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Stress Pandemic

The Lifestyle Solution

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Do you feel anxious or on edge a lot of the time? Do you know you suffer from stress, but feel powerless to stop it? Do you have trouble sleeping, lack energy and patience, feel frequent sadness or tension, or experience even larger stress-related health problems? Many people would answer yes to these questions. The modern world is a breeding ground for stress; it comes in many forms and has a variety of causes, but any kind of stress can greatly inhibit life and take a serious toll on both body and mind.

Written for the growing number of people wishing to free themselves of mild, moderate, or severe stress, Stress Pandemic draws upon organic food pioneer Paul Huljich's experience with stress-related illness, outlining a practical and effective approach to beating stress and achieving complete wellness. Huljich's strategies address the underlying habits and tendencies that cause stress, and he offers a comprehensive lifestyle solution designed to promote both physiological and psychological strength and balance. By learning and following Huljich's uniquely powerful and integrated approach to wellness, readers can live stress-free in a natural and holistic way.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 23, 2012
      After enduring years of persistent stress as the CEO of a company, Huljich suffered a severe mental breakdown, and decided he needed to make some serious changes. After spending several weeks at the Mayo Clinic and the Menninger Clinic, Huljich realized that while institutional care and medications helped, he "need to conquer stress" at a personal and sustainable level. His struggle, which he recounts in detail, led to the development of nine steps to overcome debilitating stress. The stages range from the practical (e.g., exercising regularly and spending 15 minutes barefoot each day in order to connect "directly to the earth's surface") to the metaphysicalâhe encourages readers to "take charge" and be aware "of your thoughts and desires." While Huljich offers little new information here, his personal experience with the subject matter, combined with a positive tone and easy-to-follow steps, makes this a valuable resource. Illus.

    • Kirkus

      August 15, 2012
      A common-sense guide to managing everyday stress. In 1998, Paul Huljich was chairman of the board and joint CEO of a large, successful organic foods company, living in one of New Zealand's largest homes, with all the trappings of success, including stress. And it got to him. Huljich candidly describes the dramatic, full mental breakdown that tore him away from the home and life he'd built for himself and his family. He goes on to briefly describe his personal experience as he returned to mental health, weaned himself off the psychotropic medications prescribed for him, and developed habits to maintain his overall wellness. This telling is far more self-help than autobiography. (Readers interested in a full account of his breakdown can pick up his barely fictionalized Betrayal of Love and Freedom.) While there's nothing earthshaking in Huljich's "nine natural steps to survive, master stress and live well," the recipe he provides for better living is unusual because it's so practical and seemingly easy to follow. For example, in spite of his experience with organic foods and nutrition, he doesn't insist that wellness depends on sticking to a strict diet, just a sensible one. But smart eating habits comprise only one of the nine steps in Huljich's recommended process for achieving better health by developing a lifestyle that acts like a stress buffer. Sound sleeping, exercising and practicing positive affirmations also make his list. Chapters devoted to each of the nine steps are chock-full of practical advice and suggestions that seem reasonably easy to incorporate into a normal (i.e., stressful) modern life. Huljich's point--based on his experience, not medical research-- is that the key to mental health is having a healthy response to stress, not necessarily avoiding it. "A dependence on avoiding stress...is a mask, not a cure," he writes. These nine steps aren't the be-all, end-all answer, but they're worth following. Reasonable though lightweight advice.

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