Worry Solution : Using Breakthrough Brain Science to Turn Stress and Anxiety into Confidence and Happiness

by ROSSMAN, MARTIN MDWEIL, ANDREW

• ISBN13: 9780307718235
• ISBN10: 0307718239
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-28
• Publisher: Harmony

Summary

Our brains are hardwired for worry. While our ancient ancestors had a legitimate use for the fight-or-flight instinct, today what was once a matter of survival has become the stuff of sleepless nights and anxiety-filled days. At its best, worry is a way for us to turn over and solve a problem in our minds. But for many, worry becomes a negative cycle of unnecessary suffering. Now, based on cutting-edge brain science, Dr. Martin Rossman has developed a program to help you break the worry cycle-and transform worry into a positive force. InThe Worry Solution, Dr. Rossman gives you an easy-to-follow plan for taking control of your reactions to stress and anxiety. Using proven clinical techniques that harness the very power of imagination that creates worry and stress, you will learn the five basic skills that will help you to clarify your worries, sort them into those you can and cannot do something about, and tap the wisdom buried deep within you to help solve problems creatively. At the heart of the program is the use of guided imagery and creative visualization, techniques that invigorate the emotional and intuitive parts of the brain to add to and enhance logical intelligence. Not only can you start to see a change in your stress levels immediately, but with regular practice, you may literally alter the worry pathways in your brain-and "hardwire" yourself for calmness and clarity. Grounded in cutting-edge science and wonderfully accessible,The Worry Solutionis a powerful and practical guide to living your best life-healthier, happier, and free from unnecessary stress. MARTIN ROSSMAN, M.D., a pioneer in mind/body medicine, is a clinical instructor at the University of California, San Francisco, Medical School and the founder of www.thehealingmind.org. He is the author ofFighting Cancer from Within: How to Use the Power of Your Mind for HealingandGuided Imagery for Self-Healing. He practices integrative medicine in Greenbrae, California.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Wired to Worry	p. 3
Worrying Well	p. 21
Cultivating Calmness	p. 31
Clarifying Your Worries	p. 61
Inner Wisdom	p. 79
Transforming Bad Worry	p. 96
Making Good Worry Better	p. 126
Minding Your Brain	p. 148
The Wisdom of Your Emotional/Intuitive Brain	p. 173
Strengthening Your Best Qualities	p. 189
Beyond Worry	p. 210
Resources	p. 219
Acknowledgments	p. 225
Index	p. 227
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