Stephen Palmer (London, UK) is founder of the Centre for Stress Management and honorary professor of psychology at City University, and a coaching trainer and consultant . He is author or editor of over 25 books, and an expert on BBC1's The Stress Test.Christine Wilding (Sussex, UK) is a human resource practicioner and psychotherapist.

• : 1. Understanding stress and its symptoms: 2. Learning how to measure and monitor your stress levels: 3. Thinking your way out of stress: 4. Become a detective – tracking down your stress: 5. The physical effects of stress and how to deal with them: 6. De-stressing through organization: 7. Overcoming stress-related anger: 8. ‘It’s not me, it’s everybody else!’ – de-stress by improving your communication skills: 9. Stress at work, stress at home – how to deal with them without losing your job or your marriage: 10. Bringing it all together: how to become stress-resilient for good