How To Stress Less: Simple ways to stop worrying and take control of your future

by Benjamin Bonetti

Say goodbye to stress for good! It’s a fact - stress kills! Yet, so many of us find ourselves stressed out, day to day. However, if you are feeling anxious, find it hard to relax or perhaps struggle to get rid of that constant mental ache, let celebrated life-coach and mentor Benjamin Bonetti show you how to chill. In his latest title, How To Stress Less , Benjamin shows you how to combat stress by taking action and intentionally rejecting it when it rears its ugly head. How To Stress Less provides you with an easy to follow guide to help you effectively release and manage everyday stress that can seriously affect your health. Benjamin does not promise to wave a magic wand to make your troubles disappear. Rather, he addresses the impact of stress and helps you deal with deep-seated issues surrounding common reasons we find ourselves stressed out in the first place. In this forward thinking stress manual, How To Stress Less

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[ReadAlongWithSue recovering from a stroke★⋆. ࿐࿔ · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a first time self help book on this subject matter I quite enjoyed it.
It had some valuable sensible information on helping us process things for ourselves.

In some parts I could identify myself quite visibly which was scary!

I don’t tend to worry about the future i more try to plan for different equations in the future as to several things that might happen.
But that’s the realistic important things.

It’s controlling situations.
If I’m reliant on others and have to wait for important things that help or will change my life for the good, that’s the hardest for me. When my future is in someone else’s hands.

Had some good tips I could mull over.
Not earthbreaking, but hints to put into practice.

[Raquel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the straightforward, "no bullshit" approach to managing stress based on 3 pillars of lifestyle, nutrition and fitness. This book provides several practical tips and exercises for managing stress anchored on a shift of mindset. The specific part dedicated to nutrition didn't resonate with me so much, but that's simply because I decided to adopt a slightly different approach here (and in the end there are many theories on this subject and each individual should be able to make up their own mind about what's right for them). Overall a useful book that I will keep for reference for future occasions.

[Rewon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This author comes off a bit sociopathic — like, denying his children sympathy for their woes and asking them to come up with a solution to their stressors, and repetitively denying the validity of stress at all. But! I must admit it's helped me reframe the way I view life's hardships. And! There were certainly some takeaways, so here are my notes:

• "The past has no direct value to the present, aside from the choice of whether to continue on this path or stop." - I don't completely agree with this but it's an interesting concept.

• Our internal image/ perception of ourselves guides how much we believe we can deal with
• Let your confidence grow from your core — who you want to be

• The only option is to let the stressor continue or to make action to address it
• What can I do to prevent this stressor from affecting me this way again?

• Negative emotions won't lead to a new outcome. Creating action will, though.
• Beware of using stress to garner attention; you can use stress-meditation to garner attention instead
• Building toward a persona; what kind of person do you want to be?
• Do you want pity, do you want to be a victim that bad?

• View stressors as challenges rather than threats
• See things as they are; their scale in seriousness; their full potential to be fixed/resolved

• Replace negative thoughts with three positive thoughts

• Tune into stress reactions in body
• Create a stress assessment that guides how you respond.

[Nicki Kendall · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a ground breaking read but it does have some good suggestions for ways to relieve and cope with stressors. The book also explains the negative effects stress has on the body and your physical functions and not just your mind which was interesting. A good starting point for people wanting some tips on dealing with stress. #howtostressless #benjaminbonetti #goodreads #tea_sipping_bookworm
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[James Clarke · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't enjoy, felt a little too smug.

[Chris Shepheard · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good book which, besides suggesting methods to beat and conquer stress, also tells about the links between what you feel physically and what the stressor is doing to your body functions.

[Tim Allan · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is riddled with pseudoscience and unreferenced "facts".

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!

[Eva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful read. Many things mentioned in the book I can guarantee you already heard before, but as it adds to it, I'm not complaining.

I would recommend the audiobook over print version, tho.