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The books we’re about to introduce you to discuss about something that’s been plaguing our society today more than ever; stress and anxiety.
Millions of people are dealing with massive amounts of stress on a daily basis,
and in this increasingly-connected and hectic world, stress and anxiety are more prevalent than ever.
When we talk about stress we think about a mental state of emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances,
while anxiety, on the other hand, is a feeling of worry, nervousness or unease about something that has an uncertain outcome.
All kinds of serious mental and physical conditions can occur from leaving stress and anxiety unmanaged and running rampant.
We compiled this list in the hopes that gaining proper knowledge about these topics
can really improve the quality of your life in every way.
So Aluxers, here they are the best books on understanding and managing stress and anxiety;
Starting off with a clear and humorous rebook that takes a different approach to the human psyche
with a lot of useful and inspiring exercises, you could use for your well being.
If you’re like millions of people around the world that have fallen into this rat race that society masquerades as happiness
then you're in luck because Harris will help you find true satisfaction in life,
along with escaping this happiness trap.
He’ll help you take your power back with plenty of techniques that will clarify your values, develop mindfulness, reduce stress and worry,
break self-defeating habits, manage painful thoughts and feelings effectively and, last but not least create a rich, meaningful life.
We encourage you to purchase this book and practice everything you learn in the book because it’s about time for your greatest self to come to life.
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This book is a thorough critical examination of the predominant assumptions about mental health around the 1950s.
As an existential psychologist, May argues that anxiety can prove to be quite beneficial in some areas of life,
and that it’s an essential element to the human condition.
He says that anxious people tend to be smarter, more creative than their non-anxious opposites
and have the ability to make lasting changes for their well being.
Even though this book was written over 70 years ago, Rollo May’s influence is still visible today, decades later,
and is supported by new studies that suggest that we are able to reframe our emotions, such as turning our anxiety into excitement.
Let’s answer a couple of questions, shall we?
What is the opposite of stress?! What about anxiety?!
If you answered calmness, serenity then you were right on the money.
So, rather than focusing on “how to get rid of stress,” “how to stop having anxiety,” or “how to manage stress and anxiety,”
why don’t you focus on “how to be more calm” or “how to be more serene.”
Wherever you go, there you covers the principles of mindfulness,
focusing on how you can harness the power to transform your life by cultivating wakeful awareness.
This is a free-flowing state which can be cultivated in order for you to live a more peaceful,
more serene and more harmonious life, free from any kind of stress or anxiety.
This one is highly recommended for individuals who are stressed out and have no idea in which direction their life is headed,
making it a perfect guide for them to confront their meaning in life.
Siddhartha describes the spiritual journey of a young man who wants to know himself,
and sieve through the confusing choices he makes in his life, in order to find a sense of inner peace.
It’s an inspiring and persuasive novel that provides incredible analogies to our modern lives
with such an emotional distance that makes it a perfect teaching tool for stress and anxiety therapy.
Here’s a great manual that will show you how to use the DARE technique to overcome anxiety.
McDonagh promotes a counter-intuitive method that urges you to face your anxiety and panic attacks to get through them.
He stresses the importance of understanding the origins of your anxiety and then confronting them head-on,
instead of feeding into them or trying to ignore them.
Many who have tried other approaches have stopped when they tried DARE because it was the only formula that provided them with the success they wanted.
In her book, psychologist Kelly McGonigal reveals that, rather than putting your efforts into eliminating stress,
it’ll be much more beneficial if you could learn to embrace it, which could potentially make you stronger, smarter and happier.
She provides a fantastic toolkit for understanding, accepting, along with leveraging stress to your advantage,
talking about how we have a large capacity for stress-related growth.
With the help of science, many stories, and exercises,
The upside of stress can help you cultivate a mindset that embraces stress and learns from challenging experiences.
More and more psychologists are shifting from self-esteem, towards self-compassion when treating patients.
Self-compassion being the ability to weather failures, forgive yourself when you screw up,
along with accepting your insecurities, your flaws and carrying on despite them.
Neff’s book lays out in more detail the concepts of self-compassion as well as sound advice on how to start applying this practice in your own life.
This book, also, provides you with a lot of exercises and action plans for handling any kind of stresses that may come your way,
be it stress, emotional pain, anxiety, parenting, weight loss or others.
According to neurologist, Robert Sapolsky, stress is not a state of mind
it’s a measurable condition that can be very harmful to our well-being if it’s left uncontrolled.
Combining the latest research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice,
the author relays the causes of stress and how to better control your stress responses.
The book provides a comprehensive explanation on how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a variety of physical and mental afflictions,
such as depression, heart disease, sleep deprivation, ulcers, colitis and more.
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Unfuck your brain is a study that uses a lot of swearing, humor and patience to explain the neuroscience behind anxiety without letting it overwhelm you.
Also, Faith Harper talks about how our brains can sometimes sabotage our lives, even though they to their best to help us out.
This book will provide you with a sharp approach to coping with troublesome feelings of anxiety
and moving on from past traumas that still eat up you mental energy.
Now we’re taking a peek at a book that’s designed to help anxiety and stress sufferers to handle their condition with plenty of small, actionable advice
that can be incorporated into a daily routine.
First, we make the beast beautiful jumps from story to story, in a highly energetic manner,
that actually demonstrates how can have severe anxiety and still find a way to function and thrive.
Also, it’ll give the ones who don’t and never had any problems with it, a better understanding of what their loved ones are going through.
You also might want to check out our short video “How do you fight Anxiety?,” click in the top right corner to check it out.
Here’s a terrific classic self-help book that’ll teach how to stop letting the little things in life drive you mad,
and focus instead on the things that do matter.
Written in a simple and insightful way don’t sweat the small stuff will guide you on shifting your perspective,
making you a calmer more aware person in order to deal properly with the things in your life.
It also provides you with a ton of brilliant tactics for achieving whatever you set out to achieve by giving up stress, worry, anger, and fear.
In his book, Steve Peters reveals the struggle that takes place in the confines of your mind
and, then, explains how you can apply this understanding to every area of your life.
The chimp paradox gives you a very powerful mind management framework that can help you become a happy, confident, healthier and more affluent person.
It’s based on scientific facts and principles, presented in a simple, clear way for anyone to be able to understand it.
It, also, provides you with a series of exercises that will develop your emotional skills and habits
which will help you develop into the person you want to be.
According to David d. Burns, chronic worries are not actually rooted in reality, which is why they can be very deceitful,
even though they can appear as real as it gets when you’re having them.
The author is a firm believer in treating stress, anxiety, depression and other such conditions without medication.
Furthermore, he shares that the latest research shows medication can do more harm than good in most cases.
When panic attacks provides the reader with 40 strategies to implement into your life,
which are designed to make fears, worries, false narratives leave your mind framework for good.
The authors have designed this book especially so you can overcome your fears and your anxieties,
in order for you to feel empowered and motivated as you learn about the whole psychological process.
Your brain is an incredibly powerful tool which you can use either for your benefit or in your detriment,
and the better you understand this tool, the more you work to change the way you respond to fear, the stronger you will become.
By using the methods shown in this book, you can literally learn to “rewire” the brain processes that lie at the root of your fears.
As society gets increasingly more complex, so do our interactions, our worries, our fears and our problems.
Anxiety expert, Steve Hayes relays, in this challenging book, an original way to look at your own experiences and at life, in general.
He talks about how we desperately trying to avoid uncomfortable feelings or situations limits our life and hinders our progress,
so by learning to accept those discomforts, we can open up to pursue a bigger, more interesting and more meaningful life.
And Aluxers that's a wrap on the most valuable stress and anxiety books out there.
We hope you gained some great insight and found some really useful books to help you in your journey.
Let’s know in the comments and we’ll be right there with you.
And before saying goodbye for today, here's a little bonus we’d like to share.
This is one incredible spiritual guide that will change your life forever.
Once you read this one there is no going back, your awareness will expand massively.
It’ll show you how to become “an observer of your thoughts,”
along with many other things with the help of various exercises and principles spread throughout the book.
It’s a profound spiritual testament for a better way of living and for building a better world.
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