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The Art of Loving Life
Written by: AIS Fellow- Sandra Thebaud, PhD
Dr. Sandra Thebaud, a Fellow of AIS, has written a book for the masses. Dr. Thebaud shares her personal story of living through a stressful divorce and how becoming aware of and managing her stress effectively, enabled her to “get through the fog” and on to loving life! Everyone will be able to relate to her words in some way as she helps you to identify what is holding you back from living your best life. Her book follows the outline of one of her highly attended stress management workshops—introducing very common, but highly effective stress management techniques. She takes you step by step through defining your personal stressors, understanding the ways in which stress affects your health and asks you to examine your own life and indentify areas in which you can start to make changes. If you would like to reduce the stress in your life and enjoy happier and healthier days this is a good starting point.
- Kellie Marksberry, Executive Director, The American Institute of Stress
What Went Wrong: The Truth behind the Clinical Trial of the Enzyme Treatment of Cancer
Written by: AIS Fellow, Nicholas J. Gonzalez, M.D.
This book is about a $1.4 million grant awared by the National Cancer Institute in 1998 to do a controlled clinical trail comparing the chemotherapeutuc drug Gemzar to Dr. Gonzalez’ enzyme approach in the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer. Dr. Gonzalez documents how the study was mismanaged, how he had no control over the selection of patients, and how the protocol was violated in numerous ways that were subsequently confirmed by regulatory authorities. Nevertheless, a misleading article was published without his knowledge and none of the responsible parties were ever admonished or held accountable. This tragic tale tends to support a growing suspicion that the cancer cartel of organizations, government agencies and vested interests is devoted more to preserving their enormous profits and reputations than to the prevention and cure of cancer.”
–Paul J. Rosch, M.D., Chairman of the Board, The American Institute of Stress
The SHARP Solution
Written by: AIS Fellow and Member of the Daily Life Stress Board
Heidi Hanna, PhD, FAIS
“The SHARP Solution” is a well written, science based approach to incorporating sustainable behavior change to reduce stress and increase over-all wellbeing. Dr. Hanna guides you through designing a personal action plan to decrease your daily stress and live a longer healthier life. The book provides an inside-out perspective of how the body functions on a physiological and psychological level when under stress. The focus is on building resilience through mindfulness, meditation, balanced nutrition and dedicated relaxation time. The book is organized into five phases: brain, heart, mind, body and community. The focus is not on “WHAT” you should be doing to relieve your stress and be healthier, but “HOW” to take the knowledge that most of us have heard repeated throughout our lives, and actually make small sustainable changes to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Hanna emphasizes nutrition, physical activity, rest and most importantly cognitive fitness. The book guides you through various aspects of brain training through her “SHARP Brain Recharge” technique. The process is simple by design. It offers a variety of short, effective methods to help you shift out of a stress response into the relaxation response in just a few moments. Dr. Hanna provides a toolbox of simple techniques that you can practice and incorporate into your busy life without adding more stress and strain as you struggle to find time to relax. Through this book Dr. Hanna represents the essence of our mission at The American Institute of Stress – to provide evidence based information and simple to follow techniques to reduce stress and improve your quality of life.
-Dr. Daniel L. Kirsch, President , The American Institute of Stress
