Stress Survival Kit

Work can leave you frazzled – but it shouldn't. What you need is some sane advice to get you through. Your body aches. Your brain feels like a mouldy wrung-out dishcloth. You can barely get anything done and, hang on, why are you even doing this anyway? Is there something wrong with you? Nope. You're just burnt out. Burnout Survival Kit offers practical advice for when things are already bad. There's no mystical magic about unleashing your inner corporate superhero, no weird productivity diagrams, and certainly no crap about working 'smarter'. Instead, this is the calm inner voice that you need, served with good sense and creativity. As well as helping you to take time to ground yourself, there are brilliant hacks for all the causes of stress and anxiety, from how to approach networking (no one likes it) to practical advice on sleeping better. And the humour helps too. This may not be a cure, but it really does offer instant relief and give you the chance to take a breath. So whether you're just starting to burn or fully scorched to a crisp, rest easy. You've got a Burnout Survival Kit.

Work can leave you frazzled – but it shouldn't. What you need is some sane advice to get you through. Your body aches. Your brain feels like a mouldy wrung-out dishcloth. You can barely get anything done and, hang on, why are you even doing this anyway? Is there something wrong with you? Nope. You're just burnt out. Burnout Survival Kit offers practical advice for when things are already bad. There's no mystical magic about unleashing your inner corporate superhero, no weird productivity diagrams, and certainly no crap about working 'smarter'. Instead, this is the calm inner voice that you need, served with a sense of humour on the side. As well as helping you to take time to ground yourself, there are brilliant hacks for all the causes of stress and anxiety, from how to approach networking (no one likes it) to practical advice on sleeping better. And the jokes help too. This may not be a cure, but it really does offer instant relief and give you the chance to take a breath. So whether you're just starting to burn or fully scorched to a crisp, rest easy. You've got a Burnout Survival Kit.

Alan A. McLean has spent more than 30 years with people who work on the cutting edge of technology. In that time, he has seen overwhelming evidence of what he calls high tech stress. In this book, Dr. McLean identifies a variety of job pressures experienced by the high tech worker and explores healthy and unhealthy stressors both on and off the job. Above all, he offers a unique high tech stress survey in which the reader can assess his or her own stress level and determine if it is above or below the average of professionals in high tech occupations. The survey, once completed, can also be detached and mailed to Dr. McLean's research database.

75 brief self-care reflections that will aid workers, activists, and volunteers prevent burnout, renew their sense of purpose, and achieve fulfillment Heal from over-exhaustion, prevent burnout, and regain your motivation with these short readings from a psychologist who has spent many years in the field working in conflict and disaster areas. Gathered from Alessandra Pigni’s interaction with humanitarian professionals and backed up by cutting–edge research, these concrete tools offer new perspectives and inspiration to anyone whose work is focused on helping others.

Mental health is the foundation of life. It isn't an adjunct, it is an absolute necessity. You are attached to this reality by a thin thread. The thread is your mental health. If you lose your mental health then you are in danger of losing your grip on reality. If you allow that to happen nothing else will have any meaning. We all know that life is hard. No one gets away with an easy life. Loved ones die, relationships break up and people get sick. It isn't what happens to you that causes your mental health to collapse it is how you deal with what happens to you that puts your mental health at risk. In difficult times such as these you need to look after you mental health more than ever. Consider me as your mental health coach and this book is your mental health survival kit. It provides a fresh an alternative approach to mental health issues. The book covers stress, anxiety depression and much more. Each section provides practical tips, tools, techniques exercises, and advice that will enable you to build mental resilience, motivation and strength.