Charles Linden - Stress Free in 30 Days

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Text Charles Linden, 2013

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Previously published in 2007 by LifeWise Publishing (ISBN: 978-0955656804)

Dedicated to Charlie and Florence, and my grandma, Kathleen Florence Lampitt (19112005)

We all experience work and life pressure at some point during our lives, and while some people thrive on these times, others can eventually fall to pieces physically and emotionally. Staying together in stressful times isnt about physical or mental strength; it is partly to do with emotional intelligence, but mostly to do with perception.

While one person might perceive their situation as dire, another might perceive that same situation as exciting or challenging, while others might find it as dull as ditchwater.

We are all different, all the product of our individual environments, our experiences, and our genetics. However, while genetics play a definite role in determining our familiar predispositions to certain traits or conditions, the environments we experience as we go through life have the most dramatic influence on how we react emotionally and physically in any given situation.

If those who experience stress could simply change their subconscious reaction to that stress by altering their perception of it, then the physical and mental effects of stress would dissipate completely. I know this to be true because this was once my experience.

For most of my life I suffered from fluctuating levels of high anxiety, with panic attacks, OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), pure O (OCD without the compulsions), agoraphobia, and a myriad of anxiety-related symptoms, as well as the thoughts and sensations that accompany these often devastating conditions.

Aged 27, I decided that I could either wait to die or take action. Through a conspiracy of life circumstances I noticed that there were times when my anxiety was at a lower ebb. So, through a process of trial, error, and an overwhelming epiphany one night at midnight, I created a simple program that stopped my panic attacks in two days and returned me to normal in less than four weeks. In two weeks I was working again. In under a week I was emotionally a different person. I lost weight, I became fit, I felt enlightened, and started living again.

I then tested this structured approach by giving it to people I had met at a day hospital and online, and, as I modified it to suit them, they too became well again. After developing the program into a structure now known as The Linden Method, with supportive video, audio, and written material, and eventually employing qualified psychological experts to provide guidance and support, 15 years later we have perhaps helped more people to recover than any other organization in the world. In November 2012, we passed the 150,000 people point, and we now also provide residential programs of recovery in the form of retreats and workshops. These are visited by people from every corner of the world, including industrialists, actors, sportspeople, celebrities of every type, and hundreds of people just like you and me.

I had been very ill during and after a recent pregnancy, and had terrible anxiety and nervousness as a result of the illness, even though I was slowly getting better. I met Charles, went on the retreat, and started following his method immediately. It really worked, and now I am doing all the things that I used to do before I stopped. I started riding again, working, going out and about, driving, taking the train etc. all the things that make life fun, but which I had felt unable to do.

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What we achieve is unique, and curatively more effective than anything else available. The collective knowledge and experience of the team means we leave no stone unturned when someone asks for help. We are proud of the respect, referrals, and support we receive from medical practitioners, psychologists, academics, and clients from around the world; people who call The Linden Method a new branch of psychological practice that works. To me, its just the program that has changed my life in many beautiful ways.

Much of what we have learned while developing The Linden Method to help high-anxiety sufferers has also proved the answer for helping many people beat stress and take control of their lives again. If you follow the recommendations made in this book, you will eliminate stress and worry from your life. However, you need to be READY to make some changes in your life practices: the way you think and the way that you behave.

This is a one-size-fits-all program designed to bring balance to your physical and mental self. It is time and user tested, distilled from the most relevant information weve gathered over our many years of research, and delivered to you in an easy-to-use and potent format.

Stress can have far-reaching and invasive consequences. Sufferers often experience anxiety disorders, phobias, panic attacks, or depressive thoughts, but with a slight alteration in perception, stress and all of the symptoms it brings with it can be eliminated or avoided completely.

Charles Linden

Congratulations on taking your first step toward eliminating stress and worry from your life permanently!

I guarantee that by following the guidelines and suggestions in this book, you WILL SEE RESULTS in less than 30 days. And if you continue using the guidelines and tips you receive throughout this boot camp, you will be able to manage your stress and worry much more effectively, because youll understand the key secrets of creating lasting balance in the bodily systems that control how you feel. This program is a 30-day plan but, hopefully, most of what you learn you will take with you for the rest of your life.