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The De-Stress Diva's Guide to Life: 77 Ways to Recharge, Refocus, and Organize Your Life
The De-Stress Diva's Guide to Life When you feel stressed out, you don't have the time or energy to completely overhaul every aspect of your life. You need help for what's bothering you right now—and you need it right away! You need the De-Stress Diva. In this book, America's De-Stress Diva Ruth Klein gives you proven strategies for overcoming seventy-seven common stressors, with practical tips and techniques that you can put to work immediately to rebalance and re-energize your life. The De-Stress Diva understands the many stress points women encounter in juggling work, family, and friends. She has helped countless women overcome the stressful situations that affect them most to bring more joy into their lives, and now she can do the same for you. The De-Stress Diva's easy-to-follow tips enable you to conquer stressors with the help
- GenresNonfiction
256 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2008
About the author
Ruth Klein
16 books10 followersRuth Klein is an internationally known Brand Strategist, Best-Selling Author of 7 books, Speaker and Expert Celebrity™ Branding maven for leaders, CEOs and entrepreneurs. She has appeared in O: The Oprah Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CNBC, FOX, CBS, ABC, NBC as well as dozens of other media.
Ruth works with experts, conscious leaders and c-suite executives to help them become highly visible as thought leaders in their industry. She helps them create lucrative businesses and powerful personal brands, by honing their message and communicating it through writing books, signature speeches and purpose-driven brands.
Last year Ruth launched her Generation Why Not® Podcast. You can subscribe on iTunes, iHeart Radio, Tune-in, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, Spreaker, and is also available on Alexa.
Ruth's clients add multi-six and seven figures to their business or company; host PBS specials; are high five-figure international speakers; receive over a hundred media pick-ups with one press release, become best-selling authors, and have even become a $500 million dollar business brand.
Ruth has raised funds or volunteered for non-profits since 3rd grade!
She holds Masters Degrees in Clinical Psychology & Spiritual Psychology, and has penned seven books, many of which are bestselling, notably, Generation Why Not?®: 7 Principles to a Purposeful Business and Life, Drive by Attitude, Not Age, Time Management Secrets for Working Women; The De-Stress Diva's Guide to Life; Manage Your Time/Market Your Business and The Everything Guide to Being a Sales Rep.
Ruth has been a television and print spokesperson for AT&T, AOL Online, Food Saver, 3M and many other top business brands.
www.ruthklein.com
Ruth works with experts, conscious leaders and c-suite executives to help them become highly visible as thought leaders in their industry. She helps them create lucrative businesses and powerful personal brands, by honing their message and communicating it through writing books, signature speeches and purpose-driven brands.
Last year Ruth launched her Generation Why Not® Podcast. You can subscribe on iTunes, iHeart Radio, Tune-in, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, Spreaker, and is also available on Alexa.
Ruth's clients add multi-six and seven figures to their business or company; host PBS specials; are high five-figure international speakers; receive over a hundred media pick-ups with one press release, become best-selling authors, and have even become a $500 million dollar business brand.
Ruth has raised funds or volunteered for non-profits since 3rd grade!
She holds Masters Degrees in Clinical Psychology & Spiritual Psychology, and has penned seven books, many of which are bestselling, notably, Generation Why Not?®: 7 Principles to a Purposeful Business and Life, Drive by Attitude, Not Age, Time Management Secrets for Working Women; The De-Stress Diva's Guide to Life; Manage Your Time/Market Your Business and The Everything Guide to Being a Sales Rep.
Ruth has been a television and print spokesperson for AT&T, AOL Online, Food Saver, 3M and many other top business brands.
www.ruthklein.com
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May 28, 2016
Each Chapter is Packed with Easy-to-Apply Insights for Every Day Life
Our world and culture is jammed with tension and stress. Bestselling author Ruth Klein gives 77 chapters loaded with information. The 77 sections are organized into 10 chapters to cover the gamut of life issues. As Klein writes in the introduction, “Stress does not discriminate between poor or rich, women or men, younger people or older people…Our thoughts, positive or negative, are the foundation of who and what we become in our lives and in our relationships.” (Page 2)
Each chapter focuses on a key point with a question from the diva and ends with a daily aspiration. I appreciated the practical secrets sprinkled into each chapter. Every reader will find value and insights in these pages. For example, 40 is “Start your day with a smile on the inside.” Here’s one of the secrets: “identify the two top-priority items on your to-do list. In other words, if you had no time to do anything else, by doing these two things you would feel as if you accomplished something at the end of the day. When you complete two items in each category (tasks, calls, e-mails), go on to the next two items. I call this the Rule of Two.” (Page 125-126)
Everyone will find value in this book. It is the type of book you can read annually. I highly recommend it.
Our world and culture is jammed with tension and stress. Bestselling author Ruth Klein gives 77 chapters loaded with information. The 77 sections are organized into 10 chapters to cover the gamut of life issues. As Klein writes in the introduction, “Stress does not discriminate between poor or rich, women or men, younger people or older people…Our thoughts, positive or negative, are the foundation of who and what we become in our lives and in our relationships.” (Page 2)
Each chapter focuses on a key point with a question from the diva and ends with a daily aspiration. I appreciated the practical secrets sprinkled into each chapter. Every reader will find value and insights in these pages. For example, 40 is “Start your day with a smile on the inside.” Here’s one of the secrets: “identify the two top-priority items on your to-do list. In other words, if you had no time to do anything else, by doing these two things you would feel as if you accomplished something at the end of the day. When you complete two items in each category (tasks, calls, e-mails), go on to the next two items. I call this the Rule of Two.” (Page 125-126)
Everyone will find value in this book. It is the type of book you can read annually. I highly recommend it.
September 2, 2010
I picked up The De-Stress Divas Guide to Life from the library on my eReader. I had put it on hold when I was having an immense amount of stress, and by the time I got it, my stress was very little. I think that's probably a good thing. I think reading this book was helpful as I could take the time to examine the ideas behind it and really think about how to apply them to my life.
I really enjoyed the sections on family get-togethers and how to manage stress when there are so many people together at one time. It was helpful to see the other perspective of siblings. We may not be able to pick our family, but we can choose to understand them. Everyone brings different qualities and it's important to respect those.
There were some chapters very dear to me, such as the stresses of changing jobs, or planning a wedding.
I would recommend this book because of it's simplicity. It's not a hard read, but the tips inside are very useful. I would also recommend visiting Ruth's website to get more tips and tricks. As a list and checklist kind of person, I really like what she has to offer.
I really enjoyed the sections on family get-togethers and how to manage stress when there are so many people together at one time. It was helpful to see the other perspective of siblings. We may not be able to pick our family, but we can choose to understand them. Everyone brings different qualities and it's important to respect those.
There were some chapters very dear to me, such as the stresses of changing jobs, or planning a wedding.
I would recommend this book because of it's simplicity. It's not a hard read, but the tips inside are very useful. I would also recommend visiting Ruth's website to get more tips and tricks. As a list and checklist kind of person, I really like what she has to offer.
September 14, 2011
Here are some tips that I believe will be useful to me:
1. Follow the rule of two: spend 5 minutes each morning writing a list of the day's tasks, circling the two most important tasks and focusing only on those two tasks. When they are completed focus on the next two most important tasks. For more rule of two tips visit www.ruthklein.com
2. for good posture tips visit www.amerchiro.org
3. check emails 1 to 2 hours after starting work. Check emails 3 times per day.
4. spend 10 minutes each day sorting and filing
5. peppermint oil is good for mental focus while basil oil helps stimulate memory. Place one or two drops on a handkerchief and sniff.
6. Place both thumbs in the middle of your forehead. Move your fingers across your brow toward your temples. Pause there and massage.
7. End the week with a 10 minute purge of excess paperwork and old files.
1. Follow the rule of two: spend 5 minutes each morning writing a list of the day's tasks, circling the two most important tasks and focusing only on those two tasks. When they are completed focus on the next two most important tasks. For more rule of two tips visit www.ruthklein.com
2. for good posture tips visit www.amerchiro.org
3. check emails 1 to 2 hours after starting work. Check emails 3 times per day.
4. spend 10 minutes each day sorting and filing
5. peppermint oil is good for mental focus while basil oil helps stimulate memory. Place one or two drops on a handkerchief and sniff.
6. Place both thumbs in the middle of your forehead. Move your fingers across your brow toward your temples. Pause there and massage.
7. End the week with a 10 minute purge of excess paperwork and old files.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 12, 2015
A little of this, a bit of that: meditations, exercises, resources, projects, advice, etc. for all aspects of life.
For more of same See: 10-Step Stress Solution by Shah; Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-free Living
For more science side See: Why Zebra's Don't Get Ulcers by R. Sapolsky
For more of same See: 10-Step Stress Solution by Shah; Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-free Living
For more science side See: Why Zebra's Don't Get Ulcers by R. Sapolsky
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