Greenberg - The stress-proof brain: master your emotional response to stress using mindfulness and neuroplasticity

In these challenging times, youd be hard-pressed to find a book as helpful as TheStress-Proof Brain. In this groundbreaking work, Melanie Greenberg combines ancient mind-calming techniques with a modern-day scientific understanding of how the brain works to teach you how to transform your response to stress. The book is informative, backed by research, and practical. It covers a range of subjects, from overcoming trauma to taming your inner critic to improving your sleep. Each chapter contains easy-to-learn practices to help you develop a stress-free brain. This manual for finding peace and well-being gets my highest recommendation.

Toni Bernhard, award-winning author of HowtoBeSick, HowtoWakeUp, and HowtoLiveWellwithChronicPainandIllness

You cant eliminate stress, but you can do a lot to control it. Start by reading this book. This is one of those rare books that everyone should have on their shelf. Buy one for yourself and one for a friend.

FrankSonnenberg, award-winning author of six books, consultant to Fortune 500 companies, and named one of Americas Top 100 Thought Leaders by Trust Across America

TheStress-Proof Brain is a brilliant book written to help overcome stresss debilitating effects that keep you from creating success in life, whether personal or professional. You will transform feeling stressed into feeling confident, resilient, in control, and energized. You will find that you can literally rewire your brain! If you feel stress has held you back in any area, then this book is written just for you.

Lori Shemek, PhD, CNC, author of HowtoFightFATflammation!, health contributor to Fox News, and named a Top Health and Fitness Expert by TheHuffingtonPost

In our hyper-connected, fast-paced modern world, we are continually confronted with threats and demands that trigger a cascade of unhealthy biological responses known as stress. In TheStress-Proof Brain, Melanie Greenberg not only provides readers with practical tools to identify their past and current stressors, she teaches them about behavioral and psychological practices, such as mindfulness meditation, that can short-circuit unhealthy biological responses to stressors and increase resilience. The book is packed with wisdom from decades of research on behavioral and neurological aspects of stress, but is written in an accessible and engaging style.

Stephen J. Lepore, PhD, professor and founding chair in the department of social and behavioral science at Temple University

If you are one of the many people who suffers from chronic stress, then TheStress-Proof Brain is just what the doctor ordered. Melanie Greenberg has put together an immensely readable combination of psychology and neuroscience to understand why you are stressed, and evidence-based tools to help you retrain yourself to live a happier and stress-free life.

Art Markman, professor of psychology and marketing, as well as director of the Human Dimensions of Organizations program at the University of Texas at Austin; author of SmartThinking, SmartChange and coauthor of BrainBriefs; and cohost of the NPR radio show TwoGuysonYourHead

This book provides clear guidelines on how to change the way we look at the stress-producing events in our life. Melanie Greenberg reminds us that stress is a fact of life and that its not going away; instead, she shows us how to control the way our mind responds to it.

LaRae Quy, former undercover and counterintelligence FBI agent, founder of the Mental Toughness Center, and author of SecretsofaStrongMind and MentalToughnessforWomenLeaders

This innovative book teaches you how to regain control of your stressors so you can live your best life and be your best. If you want to transform your stress into an opportunity for personal growth, this is the book for you.

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino, CEO of The Best Ever You Network, and author of PERCOLATE

Stress is a fact of life in todays world, but it doesnt need to run your life. One of my favorite authors, psychologist Melanie Greenberg, has written a wonderful new book filled with practical, easy-to-understand tips to rewire your brain to become more resilient to stress and generate positivity. TheStress-Proof Brain is a must-read for anyone who experiences stress. Come to think of it, thats all of us!

Jesse Lyn Stoner, founder of Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership, and coauthor of FullSteamAhead! and LeadingataHigherLevel

TheStress-Proof Brain beautifully integrates research in mindfulness, brain science, and positive psychology. Whether your stress relates to your work, finances, relationships, or health, this book will help you learn the information and tips you need to survive and thrive. The strategies the book teaches are multipurpose so the reader will gain an efficient set of tools for calming anxiety and maximizing resilience in a wide variety of life situations.

Alice Boyes, PhD, author of TheAnxietyToolkit, and emotions expert for Womens Health magazine (Australian edition)

For people suffering from stress, this book is a godsend. Bringing in the latest science on how to deal with stress while using clear, easily accessible language, this book gives you the tools you need to live a more calm, peaceful, and stress-free life.

KristinNeff, PhD, author of Self-Compassion

Publishers Note

This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering psychological, financial, legal, or other professional services. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, the services of a competent professional should be sought.

Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books

Copyright 2016 by Melanie Greenberg

New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

5674 Shattuck Avenue

Oakland, CA 94609

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Practice: Mindfulness of Your Breath is adapted from MINDSIGHT: THE NEW SCIENCE OF PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION by Daniel J. Siegel, copyright 2010 by Mind Your Brain, Inc. Used by permission of Bantam Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

Cover design by Sara Christian; Acquired by Wendy Millstine;Edited by Will DeRooy; Text design by Michele Waters-Kermes and Tracy Carlson

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Greenberg, Melanie, author.

Title: The stress-proof brain : master your emotional response to stress using mindfulness and neuroplasticity / Melanie Greenberg.

Description: Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016036013 (print) | LCCN 2016052428 (ebook) | ISBN 9781626252660 (paperback) | ISBN 9781626252677 (pdf e-book) | ISBN 9781626252684 (epub) | ISBN 9781626252677 (PDF e-book) | ISBN 9781626252684 (ePub)

Subjects: LCSH: Stress (Psychology) | Emotions. | Stress management. | Neuropsychology. | BISAC: SELF-HELP / Stress Management. | PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology. | HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living.