Stressless Live More Book Report

Stressless, Live More, is a informational book by Bill Mcdowell whom is a professor at the University of New Hampshire. Bill Mcdowell is a nationally certified life coach, health education specialist, as well as a counselor. His popular stress management book was published on September 8th, 2014 by the CreateSpace Independent publishing platform. With over twenty years of experience in this field, he continues to help thousands of people to learn how to manage stress the correct way using his vast amount of knowledge. This book explains the detailed facts on stress and how it affects the human body physically and mentally as well as how you can treat it. Several other books on amazon that I looked at prior to ordering this one included either

This may be caused by fear, threat, uncertainty, constant worry, difficulty of adapting to change, negative thoughts about one’s self, low self- esteem, unrealistic expectation as well as a need to control everything. These are known as internal stressors. Internal stressors are negative self thoughts and are one of the leading causes of stress. Additionally, cognitive dissonance is another fundamental internal stressor that is known to be a gap in one’s actions and thoughts. An example that Mr. Mcdowell wrote was about a man named Richard who was a “ nice and helpful person and did something for a needy person but learns that his actions have only hurt them” (Mcdowell 68). The writer went on to tell me that Richard’s experience will lead him to have to deal with dissonance as well as

One was journaling. Journaling is one of the main ways to help reduce stress in someone's life. It “incorporates mindfulness, visualization and other talk therapy related features, with a physical side which is writing” (Mcdowell 145). Writing down your feelings in writing can help ease the stress and could often help you achieve better self knowledge as well as solve problems as your writing. Another helpful alternative is yoga. According to a study by the Harvard School of Medicine, yoga has been known for many years to help alleviate stress in one’s daily life. Yoga can lower your heart rate, blood pressure and easing respiration. It was even used to “heal and prevent diseases, as well as to enhance the body development” (Mcdowell