Kicking Your Stress Habits - Donald A. Tubesing
A Do-It-Yourself Guide for Coping With Stress
Dec 17, 2008
Kicking Your Stress Habits by Donald A.Tubesing, Whole Person Associates, ISBN-10: 0938586009, 1981 doesn't just explain what stress is but tells you how to manage it.
Stress can energize people giving them the extra burst they need to meet a deadline, win a race or complete an exciting project.
Too much stress is draining so it has the opposite affect. Finding the right balance is challenging but Donald A. Tubesing Ph.D. helps guide the way.
Beliefs and Stress
Since what someone thinks about a stressor actually causes them stress, it’s one of the most important things to work on and control. How a person perceives an event is what will make them feel more or less stressed.
Beliefs that are negative and/or useless affect individual stress levels and hold people back. Changing these beliefs or bad habits takes time but it’s necessary in order for things to improve.
Physical Stamina Skills
Scheduling healthy meals and an exercise routine consistently brings balance and stability. It also energizes and enables thoughts to be clearer. Lack of exercise or poor nutrition frequently leaves people feeling sluggish and depressed.
Relationship Skills
Although some people may appear more outgoing than others, everyone needs to develop supportive friendships. In order to relate to people it helps to not only listen but to be able to empathize with their feelings.
Kicking Your Stress Habits addresses the importance of being assertive in relationships. If people don’t learn how to say no some of the time, they’re setting themselves up to feel more stressed.
Goals
If people know what direction they’re heading they’re not as likely to feel lost or stressed. Their life has more meaning because they’re motivated to reach those goals. Too many goals in an unrealistic time frame can cause just as much havoc as having no goals.
- Stress and grief, stress and life stages, stress and change, stress and life rhythm are other issues addressed in the book. Kicking Your Stress Habits encourages introspection but also emphasizes the importance of action. An action plan is suggested with advice on how to choose positive goals, behaviors and changes.
Donald A.Tubesing has authored several thought provoking books on stress management. He has the ability to communicate his concepts in a clear way in order to inspire others to improve their lives. Donald and Nancy Tubesing founded Whole Person Associates in 1970. It’s dedicated to promoting stress management and wellness. Whole Person Associates offers programs, books and DVDs for trainers, groups and individuals.
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