David Posen – författare

This interesting, easy to read, and useful book can make a great gift to a friend or colleague who leads a hectic and demanding life and who wants to ''get control.'' -- Journal of Family and Community Health (on the first edition)

Intense stress is an integral part of modern life and it seems to be getting worse. In controlled doses, stress helps individuals to think faster and perform better but left unchecked and unbalanced it leads to fatigue, helplessness and a variety of unfortunate health complications. With people working harder, anxious about job loss and the faster pace of life, stress is increasing.

The Little Book of Stress Relief is a practical book that changes the fundamental thinking and habitual lifestyle choices that contribute to heightened stress levels. There are helpful tips for making informed choices, adjusting how we think and taking the necessary steps to regain control.

Organized into 52 short chapters -- one for each week of the year -- of 2 to 3 pages in length, the book uses stories and analogies to describe specific causes of stress, and provides simple concrete things to overcome them. Easy-to-follow activities and exercises lead to the right amount of sleep, deal with procrastination and perfect the art of setting priorities. The book''s layout allows readers to follow the tips in any order.

Here is a sampling of the topics in The Little Book of Stress Relief:

The Little Book of Stress Relief is a helpful, inspiring and practical guide to alleviating a big problem.

If what you''re doing now is not producing the results you want -- you are playing a losing game. If you want things to get better you''ve got to change that losing game. This book will show you how.

Now updated for our times, Always Change a Losing Game has been published on four continents and continues to be popular and useful. Whether you''re dealing with compulsive eating, addiction, struggling with kids, stuck in an unhappy relationship or a dead-end job, Dr. Posen provides practical guidelines that will help you change your losing habits and become more successful.

This is a book for people struggling to be successful and feeling a lack of control. The book gives hope and encouragement because it focuses on all the things we can control -- primarily the way we think, the way we behave and the lifestyle choices we make. It illustrates the author''s belief that "we have more control than we think."

The book was purposely written in everyday language to make it both easy to read and reassuring. The connection to sports provides a fresh approach for many people who need to think about their health, relationships, problem solving, self-esteem and productivity in a new way. Always Change a Losing Game explains how to make changes in your life when work or relationships are not working out.

At times, changing a losing game requires vision and risk taking. But just continuing in a rut guarantees that things won''t get better. If what you''re doing and how you are living are not producing the results you want, you are playing a losing game and if you want things to get better you''ve got to change that losing game. This book is your key to success.