5-Minute Stress Relief: 75 Exercises to Quiet Your Mind and Calm Your Body

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"Dr. Elena Welsh provides a practical and useful guide to managing our emotional response to stress in her new book, 5-Minute Stress Relief. Whether you are in a clinical role working with patients in a health care setting or maintaining a private practice, or you are the one experiencing significant stress, this guide can be a helpful tool. Each resource speaks to the benefits of the mind-body connection and highlights the importance of an integrative approach to healing." --Eileen R. Retzloff, MSW, LCSW, Behavioral Health psychotherapist with Sutter Health Hospitals/Palo Alto Medical Foundation

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"This book provides very powerful and actionable tactics you can use to eliminate your stress. A valuable read for anyone who is feeling overwhelmed and looking for a plan to change." --Dave Faliskie, creator of the Stress Less app

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"Many of us get so caught up in our stress that we forget there's something we can do about it. In 5-Minute Stress Relief, Dr. Elena Welsh makes stress relief feel accessible to even the busiest people with simple mindfulness, cognitive behavior therapy, art therapy, and environmental interventions." --Marie Leznicki, founder of Mindstead.org, a marketplace of evidence-based tools for personal growth

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"In this book by Dr. Elena Welsh, you will find many stress-relief exercises that suit your lifestyle. It is like being invited to a gourmet buffet table where you can try a bit of any or all the dishes, before finding several that satisfy your taste buds and cheerfully consuming them." --Young Lee, PsyD, Director of Defining Moments Counseling & Assessment Center

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" 5-Minute Stress Relief is an essential guide for anyone looking to reduce the impact of stress on their lives. Dr. Welsh provides a compelling case for why we would all benefit from doing more to relieve daily and chronic stress and follows it up with easy to follow, step-by-step strategies. I plan to recommend this book to both clients and friends." --Dr. Lauren Stevenson, clinical psychologist and Director of Capstone Psychological Services

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"Dr. Welsh has masterfully created a practical and systematic approach toward enhancing daily productivity through these 5-minute stress-relief exercises. The stress-reducing tools presented not only help focus the reader's mind and body toward accomplishing tasks and achieving goals, but she engages us as readers to participate in the step-by-step activities to gain reflective insights and help create a personalized guide, specific to our individual life demands." --Anita Avedian, LMFT, Executive Director, Avedian Counseling and Anger Management 818

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"Dr. Welsh's 5-Minute Stress Relief is a helpful reminder of the importance of letting go of worry, doubt, and fear, and allowing yourself to express gratitude for the present moment. Whether you're a busy person on the go with a lot of responsibilities or an experienced mental health professional, this book offers stress-relief strategies that are easy to practice daily and can decrease symptoms of anxiety and/or depression immediately. The book has been a helpful guide for me to be consistent in my own self-care." --Candyce R. Briggs, PhD, CEO and Mental Health Consultant of We R.I.S.E., LLC; Cohost and Producer of Dirt off Your Shoulder talk radio show on black mental health and trauma

Publisher Marketing:

Stop stressing--fast! Five-minute stress relief solutions

Relieve stress in a matter of minutes with these handy exercises. 5-Minute Stress Relief delivers simple and effective solutions that will help you feel calm in a snap.

Whether you're at home, in the office, or traveling, 5-Minute Stress Relief has an exercise to help ease your stressful situation. Discover how you can recenter and recompose yourself by watering your plants, practicing yoga, or making a gratitude list. Breathe deeply and get ready to relax.

In 5-Minute Stress Relief you'll find:

• 75 Fast solutions--Find stress relief when you need it most with visualization, breathing exercises, acupressure, coloring, a walking meditation, and more.
• Easy-to-use advice--Each strategy is simple to learn so you can start putting it to use right away.
• Exercises for all kinds of stress--Whether it's personal, professional, or otherwise, these exercises can help you make it through whatever kind of stress you face, wherever it shows up in your life.

It only takes a few minutes to find a sense of peace inside the pages of 5-Minute Stress Relief.

Contributor Bio:Welsh, Elena, PhD

ELENA WELSH, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist located in Los Angeles, California. She specializes in science-informed self-help books and has also published articles in various medical and research journals. Learn more at www.drelenawelsh.com or follow along on Instagram @drelenaw.