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Cooling Down Stress

How to take the heat out of life's stress

by Cameron Johnston

This Paperback version of Cooling Down Stress is also available as an eBook and Audiobook.

Chris Brooks’ new start-up is booming and everyone thinks he is a success. But when his 30-year-old sales manager unexpectedly dies of a heart attack and his friend Kate is diagnosed with cancer, Chris is forced to take an honest look at how he’s really doing.

Based on author Cameron Johnston’s extensive experience in presenting seminars on stress management and his analogy of “cooling down soup,” this engaging book provides simple, practical steps to relieve stress, anxiety and depression, improve wellbeing and deal with deep-seated issues like anger and grief.

Each chapter contains practical suggestions for applying the principles in daily life.

This revised edition contains new chapters dealing with deep-seated stressors like anger and grief and has been fully updated throughout.

The pressure cooker of unmanaged stress
How hot is your stress?
Controlling the stress response
Relax and enjoy the process
Regular physical activity
Enjoy life with humour
Eat good food
Resolving deep-seated stress
Give thanks and be positive
Slow down and enjoy life
What if your stress has been too hot for too long?
Developing a personal action plan
Resolving negative emotions
Defusing anger
Getting through grief and major loss
Restoring joy after Loss

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Publisher: Signs Publishing

ISBN: 9781922373144

Format: Paperback

STATUS: AVAILABLE TO ORDER (item is either in stock or quickly/soon obtainable from supplier)

Pages: 160

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Unprecedented times. Crazy times. Unusual times we’re living in. These words have become a standard refrain. And here in Melbourne, where we’re wearing masks and are under a nightly curfew, a lot of people are feeling a bit . . . anxious. Add to that, job uncertainty or loss, trying to teach kids while working from home yourself and being cut off from loved ones and you’ve got a lot of extra stress. No matter where you are and whether you’re in a hotspot now, 2020 has been a doozy. It’s just so happened that, over the past few months, I’ve been working on a couple of books about dealing with stress. I’ve found myself dipping into these books for my own wellbeing and to help out some of my friends too. Cooling Down Stress and Cooling Down Teen Stress are new and updated editions of books that have influenced thousands of people in the US, Canada and Australia over the past 20 years. Unusually for health books, both are written in the form of stories. Cooling Down Stress is written by now-retired pastor and lifestyle consultant Cameron Johnston, and follows successful entrepreneur Chris Brooks and his wife Jessica as they attend a series of wellness seminars after the sudden death of Chris’ 30-year-old sales manager. Written by Cameron’s daughter Delight Johnston Chandler, Cooling Down Teen Stress is about final-year high school student Derisa Moore and deals with issues including study stress, technology misuse, relationships, and mental and physical illnesses. The stories are complemented by practical tools for evaluating stress and improving wellbeing. These both include and go beyond NEWSTART principles, ranging from simple tips like deep-breathing and keeping some things that make you laugh handy to strategies for forgiveness and grieving. The latter are new to this edition of Cooling Down Stress and I found them particularly eye-opening. So read these books yourself or buy copies to share with friends and family. They are easy, enjoyable reads that are suited to both Adventists and non-Adventists alike. We all need a bit of help to deal with stress. Crazy times. —Lauren Webb, assistant book editor, Signs Publishing