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Thorsons
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First published in 1993 by Charles Letts & Co Ltd Revised edition published by Thorsons 2001
© Xandria Williams 2001
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Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Introduction
Running a Phrase
Part I: The Emotional Aspects of Stress
1 Creative Thought
2 More Thoughts
3 Past Programming
4 Regression, Finding Your Past
5 Addictions and Preferences
6 Be Willing to Change
7 Get Clear on Your Outcome
8 Powerful Thought
9 Affirmations
10 Face the Worst and Know You Can Cope
11 Believe in a Positive Future
12 Proaction versus Reaction
13 Your Life Plan
14 You Are Terrific
15 Playing God and Being perfect
16 Summary
17 Conclusions to Part I
Part II: The Physical Aspects of Stress
18 Your Mind and Your Body
19 Stress and Overload
20 The Mental-Physical Connection
21 What Your Body Needs
22 Your 10-step Health Check and Stress-reducing Regime
Resources
List of Searchable Terms
Author Biography
About the Publisher
This is a book about choices. Stress is not necessary; it can be eliminated. It is yours if you choose to experience it; equally, by the choices you make, you can avoid and eliminate stress from your experience.
You are only stressed if you think you are. You are only helpless if you think you are. You are only trapped in a situation from which you cannot escape if you think you are. By altering the way you think, your attitudes and your expectations you can choose to have a stress-free existence. In this book you will learn how to accomplish this. The changes you make in your life as a result will enable you to change the way you think and feel and will also bring about unexpected changes in the people and events around you.
There is no such entity as a stress, out there, waiting to get you. What stresses you depends on your response and says more about you than about
