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12 books to help with anxiety, burnout and stress

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The secret to solving the stress cycle

Burnout

Solve Your Stress Cycle

Delivering cutting-edge science with energy, empathy and wit, this is the book all women need to take back control, end the cycle of overwhelm and live a more joyful life. Written by NYT bestselling author Emily Nagoski and her twin sister, musician Amelia Nagoski.

Burnout is mind-blowing and so helpful if you want to stop and reboot the way you live to feel much less stressed ... it is groundbreaking and practical and, unlike most books on the subject, grounded in thorough research.

Burnout is the gold standard of self-help books, delivering cutting-edge science with energy, empathy, and wit. The authors know exactly what’s going on inside of your frazzled brain and body, and exactly what you can do to fix it. Truly life-changing.

Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author of Calm the F*** Down

Reading Burnout I knew this was not ‘just another self-help book’ that keeps us trapped by the idea of female inadequacy. It turns our struggle with stress on its head, and paves a meaningful path to what the authors call ‘growing mighty’ by bravely dropping in thoroughly contemporary and refreshing truth bombs, like, yeah, the patriarchal system is the issue, and goddamn it’s time we play by our own rules!

Sarah Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of First, We Make the Beast Beautiful

Emily and Amelia Nagoski deconstruct the stress we experience as women, and their compassionate, science-based advice on how to release it made me cry with gratitude and relief. The book is that revolutionary.

Peggy Orenstein, author of Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape

Uncovers scientific ways to stay calm all year long ... they are tools that work, whether you're in the middle of a shitstorm at work or a passport queue ... the Nagoskis dig deep into what drives stress, unpicking the science of the mental and bodily processes that contribute to it and eventually lead to burnout. What makes this book unique is that it puts stress (specifically female stress) in a cultural context.

This book is a gift! I've been practicing their strategies, and it's a total game-changer.

Brené Brown, PhD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Dare to Lead

Emily Nagoski (Author) Emily Nagoski is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Come as You Are and co-author, with her sister Amelia, of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. She has an MS in counselling and a PhD in Health Behaviour, both from Indiana University, with clinical and research training at the Kinsey Institute Sexual Health Clinic. She has been a sex educator for over twenty years, teaching women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies. She lives in Massachusetts with two dogs, a cat and a cartoonist. Amelia Nagoski (Author) Emily and Amelia Nagoski are identical twins with doctorates in opposite fields. One a scientist, the other a musician, both are teachers and writers who approach wellbeing from the perspectives of research and practical experience. 
 
Amelia Nagoski is a conductor with a DMA in conducting from the University of Connecticut. An assistant professor and coordinator of music at Western New England university, she regularly presents educational sessions discussing application of communications science and psychological research for audiences of other professional musicians, including 'Beyond Burnout Prevention: Embodied Wellness for Conductors'.

'This book is a gift! I've been practicing their strategies, and it's a total game-changer.' Brené Brown, PhD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller DARE TO LEAD 
 
This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men - and provides a simple, science-based plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions and live a more joyful life. 
 
The gap between what it's really like to be a woman and what people expect women to be is a primary cause of burnout, because we exhaust ourselves trying to close the space between the two. How can you 'love your body' when everything around you tells you you're inadequate? How do you 'lean in' at work when you're already giving 110% and aren't recognized for it? How can you live happily and healthily in a world that is constantly telling you you're too fat, too needy, too noisy and too selfish? Sisters Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., the bestselling author of Come as You Are, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, are here to help end the cycle of overwhelm and exhaustion, and confront the obstacles that stand between women and well-being. With insights from the latest science, prescriptive advice, and helpful worksheets and exercises, Burnout reveals: 
 
* what you can do to complete the biological stress cycle - and return your body to a state of relaxation. 
* how to manage the 'monitor' in your brain that regulates the emotion of frustration. 
* how the Bikini Industrial Complex makes it difficult for women to love their bodies - and how to fight back. 
* why rest, human connection, and befriending your inner critic are key to recovering from and preventing burnout. 
 
Eye-opening, compassionate and optimistic, Burnout will completely transform the way we think about and manage stress, empowering women to thrive under pressure and enjoy meaningful yet balanced lives. All women will find something transformative in these pages - and be empowered to create positive and lasting change.

Amelia Nagoski

Emily Nagoski

Advice and Exercises to Help You Unlock the Stress Cycle

This interactive workbook from the experts behind the New York Times bestseller Burnout offers up the tools and tips to help get you there. 
 
We all want to achieve wellness. But wellness is not a state of mind or a state of being - it's a state of action. It's the freedom to oscillate through all the cycles of being human: from effort to rest, sleeping to waking, autonomy to connection. Burnout, on the other hand, happens when we get stuck. 
The Burnout Workbook will help you notice when you get stuck and show you how to get unstuck - inside you'll find: 
engaging questions 
exercises to practise 
visual guides 
stories 
quotes and more! 
 
Feel better, minimize stress, manage your emotions, and live a more joyful life. Whether or not you've read Burnout, this workbook will help you learn what true wellness can look like in your life.

Amelia Nagoski

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