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Slowing Down in a Speedstressed World: Practical Skills & Kindly Advice Marian Read Place 1st edition

A simple moment overhearing a woman lament her ?rush? as ?the story of our lives? set the author, a psychotherapist, on an 8-year journey of interviews, research, and writing, resulting in Slowing Down in a Speedstressed World: Practical Skills & Kindly Advice. Why, Ms. Place wondered, did so many people want ? or, even, yearn ? to slow down, but find it so hard to do? Living on the run, she discovered, often becomes a habit; one fueled by anxiety about any one of three modern ?too much-too little dilemmas.? Unlike many books on the topic, Slowing Down in a Speedstressed World offers many skills for working with anxiety, as well as encouraging readers to slow down in small steps and with great kindness to self. The book also recognizes that people without jobs or children can become just as ?speedstressed? as working parents, and offers a wealth of helpful ?slowlutions? for each group.