Mental Health Stress

The Mindfulness Approach to Health Behaviour Change (MATHC) takes the listener through a six stage experiential process that delves into the intricate landscape of change theory and therapeutic strategies to aid the transformative process.

Now, you might be thinking, EMDR might be another one of those fads that will just waste your precious time and money. Or maybe you're concerned that the techniques will be too complex to understand, let alone perform on yourself. Those are legit concerns, but here's the thing: EMDR has been around for a while and its methods have been scrutinized, tested, and applauded by experts. Plus, this book breaks everything down into bite-sized, easy-to-digest chunks. No psychobabble, just straight-up, easy-to-follow guides.

Less than three months after retiring from a 30-year law enforcement career, Kim Colegrove's husband chose suicide. Since that day, Colegrove has been helping first responders across the country practice techniques to cope with the stress and trauma that their work brings. And this book continues that mission by offering first responders and their families hope by introducing meditation and mindfulness as viable and practical tools to help reduce stress, regulate emotion, and improve overall health and well-being.

They’re going to show up. If you’ve been teaching self-defense for any length of time, chances are that you’ve already taught a survivor of violence, whether you knew it or not at the time. If you are going to teach for any length of time, meeting a survivor is a ‘when,’ not an ‘if.’ These students present a specific set of challenges, and have specific needs. If they’re handled unconsciously or inexpertly, they can be damaged more easily than most other people.

What if trauma was like a spell—one that doesn’t break all at once, but unravels, layer by layer? Reframing Trauma is a personal, straight-talking resource for anyone living with the long shadow of trauma. James Buffin shares what it’s really like to survive—and live with—the impact of childhood sexual assault, abuse, and loss. Through stories, reflections, and hard-earned insights, he speaks not as an expert, but as someone who’s been there. This book isn’t about fixing what’s “broken”—it’s about integrating the invisible burdens we carry and learning to hold them differently.

Es bien sabido que si queremos mantener nuestros cuerpos en forma, debemos realizar ejercicio de manera regular. Pero cuando se trata de nuestra salud mental, pocos nos tomamos el tiempo para mantenerla y mejorarla. Por alguna razón, esperamos estar en gran forma mental sin hacer ningún trabajo. Y cuando nos damos cuenta de que tenemos dificultades, buscamos una solución rápida y fácil en lugar de desarrollar las habilidades que nos ayudarán en el futuro.

Anxiety puts our bodies into "fight or flight" mode-and makes us more vulnerable to exhaustion, depression and illness. These guided mind-body techniques help listeners counteract anxiety through deep relaxation, enhanced problem-solving, and converting fear into positive energy.

How can you begin holistically tackling your anxiety whenever the moment strikes? In The Anxiety Healer’s Guide licensed counselor and creator of the Instagram account @TheAnxietyHealer Alison Seponara brings her expertise and commitment to healing anxiety to the world. While the journey toward recovery might look different for everyone, this portable resource is full of concrete activities, tools, and techniques that have been scientifically proven to calm the sympathetic nervous system and give sufferers a better sense of control over their minds and bodies.

As a social worker, jail chaplain, and justice advocate, Bethany Dearborn Hiser pushed herself to the brink of burnout - and then kept going. Stress, despair, and compassion fatigue overwhelmed her ability to function. She was called to serve the abused, addicted, and homeless people in her community. Yet she was emotionally and spiritually exhausted. Something needed to change. Searching for answers, Hiser learned that trauma affects everyone who is exposed to it - not only those experiencing firsthand violence, homelessness, and addiction, but also those who are trying to help.

Yoga for Trauma Recovery outlines best practices for the growing body of professionals trained in both yoga and psychotherapy and addresses the theoretical foundations that tie the two fields. Uniting recent developments in our understanding of neuroscience and trauma recovery with ancient tenets of yoga philosophy and practice, this foundational text is a must-listen for those interested in the healing capacities of each modality. Listeners will come away from the book with a strong sense of how to apply theory, philosophy, and research to real-life complexities.

Most relaxation techniques focus on either soothing the body or settling the mind - and only acheive moderate results. Dr. Mark Hyman's approach helps you to address the mind and body at once to achieve a state that he calls "ultracalm". In UltraCalm, this best-selling author presents his simple, powerful method for generating a peaceful and harmonious state in the body-mind-one that allows the body's natural healing intelligence to work at it's most healing level.

Do you often feel unable to control the important things in your life? Have you ever felt completely overwhelmed with all the things you had to do? Do you sometimes feel angry because of things that are outside of your control? If you answered “yes” to any of these, then this is the book for you. Stress Relief for the Anxious Mind offers a simple and accessible approach to de-stressing your life.

Many parents, just like you, struggle with managing their children's behavior and their own emotions. The truth is that mastering emotional self-regulation is a journey, not a destination, and it requires the right tools and techniques. This comprehensive guide provides precisely that—a roadmap to minimize stress and foster a harmonious family environment through proven DBT and CBT strategies.

Packed with useful tips that make it easy to incorporate CBT—Cognitive Behavioral Therapy—into your working day, CBT at Work For Dummies helps you reap the benefits of a more focused working life. You'll discover how integrating CBT at work promotes improved productivity and concentration, lower staff turnover, enhanced employer-employee and client relationships, reduced cost of staff absenteeism caused by illness, injury, stress, and more.

How to heal from trauma without feeling overwhelmed, even if you've struggled for years and traditional therapy has failed you.

Cognitive psychology is a study that focuses on how the human brain works. Through the use of cognitive behavioral therapy, people can find ways to keep their mental faculties in check. This includes understanding what can be done to resolve problems and issues in one’s life. This guide explains how cognitive behavioral therapy can be utilized to control fears, depression, anger, and other common problems that may persist in one’s life. With cognitive psychology, people can do more with their lives and know what they can do to manage their attitudes.

Are you exhausted from trying to manage every detail of your life? Do you lie awake replaying conversations, checking your phone for reassurance, or planning every possible outcome, only to feel more anxious and less in control? In Let Go to Grow, Damion Maser reveals the hidden truth: control is not really about control at all. It is about fear disguised as productivity. Drawing on neuroscience, psychology, and timeless wisdom, this book explains how the constant urge to manage people, situations, and outcomes drains your energy, damages relationships, and fuels chronic stress.

Are you a forgotten trauma survivor? Could hidden wounds from early naCCT be causing problems today? Even if your parents meant well? Even if you were also physically abused? Here are down-to-earth naCCT survivor stories you can relate to; strategies for identifying, handling, and de-activating subtle people-triggers and hard-to-recognize naCCT flashbacks; practical guidance and non-pathologizing support grounded in neurobiological trauma research; and a toolkit of empowering information, actionable exercises, checklists, and self-talk scripts.

Achieve peace and balance in just 5 minutes a day, even if you've struggled with stress and anxiety for years–no experience required! Beginner's Guide to Somatic Exercises for Nervous System Regulation offers an easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach to relieve stress and anxiety in just 5 minutes a day.

Social anxiety disorder and shyness are devastating to the person who suffers from them. Everyday activities that most people take for granted, like small talk, going to social events, making friends, and even paying for groceries at the store, become the most frightening things imaginable. Understanding what triggers we have and how to combat them can gradually open up a world that, before now, seemed to be only a dream.