Kindle Edition Download to your Nook (eBook) Creating Balance in a World of STRESS Category:  Self-Help Publisher: iuniverse ISBN-10:  1440149038 Pages: 240 Copyright: July 2009 ISBN-13: 9781440149030 This book titled Creating Balance in a World of STRESS, this is the first book to distinguish six key habits to avoid in order to reduce stress. The habits that we so readily engage in to reduce stress can have contradictory affects on your body. This book probes ten different mental disturbances that affect millions as well as domestic abuse such as mental and verbal abuse that is experienced through childhood. These childhood experiences travel for years in the mind of their prey as it latches onto emotional burdens and develops larger more elaborate disorders. As you learn to reveal negative traits and correct self limiting behavior you gain awareness and understanding to bring your life into balance and maintain harmony in all the different areas of your life. Your perception is altered as you make a distinction between negative destruction versus success through the reinforcement of positive thinking.   With the help of over twenty relaxation therapies and uncountable tips and techniques to fit any lifestyle you will be able to relax both your body and mind allowing you to expose the inner peace that had been masked by negativity and emotional turmoil. The end result transforms stress, fear, and confusion, to serenity, strength, and stability. Excerpt Stress is one of the primary causes of negative thinking. We have the ability to make our life more satisfying and more fulfilling, by learning to live more in balance with our environment. We can eliminate the feelings of being stressed, overwrought, uptight, and anxious and replace these with stress-free, peaceful, calm, and tranquil. I wanted to master this and I know you do also. So let’s get started on our journey of soul searching and removing the negative from your life and replace this with the positive. Everyone experiences stress in their lives. When stress accumulates or becomes chronic it begins to take its toll on both your mental, as well as your physical health. Sometimes, you are placed in a stressful environment that can be manipulated to reduce the effects of stress, such as a work environment. Other stressors may have been brought forward from your past experiences and inadvertently placed in your present day circumstances. Any type of stress that disrupts your life is a stress that needs to be addressed and eliminated. Traumatic experiences, verbal or physical abuse, mental stress, and psychological disorders such as bipolar disease, phobias, or obsessive compulsive disorder are examples of events and mental disturbances that intensify stress levels. The consequences of these major life alterations are a build up of insecurities and negative impressions that have left an imprint in the mind of the victim. These consequences then multiply as the fears, past experiences, and imagination that create a negative perception in many other areas of your life. Self esteem is low, cultivating trust in another individual is difficult, and a feeling of helplessness causes uncertainty when having to make decisions. Your overall perception of life becomes a place where doom is always just round the corner. Anxiety is high and daily stressors, or life changes generate tension in your mind and body that seem to be unbearable at times. To conquer these negative reactions we must first understand how and why they control us. Let’s catch a glimpse into Morgan’s life as she perceives it. Morgan stood in front of the sliding glass doors. There was a glimpse of something there, something on the other side. She placed the palm of her hand and fingertips on the glass. It was cold to the touch. There seemed to be a slight movement on the other side of the glass. As she looked closer, looked through the pane she caught a glimpse of a familiar face, the reflection of herself, a fragmented piece of her life that she no longer could connect with but was only a haunting memory of her past. She looked at the hand pressed against the glass on the other side. She wanted so desperately to reach through the pane and reunite with her other self. She felt so alone. The tears trickled down her cheeks but in her eyes there wasn’t a reflection of pain it was a reflection of sadness, a stare into nowhere, her thoughts moving her through a maze. She was helplessly searching for a way out, a way to the other side. This is one of the ways that Morgan views depression. Being one person separated by some force, each feeling and living in a different dimension. They move parallel with each other never able to reach out and connect as one, both moving as if being programmed and directed by an unseen entity. Every moment being weighted and heavy, every second stretching as if put into slow motion. Doing what needed to be done but not understanding why, accept that she had an obligation to continue the battle.

From the Publisher
Creating Balance in a World of STRESS is about having the tools you require to create the needed balance in your life that will in turn reduce the majority of stressors that you face on a daily basis. Balance is created when we can accomplish a smooth flow in all areas of our lives: work, school, home, family, friends and relaxation time. Unfortunately, when we get overwhelmed with duties, responsibilities, commitments, and obligations, we seem to place our own time for relaxation on the back burner.



Ignoring our need for relaxation will result in burnout and stress. Creating Balance in a World of STRESS takes you through each part of your life and gives you ways to balance each area, what actions need to be taken and numerous ideas, tips, and techniques to get you where you want to be. The book explains the six key habits to avoid that will reduce stress and optimize health.


The end result will leave you stress-free and empowered to establish inner peace, happiness, positive thinking, and healthy living.


editorial review – iuniverse
“Creating Balance in a World of STRESS is a compelling piece that shares a fervent message of how to de-stress one’s life. It debunks six myths that often contribute to stress, and offers practical advice for how to deal with and diminish stressors.”

Allbooks Reviews
A formidable six-letter word that affects everyone at some point during their lives. Stress creates a degrading and tense atmosphere, and causes health and social problems to the individual who is experiencing periods of stress. What causes it? How do we minimize it? These questions, and more, are addressed in the book, Creating Balance in a World of Stress.

Del Gatto's book goes through the different causes of stress. A lot of detail is placed on the different anxiety disorders, and different relaxation techniques recommended to help minimize stress and create balance in one’s life. Del Gatto goes through six key habits to avoid that help reduce stress. She puts a lot of emphasis on weight/nutrition, relationships, and exercise. There is also emphasis on negative versus positive thinking; how to encourage positive thinking and what causes negative thinking. This book is considered a good read by: Margaret Orford, Allbooks Reviews