Stress: Concepts, Cognition, Emotion, and Behavior: Handbook of Stress Series Volume 1 (Handbook in Stress)

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• 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

  
  By Sara Barris, Psychologist Queens, New York, May 6, 2016

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  This review is from: Sacred Stress: A Radically Different Approach to Using Life’s Challenges for Positive Change (Paperback)

  This is a book written with much wisdom that really challenges our very approach to and understanding of stress. The authors argue that stress in and of itself is not inherently bad nor something from which we need to rid ourselves. Stress can be reinterpreted as an opportunity for growth, the cultivation of inner strength and even personal transformation. If we can have the courage to actually open to stress and embrace those unwanted feelings and thoughts, we may be surprised to find an encounter with gratitude, compassion and faith. This is a book written with humor, humility and brutal honesty. Unique and set apart from so many other stress management books is the way in which the authors skillfully incorporate the spiritual dimension and bring the Divine into the equation, even referring to stress as god’s sacred instrument’. In a culture where problems or stress are regarded as needing to be ‘fixed’, this wonderful book argues that the greatest antidote may be found in human connection- feeling deeply validated, heard and held. Overall I found this book to be well written, very human and inspiring towards living a life of meaning and abundance.
• 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

  
  Embracing stress and the related emotions can lead to a flourishing life., June 24, 2016

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  Dr. Patti M. Zordich –

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  I love this book because of the important ideas written in such an accessible way. I’ve already recommended it to many of my therapy clients. The idea that stress is sacred, that it is an opportunity and possibly even a blessing, is a foreign notion to many. We don’t usually see stress through this lens. Rather, stress is viewed as harmful and to be avoided. George Faller and Heather Wright, in their new book Sacred Stress: A Radically Different Approach to Using Life’s Challenges for Positive Change, offer a fresh, hopeful view of stress. According to Faller and Wright, embracing stress, challenges, discomfort, even suffering, with reliance on God, makes possible new insights about ourselves and offers a pathway to hope for who we can become. Embracing stress entails warming up to the myriad of emotions we might feel as keys to a greater understanding and empathy for ourselves and those we love. These authors present a gentle, simple explanation of the basic universal emotions. They clarify the importance and value in all emotions as informative and helpful. There are no bad emotions. We were created with these emotions to help us navigate the world around us and to know what we need. They also help us to understand and care for others. Experiencing and expressing the full range emotions actually leads us to a flourishing life.
• 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

  
  He and co-author Heather Wright explain that not all stress is bad for us, May 4, 2016

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  Kimberly Blackham (North Carolina) –
  
    

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  We all remember where we were on 9/11 and the days that followed. The event will forever be etched in our minds. George Faller was a member of the NY fire department that worked on ground zero. In an authentic and humble way, George describes the emotional toll that event took on his and other fire department member’s lives and marriages. He then explains how he found his way out of the fear, hopelessness, and grief by connecting with his wife. He and co-author Heather Wright explain that not all stress is bad for us. Some stress is actually good, but because most of us don’t know how to manage stress by staying connected to other people, we are often drowning in overwhelm. I love how the authors explain that the path to happiness is through connection with other people and that it doesn’t matter what stressors come into your life–you can handle them just fine when you have strong relationships.

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