Excellent tool for managing stress and anxiety
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Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Patterns -- Enchanted Forest Coloring Book for Adults
As a behavioral therapist one thing I do is help people who are struggling on some level learn to use effective, and positive, coping skills. Whether people are coping with any of a variety of psycho-social stressors, the stress of battling addiction, or coping with a significant change in circumstances  learning to effectively cope with things in a way that doesnt negatively impact physical health, state of mind, or functioning  is a prime goal in therapy. After the primary triad is addressed (diet, sleep, exercise) we typically work on the all-important second tier  social supports and leisure/recreation. I encourage my clients to spend a small amount of time each week dedicated to building a small but reliable social support system and also to spend a larger amount of time each week in a solitary enjoyable activity. A year or two ago I started to recommend coloring to my clients  it has taken off with my client base, as well as with my friends, as the most preferred relaxation tool in their arsenal of coping skills. The Johanna Basford coloring books are my new favorite books for using in therapy with my clients. These books offer an immersive relaxing leisure activity that is creative, non-threatening, and end-product-productive. The high-quality pages are beautifully designed, creatively illustrated, and inspiring.

I received the Johanna Basford Enchanted Forest Coloring Book at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review and love sharing this wonderful relaxation/coping strategy with my clients!
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Its a great resource to help with anxiety and trauma. Has used the book a lot after I purchased it!
4350723
I love all of the excerpts on natural ways to handle your anxiety by not using medication.  The book breaks down disorders by first explaining everything needed to understand the basis of anxiety, and then it goes into how to conquer different aspects of disorders such as stress, negative self-talk, CBT therapy, overcoming panic attacks, etc.  I am using this as I come off of my SSRI medication, and it has proven to be an effective tool for easing horrible anxiety.
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I've had an interesting and enlightening time with this book. It's saved me from possibly losing my job twice, and it's helped me to let go of a lot of anxiety. The banishing alone is worth getting this book. It's a simple and very powerful ritual that lasts and you can carry it with you throughout the day. It's also useful when you want to get rid of undesirable emotional reactions such as anger and irritability, sadness, worry, indecisiveness, bad moods, etc. If you can identify with the reaction, emote internally, and transmute it using the banishing taught in this book, you can do wonders with minor emotional distractions. It won't cure mental illness of course. See a doctor. But it can make day to day life less stressful.
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This book is an excellent source of information. The exercises are practical and very helpful. The material helps outline how you feel and provides strategies to cope with your anxiety. A must read if your suffer from anxiety.
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Lots of great insight, activities and information about stress and anxiety. The chapters are organized in an easy to follow way and you can use the book in any order you like. Each chapter is self contained so you don't have to stick to one particular order. I find myself referring to this book every now and then and it really has helped me cope with stress.

Side Note: I do not believe this book is NOT a replacement for seeing a professional therapist! If you feel your stress makes it difficult to cope in everyday life, please consider seeing a therapist.
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Great book.  I manage 2 drug communities and use the book for anxious people.  Very accessible with good exercises.  Some anxiety books created anxiety reading them.  Not this one - it is like having a casual conversation with the author.  I find all of Kelly's work to be very readable and extremely helpful.
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Dr. Amen's book is a superb resource filled with exceptional information, tools, and techniques for personal and professional transformation.

The 21st century world we live in is extremely stressful: physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Our bodies, minds, hearts, and spirits are stressed to the extreme on a daily basis by an increasingly toxic environment. Ironically, because of the human nervous system's remarkable capacity to adapt, when you experience significant continuing stress you become acclimated to the point where living in stress is felt as 'normal'. But 'normal' doesn't necessarily mean 'natural'. As a result, millions of people are quite unaware of just how deeply stressed they are until it's too late and they lapse into serious mental or physical illness. Many others aware of their high stress level, simply endure their situation with quiet desperation or, worse, self-medicate with short term solutions such as drugs, alcohol, junk food, etc., that have long term negative effects.

If only folks knew there are simple things one can do to change and enjoy their life a great deal more.

Enter 'Change Your Brain, Change Your Life'. It is filled with fascinating and easy to understand information about biochemistry, neuroanatomy, nutrition, supplementation, and rapid cognitive-behavioral (RCBT) mental rescripting techniques to help you along in your journey to greater health and well-being.

As a professional life and business coach, I recommend this title to all of my clients, and I recommend it to you wholeheartedly.

Dr. Amen's book, 'Healing The Hardware Of the Soul' is also highly recommended for those with a more spiritual inclination.

Happy reading!
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Stanley's book proved to be very readable and practical in helping people choose the best solution for them in managing anxiety/fear. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and have used his techniques with my clients .I  have found this book to be a very helpful tool as part of their treatment. I would recommend this book for counselors, individuals, pastors or anyone in the helping profession.

I especially liked his emphasis on the Sovereignty of God and the freedom in surrendering our fears to Him.
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I bought this very valuable guide about the best anxiety management solutions because I suffer from these anxiety attacks myself.

The book gave me some very good solutions and tips how to reduce my anxiety and how to feel relaxed and stress free.

I am always stressed and not at ease and I do worry all the time. I have looked at many books to help me and this book is definitely helping me managing anxiety.

I love the practical part that teaches how to handle anxiety and stress. This book is a keeper and I have tried many books before. This book actually shows me in a realistic way how to solve my anxiety and stress problem. I already got some nice results and noticed a better and more relaxed sleep. I was bothered with sleeping problems before applying some of these tips that are inside this book. I am really surprised at these results and hope that Susan Baker is writing more books about this topic because I really like her approach.

Thanks a lot for this helpful book.
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My psychiatrist didn't believe me when I told him about spire, but it is very effective in tracking mood and tension.  I am more aware of my stress level and am able to cognizantly change my mood through deep breathing and visualization techniques.  I highly recommend it for anyone who struggles with mood variances due to mental illness or a stressful job.  A very useful product.
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I particularly liked the section on tapping.  Even though I know about tapping and use it, ms mariuka walks the reader through the process so simply and easily I enhanced my own use of the tool.  Tapping is only one of the many common sense tools that can be used for stress relief.  If you think you don't have time to investigate your own stress levels I encourage you to read Conscious Calm because once the tools are understood they are easily incorporated into daily routines.
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"The Worry-Free Mind" is a perfect resource for those of us who struggle with constant worry and anxiety who seek guidance of how to break the routines we likely established a long time ago. Kershaw and Wade guide the reader through a series of behaviors that many people engage in- whether desired or not- and explain the likely source(s), what they look like, and how to overcome them just by shifting our focus and attention. Until reading this book, I had absolutely no idea just how self-destructive and limiting I was being and how damaging that is in my relationships and career. I started to use some of the suggestions the day I began to read this, and I found the tools useful already! I took a decent amount of notes as a reference point to reflect back upon when needed. I definitely see myself re-reading this book again in the future to serve as a reminder of how influential the power of our own thoughts can be on every aspect of our lives.
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I read this book in snippets over several days, and even before I finished the book I was going to bed at night with far less anxiety about being able to sleep. As a result, I've slept well several nights in a row already, without using the ubiquitous sleep aids perched on my night stand. I actually stumbled onto this book as I searched Amazon for yet another sleep aid. I was considering ordering a highly-rated melatonin tablet because I wasn't comfortable with my increasing dependence on over-the-counter sleep-inducing medications. I am so glad I ordered this book instead of another bottle of another kind of pills. This book gives the reader easy and free ways to reduce anxiety about insomnia. Some reviewers complain the ideas are too simple, but frequently solutions to big problems in our lives do come about from simple but significant changes in behavior and thought. The key here, as in any self-help or behavioral change program, is to actually DO the program not just read it and dismiss it.

I just finished the book today and will now be implementing her program fully. It involves behavior changes such as limiting the amount of time spent in bed, and putting your trust in your ability to sleep instead of putting your trust into pills. I see how some people may expect an earth shaking new sure-fire complicated technique for getting to sleep each night and they may be dismissive of making small changes and trusting their own ability to solve the insomnia problem. But this book gave me the insight that my insomnia is a result of increasing anxiety every night, and the anxiety from the previous night's insomnia caused me to turn sleep into an evasive and difficult thing. That knowledge alone has allowed me to drift off fairly quickly and sleep soundly.

I will update this in a few weeks after fully implementing her remarkably easy program.

ONE MONTH UPDATE

I have not used a sleeping aid even once in the month since finishing this book. I fall asleep very quickly most nights, whereas before reading this I often took hours to fall asleep. In fact my husband, who has always been able to fall asleep instantly in any circumstance, can't believe I actually fall asleep before him. Very occasionally I wake up in the middle of the night now and spend maybe an hour going back to sleep but that was happening far more often and for longer periods of time when I was relying on sleep aids. So I give this book a huge thumbs up. Sometimes there is a physical problem causing insomnia but for many of us it is anxiety over insomnia that compounds the problem. If you are open to that idea and willing to embrace it, this technique might help you as much as it did me. My problem, which was growing worse each year, has been released and resolved.  Sleep tight.
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This is written in an easy to follow and understand way. It has some great tips and advice on how to manage stress. I especially like the 4 alternatives ways to dealing with stress and are easy to remember as they are the 4As

A really concise and helpful book. I highly recommend even if you think you don't suffer with stress
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I really needed this book as stress have taken its toll on me for many years. The book is easy to read and is not filled with fluff. The author gives specific strategies to eliminate stress that I plan to implement immediately.
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This clinical guide is simple, brief, organized, and incredibly useful.  The guide walks the therapist through using exposure therapy with their clients by clearly defining different types of anxiety and offering step-by-step instructions to help reduce the symptoms associated with each type of anxiety.

I often feel helpless when working with acutely and/or chronically anxious clients who have "tried everything" but continue to really suffer with anxiety symptoms.  This guide offers an incredible and easy-to-use resource for therapists to untangle the type of anxiety their client is experiencing and apply evidence-based exposure therapy techniques to help ease the often palpable discomfort anxiety can cause.

This book is, in a word, "useful".  My only criticism is that I would like more.  I would also like to know more about how often to use the techniques described and a bit more about outcome expectations.

This clinical guide is worth the cost and provides a very practical tool to help therapists do what they love to do- help people feel better.