The Biology of Beating Stress

How Changing Your Environment, Your Body, and Your Brain Can Help You Find Balance and Peace

Jeanne Ricks

• Publisher: RWW New Page Books
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781601634504
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Mental Health & Wellbeing

An enlightening guide to how stress wears us down—and what we can do to protect ourselves. Stress doesn't discriminate—it can have a negative impact on us regardless of race, creed, socioeconomic status, or political party. But with a health issue that's so universal—and a flood of not-always-accurate information about it—how can we separate fact from fiction and get a grip on harmful stress? The Biology of Beating Stress is a powerful book that summarizes major points about stress in a quick and easily digestible way. It explains:

• breathing and relaxation techniques
• how to not just manage stress, but actually use it to your advantage
• how understanding epigenetics can give you more control over your health
• the amazing benefits of brain wave entrainment for drug-free stress relief
• foods that help support the body
• how consistent cortisol reduction techniques create a clear path to a happier, healthier, more productive, and stress-free life

From a holistic health practitioner, this guide puts the focus on the connection between our minds and bodies, and reveals the changes that can reduce the impact of stress on both.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Appreciations
• Contents
• Author’s Note
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 What Makes Us Sick?
• 2 Stress: The Equal Opportunity Assassin
• 3 Breathe Your Way to Better Mental and Physical Health
• 4 Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy (Food as Information)
• 5 Stretching
• 6 Movement
• 7 Anxiety (or Dance With the Elephants)
• 8 Meditation (Your Mini-Vacation)
• 9 Brainwave Entrainment
• 10 Sleep (Get More!)
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author