Synopsis

Praise for Managing Stress

What do your students like most about Managing Stress

"The readability and applicability to their lives are the main things. I have never had a student complain about this text or anything in it. I have a new young colleague now who also teaches stress management and he told me he has loved the Seaward text since he used it as a student of mine a few years ago and there was no quesion what text he was going to use." John E. Leary, State University of New York at Cortland

"The language that is used is very appealing. It's not all theoretical and conceptual; students can actually relate and use the boook. I've had countless students tell me that they aren't selling this book back at the end of the semester. They also love the relaxation CD that comees with the text." Justin Laird, Columbia University

What do your students like least about Managing Stress

"Nothing. They like everything, espcially its simplicity and the opportunity to take practice quizzes before any test or exam. In addition, they also think the book offers several practical stress coping techniques they could use themselves." Paul Ankomah, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Managing Stress, Sixth Edition, provides a comprehensive approach to stress management honoring the integration, balance, and harmony of mind, body, spirit, and emotions. The holistic approach taken by internationally acclaimed lecturer and author Brian Luke Seaward gently guides the reader to greater levels of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being by emphasizing the importance of mind-body-spirit unity. Referred to as the "authority on stress management" by students and professionals, this book gives students the tools needed to identify and manage stress while teaching them how to strive for health and balance.

Every NEW text includes a relaxation CD and The Art of Peace and Relaxation Workbook at no additional cost to students!

New to the Sixth Edition

New information on post-traumatic stress disorder in the context of war

More information on gender communication and gender stress

Discussion about the myths surrounding multitasking and technology's impact on loss of concentration

Coverage of the Lipton Model and the biology of stress

New research on positive psychology and the art of being happy

Expanded coverage of the unconscious mind and thought processing with regard to behavioral changes

Discussion of communication in the wi-fi age and how the Internet can sometimes add to stress