34:37

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Researcher, counselor, and chief content advisor to Dr. Phil, the author offers an encyclopedia of facts and strategies aimed at fixing common emotional malfunctions. Lawlis says that poor behavior and subjective distress result from faulty neurological connections that often can be rewired. Hearing about the biology underlying various emotional issues, combined with client success stories, is strongly empowering. And despite the author's hardscrabble tone and the occasional graphic clinical example, this is advice anybody in pain can use to regain optimism and confidence. Along with his clear diction and judicious timing, Oliver Wyman provides a steady enthusiasm and comfort with mental health issues that soften the technical aspects of the writing. Wyman's lack of judgment helps make this rather deliberate lesson more accessible. With printable charts, quizzes, and illustrations. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 29, 2008
      In a deceptively simple style, author and psychologist Lawlis (Mending the Broken Bond, The ADD Answer, etc.), best known as a consultant on TV's Dr. Phil, offers a sophisticated overview of the latest neurological research, and how it can be integrated with cognitive therapy to treat mental and emotional disorders in ways "light-years ahead of current methods." Key is the discovery of "brain plasticity," the organ's "amazing capacity for creating backup systems that can renew lost functions"; as such, the brain can be re-wired for better functioning through exercises (imaging, breathing, "thought-stopping techniques") and lifestyle changes (setting aside 30 minutes a day to relax). Lawlis maintains a useful focus on reigning in what he calls "stress storms," when overloaded brain circuits lose their capacity for "logic and rational thinking," leaving one "stuck in a mental ditch, with the engine revving and wheels spinning, but no forward movement." Including several useful tools for self-diagnosis, in-depth looks at various kinds of "storms," and a 45-day program to apply his method, this guide to de-stressing will help those willing to put some effort into mental healing.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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