Richard Carlson's bestselling Don't Sweat the Small Stuff.contains plenty of sensible advice, but it's not always easy to follow. Enter this intriguing workbook with its universal appeal: it's aimed at anyone interested in reducing stress and improving their relationships. Designed to help you put the many peace-promoting "just let it go" principles of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff into active practice, it's bursting with fun quizzes, checklists, self-tests, questions, and activities. If this doesn't instruct and inspire you to make concrete personality and life improvements, there's nothing much that will!

With their calm and reassuring advice Richard and Kris Carlson show teenagers how not to stress out about homework, peer pressures, dating, parents, and other potentially difficult areas. Topics include: * Be creative in your rebellion * Start a mutual listening club * Notice your parents doing things right * Be okay with your bad hair day * Turn down the drama meter * Don't sweat the futureWith their calm and reassuring advice Richard and Kris Carlson show teenagers how not to stress out about homework, peer pressures, dating, parents, and other potentially difficult areas. Topics include: * Be creative in your rebellion * Start a mutual listening club * Notice your parents doing things right * Be okay with your bad hair day * Turn down the drama meter * Don't sweat the future

Richard Carlson has helped millions of readers to reduce the stress in their everyday lives, with their families and in their jobs. Now he shows readers how to apply his immensely popular and helpful philosophy to one of the most difficult aspects of life - the romantic relationship. While depression, heartache, anger, and insecurity are widely associated with romantic love, the concept of stress is rarely identified as a problem. In one hundred brief, beautifully written essays, Richard Carlson shows readers how not to overreact to a loved one's criticism, how to appreciate your spouse in new ways, how to get past old angers, and many other ways to improve and increase the joy and pleasure that can and should be a part of any partnership.

In Carlson's trademark short essay style, this little book provides insightful and inspirational advice for fathers. Compiled from his other bestselling "Don't Sweat" books, this will make a small but perfectly formed gift.

Most people spend at least 40 hours a week in the office, and constant deadlines, heavy workloads, and daily dilemmas can make working a stressful experience. In his new book, Richard Carlson shows readers how to interact more peaceably and joyfully with colleagues, clients and bosses. He reveals tips such as planning what you’re going to say in a meeting or presentation, taking a deep breath before reacting to a co-worker’s criticism, and asking for a raise in the most effective way possible. Transforming your outlook at the office will not only ease stress in the workplace, it will also lead to a happier life at home. Written in Carlson’s warm, appealing style, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff at Work is certain to be an inspirational bestseller to the thousands who loved his previous books.

'Don't Sweat the Small Stuff has the power to change our individual and collective lives. I am deeply grateful to Dr Richard Carlson and his beloved wife Kristine for their wisdom and compassion in bringing transformational practices and perspectives to millions of readers.' Shauna Shapiro, author of The Art and Science of Mindfulness Many of us would like to live our lives in a calmer and less stressful way, and to be able to let go of our problems. This book can show you how to stop letting the little things in life drive you crazy. Dr Richard Carlson teaches us, in his gentle and encouraging style, simple strategies for living a more fulfilled and peaceful life. We can all learn to put things in perspective, and by making the small daily changes he suggests, including surrendering to the fact that sometimes life isn't fair, and asking yourself, 'Will this matter a year from now?', Dr Richard can help everyone to see the bigger picture. Repackaged to inspire and guide a new generation, this is a Mind, Body and Spirit classic.

Simple Ways to Keep Daily responsibilties and Household Chaos from Taking over your Life.

Many of us believe that happiness depends on outside circumstances. Richard Carlson shows that in fact it has nothing to do with forces beyond our control - and that our natural state is actually contentment. Carlson takes us through five principles - Thought, Moods, Separate Realities, Feelings, and the Present Moment - to help us discover a new way of living that doesn’t repress natural emotions. You Can Be Happy No Matter What is a simple and practical guide that gently guides readers through life’s challenges and restores the joy of living.

Are you living the life you want to live? In this uplifting and inspiring book, Fr. Joe Sica affirms that life is a gift waiting to be unwrapped and lived abundantly with every breath we take. Embracing Change: 10 Ways to Grow Spiritually and Emotionally is not another self-help fix. Instead it offers a self-care solution, a program that is about revealing the person you want--and are meant--to be. It's a spiritual renovation of your self, a way of moving toward wholeness, and it can begin now. Embracing Change is filled with practical, easy-to-apply suggestions and illustrations with plenty of stories, humor, and quotes. This marvelous resource is for everyone who wants to make a positive change in their life.

This book is a "must read" for anyone interested in parish nursing. It offers practical guidance for many life challenges, utilizing extensive examples from a successful parish nursing practice.