The Stress Answer: Train Your Brain to Conquer Depression and Anxiety in 45 Days

By Frank Lawlis

Book Overview

With his bestselling books, his renowned clinic, and his many appearances of the DR. PHIL show, Frank Lawlis has helped millions of people use groundbreaking psychological insights to find peace of mind and improve their lives. Now he turns his attention to the single biggest difficulty that most of us face every day- stress. In THE STRESS ANSWER, Dr. Lawlis explains the neurological factors that make stress so traumatizing, and he lays out a powerful plan for changing our brains to improve the way we cope when the going gets though. The secret is to take advantage of our brain plasticity-our ability to essentially reprogram the way we think by following the ideas presented in this forty-five-day program to change our behaviour. Using the latest psychological research, Dr. Lawlis takes us through the different types of 'stress storms' that commonly occur in our lives-from excessive worrying and depression to the problems that spring up in personal relationships or at work. For each of these, he shows how we can apply the principles of brain plasticity yo hard-wire new, healthier response patterns into the brain, reducing stress and increasing our overall happiness. Featuring helpful, easy-to-perform exercises that can de done just about anywhere, THE STRESS ANSWER will show you how to- ? Use restorative breathing and exercise to calm the brain ? Visualise your way to better stress responses ? Choose specific foods to enhance brain function ? Build a support network to provide encouragement ? Use self-rewards to make your new behaviour permanent Filled with inspiring success stories drawn from Dr. Lawlis's many years of clinical research, THE STRESS ANSWER gets to the heart of the problems that keep us from being our best selves, offering solutions that can be applied immediately and will last a lifetime. With THE STRESS ANSWER, you'll have the psychological tools you need to handle anything life throws your way.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670019739
• ISBN13: 9780670019731
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

like the book, love the author!

I just received the book and haven't had a chance to really give it a great review. But I can say, I have listened to Dr. Lawless many times on Dr. Phil and love what he says and knows about anxiety etc.....

How to find help for depressive people

This book has helped me in a christian way. The only person behaviors that I have control of is my own. A saying I learned in my psychology classes in college and it is so true. I had to let go of past misdeeds and I feel so much better!

The Stress Answer

It's an excellent book. It is clear and understandable for the average person and gives everyone hope and the skills to help themselves.

No Magic Pill, But A Useful Guide for Stress Relief

I am not a medical doctor, but I've studied medical and scientific findings into the brain's plasticity, and The Stress Answer relates coping strategies based on the latest discoveries into the workings of what's often called "three pounds of infinity." Jeffrey Satinover, Norman Doidge, V. S. Ramachandran, et. al., corroborate what Dr. Lawlis integrates in his chapters on storms of various stresses. He provides 45 days of useful exercises to coping with--and reducing stress. You do not have to follow his schedule to the letter. But I recommend doing one or two exercises daily until you have finished all of them. If you are serious about improving the quality of your life, then you should start at day one and go through the exercises again. This kind of repetition will not be boring; in fact, the more you repeat them, the less anxiety you will feel. I know. I did them. Instead of wasting 60 minutes of your life feeling anxious and depressed, invest that 60 minutes into yourself. Isn't it logical to invest your energy into feeling better instead of feeling blue? Excuse me while I rehearse positive imagery for my next book review.