Stay in the fast lane without losing your sanity: Author of the phenomenal bestseller Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Richard Carlson and coauthor Joseph Bailey deliver a more extensive manual on how we can improve the quality of our lives without going to unrealistic extremes.

While Other Books Urge Us to Reduce Activities or drastically alter our lifestyles, Slowing Down to the Speed of Life teaches us that feeling harried starts in the mind. Offering simple, effective ways to reorganize our thinking, Carlson and Bailey show us how to reshape our experience of living without sacrificing productivity.

Illustrated with useful exercises, charts, and diagrams, as well as inspiring personal reflections, Slowing Down to the Speed of Life helps us learn to:

Recognize rushed thought processes and access healthy, relaxed feelings

Understand that other people's habits, attitudes, behaviors, and moods don't have to affect us negatively

Stay focused on the task at hand and enhance our creativity and achievement

Know that there is plenty of time to build meaningful relationships, master seemingly hectic schedules, and maintain a healthy calm in the midst of life's storms

"Age-old wisdom, presented in a practical, easy to understand manner, that can be utilized by everyone." (-- Bernie Siegel, M. D., author of LOVE, MEDICINE & MIRACLES and PRESCRIPTIONS FOR LIVING)

The author and coauthor of the phenomenal bestseller "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" deliver a more extensive manual on how to improve the quality of our lives without going to unrealistic extremes.

Feel like you're always rushing but never catching up?Are you doing more, but enjoying it less? The frantic pace and pressure of modern life can take a serious toll on your happiness and your health'but there is one way to step off the treadmill without giving up your career or your activities. The answer lies not in sacrificing your work productivity or your lifestyle but rather in changing your attitudes. By using simple exercises to slow down your mind and focus on the present moment, you can actually achieve greater productivity and creativity-all while maintaining a calmer, healthier state of mind.

Slowing Down to the Speed of Life helps you:

• Slow down your life without downsizing your lifestyle

• Enjoy the increased creativity and productivity that flow from inner calm

• Free yourself from the stressful influence of other peoples' habits, attitudes, behaviors, and moods

• Attain a sense of satisfaction with your life'and be happy!

Richard Carlson, Ph.D., is considered around the world to be one of the foremost experts on happiness and stress reduction. He is the author of the runaway bestselling Don't Sweat the Small Stuffseries. Dr. Carlson’s books appear in more than one hundred countries, with 40 million readers worldwide. He is a frequent guest on national television and radio, and lectures to enthusiastic audiences around the country.