Are you suffering from the effects of stress? Do you want to learn techniques that will help you relax? Would you like lasting strategies to help you set goals for feeling happier and coping with stressful times in the long term? This workbook uses a compassionate approach based on positive psychology, and a whole-life approach along with self-assessment and interactive tasks to help you manage your stress. It doesn't just tell you how to feel more relaxed; by using diagnostic tests, practical exercises, and thought challenges, it will show you how to set new goals for achieving happiness, and help you make plans to achieve a better sense of balance. The contents help you identify your particular personality type, allowing you to pick a path through the book that works for you, while the coverage includes such cutting-edge techniques as mindfulness and compassion, in addition to giving you practical support for stressful situations and long-term planning for a happier future.

This workbook uses the increasingly popular approach of compassionate self-management to help individuals tackle stress in a whole-life, whole-body way. It uses interactive and goal-focused worksheets, exercises and tasks, along with Cognitive Behavioural Techniques, to help readers plan for happiness and make lasting changes to their lives.

About the Author
Lynne van Brakel has been an Executive Coach since 1990 and specialises in leadership and stress management with diplomas in coaching, clinical hypnotherapy, NLP and Counselling. She works with teams and individuals helping them develop their potential and manage change transitions, and is a Director of a coaching business; 'Peoplelink'.


Book Information
ISBN 9781471801792
Author Lynne Van Brakel
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Teach Yourself
Publisher John Murray Press
Weight(grams) 560g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 186mm * 20mm