A ground-breaking workbook that offers stress-busting strategies that really work.

Stress is an unavoidable part of life that we will all encounter at various times, be it due to a one-off event such as losing a job or the break-up of a relationship, or from facing long-term difficulties such as working in a stressful environment or caring for someone who is ill. How well we deal with stress will influence the extent to which it affects us and those around us.

Maureen Cooper explains why humans are designed to respond to stress in a certain way and why this can even be helpful at times. She goes on to show how to transform our habitual way of responding to stress by training ourselves in compassion and thereby improving our sense of control and wellbeing.

In this workbook, you can learn to manage stress better:
· Using tried and tested compassion techniques
· Via case studies and practical exercises

Maureen Cooper is the founding director of Awareness in Action, an organisation dedicated to helping people accomplish sustainable well-being in their lives, with their relationships and in the work environment. Drawing on more than twenty-five years' experience as a professional educator, senior manager in a non-profit organisation, an entrepreneur and as an experienced practitioner of Buddhist meditation, Maureen leads workshops and training programs in the UK and Europe.