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Reduce stress and its harmful complications to your disease Diabetes is a stressful disease and only adds stress to our busy lives. Prolonged stress can cause serious and extensive harm to our hearts, kidneys, eyes, nerves, and mental well-being. Learning to manage stress well will help you manage not only your blood glucose levels, but also your life. Stress-Free Diabetes offers a creative, imaginative, and practical approach to stress management.
Stress-Free Diabetes covers:
- Stress and the body and the mind
- Being emotionally smart
- Essential people skills
- Setting realistic goals
- Staying grounded and mindful
- Anticipating problems and solving them
- The importance of humor
Synopsis
Help for reducing stress and its harmful complications
Diabetes is a stressful disease and only adds stress to our busy lives. Prolonged stress can cause serious and extensive harm to our hearts, kidneys, eyes, nerves, and mental well-being. Learning to manage stress well will help people with diabetes manage not only their blood glucose levels, but also their lives. Stress-Free Diabetes offers a creative, imaginative, and practical approach to stress management.
Synopsis
Did you know that stress can be unhealthy and dangerous, particularly if you have diabetes? Don't give stress power over your health. Reduce stress and take charge of your life! Stress-Free Diabetes gives you the tools you need to improve your diabetes care and yourself.
About the Author
Joseph P. Napora, PhD, LCSW-C, is a clinical psychologist at the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center, Baltimore, where he counsels patients and conducts training classes to help people cope with diabetes. He also has a private practice specializing in the treatment of diabetes, chronic pain and other chronic illnesses; coping with surgery; and in recovery from emotional trauma.
Table of Contents
Foreword Preface
Part 1: Connecting the DotsStress and Diabetes
Chapter 1: Stress, Your Body, and Diabetes
Chapter 2: Stress, Your Mind, and Diabetes
Part 2: Back to Basics
Chapter 3: Being Mindful
Chapter 4: A Goal-Minded Approach to Behavior Change
Chapter 5: Being Emotionally Smart
Chapter 6: Essential People Skills
Chapter 7: Choosing the Style in Lifestyle
Part 3: Key Tools for Mastering Stress
Chapter 8: Reframing
Chapter 9: The Frame of Letting Go
Chapter 10: More Winning Frames
Chapter 11: Frames to Trash
Chapter 12: Problem-Solving
Chapter 13: Anticipate It
Chapter 14: The Power of Humor
Chapter 15: The Power of the Imagination
Chapter 16: Meditation
Part 4: Final Thoughts and Resources
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