Parenting Stress

Drinking. Being popular. Making good grades. Being thin and fit. Today’s teens are constantly bombarded with issues from their classmates, friends, and the media. Trying to handle everything causes stress that can lead to anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, eating disorders, and even suicidal thoughts. Don’t be left in the dark. With fact-driven research and practical advice, Stress-Proof Your Teen addresses these problems to help you help your teens de-stress and live up to their full potential.

The authority on panic and anxiety - newly revised and expanded. Are you one of the more than 19 million Americans who suffer from anxiety? Don't panic. Newly revised and expanded, this edition offers a straightforward and remarkably effective self-help program for overcoming panic and coping with anxious fears. With insight and compassion, Reid Wilson, PhD, demystifies anxiety attacks and provides indispensable advice.

Lift yourself out of the daily struggles and heartbreaks life deals you. Wading through the trials we face on a day-to-day basis can be exhausting. When we're hit with painful experiences that bring us to our knees, finding joy may seem to be too big a task for us to handle. Xandria Ooi, dubbed the "Happiness Guru", meets listeners in those dark and trying places and equips them with the courage to navigate them.

Parenting is hard. That's why self-compassion is so important. In this empathetic resource, mindfulness expert and psychologist Susan M. Pollak helps you let go of constant self-judgment and treat yourself with the same kindness and caring you strive to offer your kids. Simple, yet powerful, guided meditation techniques (most under three minutes long) are easy to practice while doing the dishes, driving to work, or soothing a fussy baby. Learn to respond to your own imperfections like a supportive friend, not a harsh critic.

Helping Mom is the first book in the Accidental Caregiver series and is narrated by the author herself. The book relates the author's personal experience of taking on the responsibility of becoming the primary caregiver of her mother at home in her aging years. This short listen is filled with insight into the realities of caregiving from the daily logistics to the emotional impact on both parties. The book gives an honest account of what the listener may expect to face in their own choice to become a caregiver as well as offers tips and strategies to navigate a loving experience.

Do you often set goals that you never seem to reach? We're all filled with dreams and aspirations. Most long for fulfilling relationships. Some desire personal freedom. Others want fame and success. And some strive for profitable businesses. Wherever your ambitions may lie, goal setting can get you there. We all have important milestones we'd like to reach. The trick is to create a plan and commit to it. Setting S.M.A.R.T. goals can help you do this.

Biofeedback is the process of training your body to control its involuntary actions, such as breathing and heart rate. Minor changes to these actions can significantly improve physical and emotional well-being. In Biofeedback and Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Harvard Medical School faculty member Inna Khazan pairs biofeedback techniques with mindfulness practice to address some of life's most common ailments - from anxiety and fear to stress and insomnia.

Para poner en orden tu vida es importante que sepas ordenar tu mente. ¿Y qué significa ordenar la mente? Significa, principalmente, desterrar las formas erróneas de pensar, así como lo hábitos perjudiciales para el buen discurrir. Creer ideas erróneas, dejarse arrastrar por el entorno, tener la ilusión de que se controla todo y que uno puede parar el pensamiento cuando quiera, los prejuicios o la crítica mental son sólo algunas de las confusiones mentales que se tratan en este audiolibro.

Mental health issues are on the rise, and uncertainty and panic is everywhere. But if you learn to meditate, you can have a stress-free and fearless mind. The meditative mind seeks truth in everything. Where there is conflict, you will find clarity instead of chaos; and where there is pain, you will find management instead of a reaction. If a problem has been created in your life, you can create a solution through meditation.

Burnout is more widespread than ever before, and it's time to do something about it. Rooted in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), this book delves into the systemic, cultural, and economic contexts that contribute to burnout, and gives you the tools to exit the cycle. Exercises and reflection questions help you reconnect with your values to find what's really important, and disentangle yourself from unhelpful thought patterns. By engaging with your emotions rather than avoiding or suppressing them, ACT allows you to respond more effectively and become re-engaged in your own life again.

Deep Meditation is a concise step-by-step instruction book for a simple yet powerful method of daily meditation that will systematically unfold inner peace, creativity and energy in daily life. Whether you are seeking an effective tool for reducing stress, improving your relationships, achieving more success in your career, or for revealing the ultimate truth of life within yourself, Deep Meditation can be a vital resource for cultivating your personal freedom and enlightenment.

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Describe cómo tener una vida mejor a través de la serenidad al simplificar tu vida, eliminar actividades estresantes, aprovechar el internet y la automatización con el fin de ahorrar tiempo, molestias y dinero. El libro 16 de la serie Simply Media Better Life.

Author Deborah Roth Ledley is a mother of two and a clinical psychologist who specializes in anxiety disorders and works with new mothers. In this book she introduces six simple strategies to handle the inevitable stress we all experience during the first year of motherhood.

Even if you seem to get into daily screaming matches, even if you have NO idea on how to control your anger right now & even if you always feel too exhausted to be a conscious parent, inside you’ll discover EVERYTHING you need to be the parent you know you NEED to be.

Throughout my life, I have strived to "have it all." I was married, had three children, owned my own home, had a big job in Hollywood as a television executive, and juggled as fast as I could. But along with my busy life, I also suffered from chronic headaches, stomachaches, insomnia, and muscle tension. I was a workaholic, hypochondriac, anxious, high-functioning mess. So, eventually, I had to learn how to manage my mind and body and how to be present in my life so that I could start loving my life... instead of just surviving it.

In The Laughter Effect, Ros Ben-Moshe provides a roadmap to tap into the lighter side of life with laughter therapy. Ben-Moshe shares tips and tools to achieve an intentional state of being she calls the Laughter Effect—a way to elevate mindfulness, gratitude, and self-compassion. When used regularly, it enhances resilience to stress, enabling you to respond to adversity and bounce forward with humor, levity, and grace.

The F*ck It Formula isn’t your typical self-help audiobook. It’s a counterintuitive, refreshingly honest, and laugh-out-loud guide for modern overthinkers, recovering perfectionists, and everyday rebels who are tired of micromanaging their sanity. Whether you're a chronic overachiever or someone who’s just bone-tired of caring too much about the wrong things, this audiobook is your reminder that you don’t need to be perfect to live brilliantly—you just need to be honest, present, and a little bit braver than your inner critic.

What if this season could change everything? The Autumn Reset is your invitation to step into a softer, slower, more intentional version of yourself. Inspired by the gentle rhythm of fall, bestselling author Fiona Ferris guides you through a beautifully feminine transformation, from the inside out. This is a book not about doing more, but about becoming more: more radiant, more grounded, more you.

The Art of a Solo Retreat is a practical guide for navigating overwhelm, life transitions, or a deeper search for purpose. Whether you’re a high achiever on the edge of burnout or simply seeking clarity, this book shows how to harness intentional solitude to rediscover what truly matters. Co-founders of The Solo Retreat Company, Eli Libby and Kyle Nelson spent years building businesses—until personal setbacks forced them to pause. In stillness, they found something they hadn’t realized they’d lost: themselves.

Does your mind spin with worst-case scenarios, endless to-do lists, and the pressure to hold it all together? Worry can feel like a constant background noise—but it doesn’t have to run your life. Stop the Spiral offers a step-by-step path to calm that doesn’t rely on willpower, perfection, or pretending everything is fine. Grounded in cognitive science and nervous system regulation, this book gives you practical tools to quiet anxious thoughts, soothe your body, and shift everyday habits that feed the cycle of stress.