hen you wake up in the morning, do you feel refreshed, recharged, and excited to take on the day? Or do you feel anxious-a sense of dread welling up inside of you as you think about all the things that you have to accomplish? How do you feel driving to or from work? Getting the kids off to school? How about standing in line at the bank or the grocery store?

If you feel anxiety and stress in your life, the truth is, you're not alone. Ironically, in humans-especially in our "no rest for the weary" Western culture-the very responses to stress that we have evolved to ensure our survival are now zapping our vitality and spirit and slowly but surely killing us. Stress-related anxiety and depressive disorders are epidemic in our society. In community-based studies, the lifetime incidence of posttraumatic stress disorders alone have been estimated to occur in 1% to 14% of individuals, with prevalence rates ranging from 3% to 58% in at-risk populations (combat veterans, victims of violence and natural disasters). In fact, each year in America, one-fourth of all the prescriptions written are tranquilizers, antidepressants, and anti-anxiety medications. Stress also lies at the root of many killer diseases. The American Psychological Association estimates that forty-three percent of adults suffer adverse health effects from stress, and stress has been linked to the six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, and suicide. Other symptoms of stress include obesity, cigarette and drug addiction, and an increase in child abuse and divorce rates.

These are grim facts. And perhaps you've experienced some of these symptoms in your own life. Or maybe you're heading down that path of unending stress and feel hopeless to stop it. One of the most frustrating aspects of our fast-paced hurry-worry modern lifestyle is the enormous amount of stress that we heap on ourselves on a daily basis: the seemingly non-stop list of deadlines, expectations, and responsibilities that wear down both mind and body. If you're unable to find relief from these stressors in your life, over time they can have serious physical and psychological consequences. Stress is an insidious trigger of disease. From headaches and fatigue, to emotional problems to serious medical conditions-even death-our response to stress can be devastating.

What you're about to discover is a refreshing new perspective on stress and how to free yourself from its negative effects. A perspective quite unlike anything that you've ever encountered, and one that at first might seem almost too simple to possibly work. That is, until you experience it. You see, this isn't just another book on the causes of stress and how to manage it. Most books and treatment plans focus on defining and solving problems. That is, after all, how we are trained to think in this culture. These books line the shelves of book stores, and focus on stress management techniques. They teach you how to juggle stressors more effectively. Some suggest ways to cope if you drop the ball. Approaches emphasizing stress management essentially require the conscious engineering and vigilance of an executive-you. But anyone who must manage a business or a household knows how stressful this role can be.

This book's approach reveals an entirely new method. A much more effective method. After all, stress isn't something "out there." It doesn't actually exist outside of us. It's an insidious self-generated thing that we create in our own minds, or "bodymind". This book offers some powerful and simple tools for "uncreating" it. In this book, the focus is not on stress management. Rather, it offers a transformational approach to stress and stress-related symptoms. But what does that mean, transformation? The simplest dictionary definition of transformation is a process of changing the form or outward appearance of something, such as when a caterpillar changes into a butterfly. To transform into a butterfly, however, it's clear that the caterpillar must do more than change its outward appearance. It's not enough to change its way of doing or "thinking" about doing. It must change its way of being.

In truly transformational processes-in insects or in humans-conscious thinking, planning, and working play little part. Allowing inherent bodymind processes to operate optimally in the timely enfoldment of one's inherent being is what is required. The word flow comes closest to capturing this smooth process of being and becoming. Achieving this optimal state begins to occur when you stop listening solely to "the voice of reason" and learn to get out of your own way.

Like a caterpillar's transformation, it begins with a shift in focus-a quietening into an inner knowing. Once tuned in to this level of awareness, the caterpillar is able to make what seems to us a mysterious and miraculous shift into a completely new way of being-automatically. It doesn't work to control and manage its caterpillar problems, does not expend its energy confronting them or trying to make them disappear. It expends its energy becoming what is in its nature to become, and in this becoming it gradually frees itself from the old caterpillar ways it has outgrown.

This book provides tools and techniques to assist you in tuning into the full creative intelligence of your mind and body-your bodymind-so you can free yourself from stress and stress-related symptoms that may have you feeling a bit like a caterpillar about to burst out of its skin. Combined, these tools represent an easy and effective way to quieten your inner knowing so that you can start living your life in flow.

Unlike books that you read and then file away on your bookshelf to gather dust, this book also includes something quite unique and extraordinary. A technology that you literally plug your brain into-to experience the mind-altering stress-busting effects firsthand. That's why I've packaged a companion CD with this book. So you can experience it, not just read about it. Burned onto your CD are two very special soundtracks that incorporate the incredibly powerful Brain Supercharger mind-scripting technology. Pop the CD into your stereo player, put on your headphones, and launch your mind into what has been described by thousands of users as "a vacation in 28 minutes."

The tools provided in Freedom from Stress will have an immediate impact on your personal stress response-how you think about, experience, and react to the stressors in your life-as well as your ability to achieve flow. You'll be given seven specific and very powerful tools that will help you not just manage stress but transform it, so its impact will be less harmful-and in the process experience you'll be more fully alive than you ever thought possible. You'll enjoy a new vitality that literally puts a smile on your face and new spring in your step. You can think of these tools as a way of maintaining balance and equilibrium, of keeping a little cool water flowing into your stress pot so the temperature stays at a level that's comfortable and healthy for you.

In as little as 30 days of applying these tools, you can be handling stress with ease. You'll be able to "grow with the flow," engaged with your world in a powerful, positive, and life-enhancing way. Isn't it time that you started enjoy better health, mental prowess, more energy, and overall well-being? Don't let stress keep you from living to your full potential. The time to free yourself from stress is now.

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