5-Minute Stress Relief

""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 ""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 ""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 ""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 ""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 ""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 ""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