Self-help for a stressful season
Posted Dec 8, 2012 10:17 am.
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From money issues to conflict between family members, Christmas can be extremely stressful.
A book series written by a psychologist with York University suggests strategies to beat the stress and deal with everything from bad habits and emotions to tough situations.
Dr. Gerald Young tells 660News, the series ‘Rejoining Joy’ offers up specific psychological techniques to help.
“Some behavioural techniques like breathing exercises to calm down the body and calm down the mind and then ways of thinking more clearly, carefully, problem-solving and more positively.”
More details, including a new ‘best of’ book dealing with pretty much anything life can throw at you, is available by clicking here.