Things You Might Learn From A Stress Management Book


by David Tang - Date: 2008-11-06 - Word Count: 395 Share This!

If you or anyone you know claims to be 100% stress free all the time, you should either question their integrity or question their planet of origin. I don't care what anyone says, we all experience some level of stress at some time or another. Some of us only get stressed occasionally, while others of us are nervous wrecks nine-tenths of the time. Either way, we all have to face stress and we all have different mechanisms for coping with the stress we face. One person might resort to smoking cigarettes, another person might go for a long run, and another person might scan the library shelves for a good stress management book. No matter how we choose to deal with stressful situations, unless we can adopt the principles of positive psychology, stress could eventually get the better of any of us.

There is no question that stress, once it becomes insurmountable, can significantly lower the quality of one's life. The first step is making yourself aware of your need to find healthy ways to deal with and eradicate the stress that affects you. Let's say you've chosen to look for a stress management book or a positive thinking book. Look for a guide that speaks to your needs, and emphasizes the power of positive psychology to change your frame of mind in a way that's conducive to creating the reality you desire.

Four psychological factors come into play when it comes to positive psychology--judgment, emotions, energy, and patterns (remember the acronym "JEEP"). As explained by Dr. John Ryder in his positive thinking book, Positive Directions: Shifting Polarities to Escape Stress and Increase Happiness, you can either be stressed out in these areas, or you can work them to your advantage by training your mind to keep yourself operating on a healthy emotional plane, and thus, creating the life you want. As simple as all of this seems, surprisingly few people give these four factors the positive attention they deserve. For some, it is a matter of not being conscious of their choices; for others, they are simply self-destructive or don't know how to escape negative thought patterns. Ultimately, it doesn't matter why you aren't pursuing happiness, the important thing is to realize that you have the option. Once you make the decision to cultivate a happy life, the process that follows is really quite simple.

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Written by Mel Bryson. Dr. John Ryder, PhD., uses positive psychology in his positive thinking book. Methods of increasing happiness discussed in this stress management book, more at www.positivedirectionsbook.com

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