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Chapter 1: Are You a Stress Addict?

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2. Peele, S. (2012). The Meaning of Addiction Has Changed: Addiction Is Not a Characteristic of Things. Available at: www.huffingtonpost.com/stanton-peele/addiction_b_1874233.html

3. Selye, H. (1956). The Stress of Life. New York: McGraw-Hill.

4. Humphrey, J. (2005). Anthology of Stress Revisited: Selected Works of James H. Humphrey. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

5. Sapolsky, R. (2004). Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. New York: Holt Paperbacks.

6. Epel, E., Blackburn, E., Lin, J., Dhabhar, F., Adler, N., Morrow, J., & Cawthon, R. (2004). Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 101(49): 17312–17315. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15574496/

7. Rosen, L. (2013). Phantom Pocket Vibration Syndrome: What does it tell us about our obsession with technology? Psychology Today. Available at: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rewired-the-psychology-technology/201305/phantom-pocket-vibration-syndrome

8. American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text rev.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association. doi: 10.1176/appi.books.9780890423349

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Chapter 2: Why Taking It Easy Is Hard

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2. National Safety Council. (2010). Understanding the Distracted Brain. Available at: http://www.nsc.org/safety_road/Distracted_Driving/Documents/Dstrct_Drvng_White_Paper_Fnl%282%29.pdf

3. Thompson, C. (2005). “Meet the Life Hackers.”New York Times. Available at: www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/magazine/16guru.html

4. American Society of Addiction Medicine. (2011). Definition of Addiction. Available at: http://www.asam.org/for-the-public/definition-of-addiction

5. Rosch, P. J., ed. (2001, March). “The quandary of job stress compensation.”Health and Stress, 3, 1–4.

6. American Institute of Stress. Workplace Stress. Available at: http://www.stress.org/americas-1-health-problem

7. Kessler, R., Chiu W., Demler, O., & Walters, E. (2005). Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of twelve-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Archives of General Psychiatry, 62(6): 617–27.

8. Kessler, R., Akiskal, H., Ames, M., Birnbaum, H., Greenberg, P., Hirschfeld, R., Jin, R., Merikangas, K., Simon, G., & Wang, P. (2006). Prevalence and effects of mood disorders on work performance in a nationally representative sample of U.S. workers. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 1561–1568.

9. Attitudes in the American Workplace Survey. Available at: http://americaninstituteofstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/2001Attitude-in-the-Workplace-Harris.pdf

10. Attitudes in the American Workplace Survey. Available at: http://americaninstituteofstress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/2001Attitude-in-the-Workplace-Harris.pdf

11. The American Institute of Stress. Available at: http://www.stress.org/workplace-stress/

12. Ibid.

13. AOL. (2007). Think you might be addicted to email? You're not alone. AOL's third annual “Email addiction” survey. Available at: http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/2007/07/Think_You_Might_Be_Addicted_to_Email_Youre_Not_Alone_07–26–2007.php.

Chapter 4: Step 1: Rest

1. Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T., & Layton, J. (2010). Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review. PLOS Medicine, 7(7), 1–20.

2. Wilson, R., Krueger, K., Arnold, S., Schneider, J., Kelly, J., Barnes, L., Tang, Y., & Bennett, D. (2007). Loneliness and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64(2): 234–240. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.64.2.234.

3. Siegel, D. (2010). Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation. New York: Random House.

4. The Institute for Responsible Technology. Available at: http://www.responsibletechnology.org/gmo-basics/gmos-in-food

5. Patel, A.V., Bernstein, L., Deka, A., Feigelson, H.S., Campbell, P.T., Gapstur, S.M., Colditz, G.A., & Thun, M.J. (2010). Leisure time spent sitting in relation to total mortality in a prospective cohort of U.S. adults. American Journal of Epidemiology, 172(4): 419–429.

6. National Institutes of Health. (2005). Your Guide to Healthy Sleep. Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/healthy_sleep.pdf

7. Colten, H., & Altevogt, B., eds. (2006). Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Sleep Medicine and Research. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19961/

8. Debarnot, U. et al. (2011). Daytime naps improve motor imagery learning. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 11(4): 541–50. doi: 10.3758/s13415–011–0052-z. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21842279

9. Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T., & Layton, J. (2010). Social relationships and mortality risk: A meta-analytic review. PLOS Medicine, 7(7): 1–20.

10. Ybarra, O., Bernstein, E., Winkielman, P., Keller, M., Manis, M., Chan, E., & Rodriguez, J. (2008). Mental exercising through simple socializing: Social interaction promotes general cognitive functioning. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34(2): 248–259.

11. Hawkley, L., et al. (2006). Loneliness is a unique predictor of age-related differences in systolic blood pressure. Psychology and Aging, 21(1), 152–164.

Chapter 5: Step 2: Repair

1. Achor, S. (2012). Positive Intelligence. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from http://hbr.org/2012/01/positive-intelligence

2. Seligman, M., Steen, T.A., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2005). Positive psychology progress: Empirical validation of interventions. American Psychologist, 60(5): 410–421.

3. Scarmeas, N. (2009 August) Physical activity, diet, and risk of Alzheimer's disease. JAMA Psychiatry, 302(6), 627–637. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19671904

4. Paoletti, R., Poli, A., Conti, A., & Visioli, F., eds. (2012). Chocolate and Health. Springer: Milan, Italy.

5. Donaldson, M. (2004). Nutrition and cancer: A review of the evidence for an anti-cancer diet. Nutrition Journal, 3(19). DOI: 10.1186/1475–2891–3–19. Available at: http://www.nutritionj.com/content/3/1/19

6. Society for Neuroscience (2003). Diet may improve cognition, slow aging, and help protect against cosmic radiation. ScienceDaily. Available at: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/11/031110054644.htm

7. Kris-Etherton, P., Harris, W., & Appel, L. (2003). Fish consumption, fish oil, omega-3 fatty acids, and cardiovascular disease. Circulation, 106(21): 2747–57.

8. Assuncao M., et al. (2009). Effects of dietary coconut oil on the biochemical and anthropometric profiles of women presenting abdominal obesity. Lipids. 44(7): 593–601.

9. National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2012: With Special Feature on Emergency Care. Hyattsville, MD. 2013.

10. Prochaska, J., Norcross, J., & DiClemente, C. (2007). Changing for Good: A Revolutionary Six-stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward. New York: William Morrow.

11. Hayward, R., & Lien, C. (2011). Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac structure and function during exercise training in the developing Sprague–Dawley rat. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 50(4): 454–461. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148638/#__ffn_sectitle.

12. The American Heart Association Recommendations for Physical Activity in Adults, (2013). Available at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/PhysicalActivity/StartWalking/American-Heart-Association-Guidelines_UCM_307976_Article.jsp

13. The American College of Sports Medicine, (2011). Quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, and neuromotor fitness in apparently healthy adults: Guidance for prescribing exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 43(7), 1334–1359. Available at: http://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/2011/07000/Quantity_and_Quality_of_Exercise_for_Developing.26.aspx

14. Laughter Yoga International. General Article on Laughter Yoga: An Overview. Available at: http://www.laughteryoga.org/english/news/news_details/405

15. Brian, M. (2000). How Laughter Works. Available at: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/laughter.htm

Chapter 6: Step 3: Rebuild

1. McCraty, R., & Tomasino, D.Heart Rhythm Coherence Feedback: A New Tool for Stress Reduction, Rehabilitation, and Performance Enhancement. Boulder Creek, CA: HeartMath Research Center, Institute of HeartMath. Available at: http://www.macquarieinstitute.com/health/professional/hrv_biofeedback.pdf

2. Loehr J. & Schwartz T. (2003). The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal. New York, NY: Free Press (Division of Simon & Schuster).

3. The American College of Sports Medicine. (2011). Quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, and neuromotor fitness in apparently healthy adults: Guidance for prescribing exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 43(7), 1334–1359. Available at: http://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/2011/07000/Quantity_and_Quality_of_Exercise_for_Developing.26.aspx

4. Klika, B., & Jordan, C. (2013). High-intensity circuit training using body weight for maximum results with minimal investment. ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal, 17(3), 8–13. Available at: http://journals.lww.com/acsm-healthfitness/Fulltext/2013/05000/HIGH_INTENSITY_CIRCUIT_TRAINING_USING_BODY_WEIGHT_.5.aspx?WT.mc_id=HPxADx20100319xMP

5. Kaminsky, L., Padjen, S., and LaHam-Saeger, J. (1990). Effect of split exercise sessions on excess post-exercise oxygen consumption. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 24(2), 95–8. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2265322

Chapter 7: Step 4: Rethink

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2. Moseley, J., et al. (2002). A controlled trial of arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee. New England Journal of Medicine, 347(2), 81–8. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12110735

3. Achor, S. (2010). The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work. New York: Random House.

4. Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want. New York: The Penguin Press.

5. Seligman, M.E.P. (2002). Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. New York: Free Press.

6. Fredrickson, B. (2009). Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life. New York: Random House.

7. The Gottman Institute. Research FAQs. Available at: http://www.gottman.com/research/research-faqs/

8. Dweck, C. (2006) Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. New York: Random House.

9. Fredrickson, B., & Losada, M. (2005). Positive affect and the complex dynamics of human flourishing. The American Psychologist, 60(7), 678–86. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126111/.

10. Lally, P., van Jaarsveld, C., Potts, H., & Wardle, J. (2010). How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40(6), 998–1009.

Chapter 8: Step 5: Redesign

1. My Brain Solutions. Available at: https://www.mybrainsolutions.com/Pages/employers.aspx