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  • ISBN-10: 1119875056
  • ISBN-13: 9781119875055
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Take charge of your personal health and well-being with this trusted, all-in-one guide to self-care

There’s an old saying that goes, “You can’t pour from an empty cup.” It means that you can’t take care of others unless you take care of yourself. And it’s never been truer than it is today.

In Self-Care All-in-One For Dummies, you’ll master the fundamentals of making sure that your cup is always full, so you can give to others without draining your reserves of energy and health. From mindfulness to resilience, fitness, and clean eating, this comprehensive resource takes a holistic look at what it means to take care of yourself and offers you a how-to guide to healthy and fulfilling behaviors.

In this book, you’ll find:

  • Concrete strategies for incorporating self-care practices into your busy, everyday life
  • Discussions of how to manage stress and maintain a mindful and calm demeanor and attitude in the face of modern challenges
  • An emphasis on being kind and gentle with yourself, ensuring that you don’t hold yourself to an impossible or unrealistic standard

We’re all looking to improve our lives, lift our spirits, and increase our well-being. Self-Care All-in-One For Dummies proves that, while perfection may be out of reach for all of us, you can make meaningful progress toward happiness and fulfilment by taking small, manageable steps towards a calmer, more grounded you.

Introduction 1(4)
About This Book
1(1)
Foolish Assumptions
1(1)
Icons Used in This Book
2(1)
Beyond the Book
2(1)
Where to Go from Here
3(2)
BOOK 1 BEING PRESENT THROUGH MINDFULNESS
5(86)
Chapter 1 Discovering Mindfulness
1(18)
Understanding the Meaning of Mindfulness
8(1)
Looking at Mindfulness Meditation
9(1)
Using Mindfulness to Help You
10(1)
Allowing space to heal
11(1)
Enjoying greater relaxation
12(1)
Improving focus and feeling happier
13(1)
Developing greater wisdom
14(1)
Discovering your true self
15(4)
Chapter 2 Enjoying the Benefits of Mindfulness
19(14)
Relaxing the Body
20(1)
Getting back in touch
20(1)
Boosting your immune system
21(1)
Reducing pain
22(1)
Calming the Mind
22(1)
Listening to your thoughts
23(1)
Making better decisions
24(1)
Coming to your senses
24(1)
Creating an attentive mind
25(2)
Soothing Your Emotions
27(1)
Understanding your emotions
27(1)
Managing feelings differently
28(1)
Uplifting Your Spirit
28(1)
Knowing Thyself: Discovering Your Observer Self
29(4)
Chapter 3 Making Mindfulness a Daily Habit
33(14)
Discovering the Secret to Change
33(1)
Designing your life for mindfulness
34(1)
Starting small: The secret to creating new habits
35(4)
Being playful with your new habit
39(1)
Watering the seeds of your mindful habits
39(1)
Scattering seeds of mindfulness throughout the day
40(1)
Exploring Your Intentions
41(1)
Clarifying intention in mindfulness
41(2)
Finding what you're looking for
43(1)
Developing a vision
44(3)
Chapter 4 Humans Being Versus Humans Doing
47(14)
Delving into the Doing Mode of Mind
47(2)
Embracing the Being Mode of Mind
49(1)
Combining Being and Doing
50(2)
Being in the Zone: The Psychology of Flow
52(1)
Understanding the factors of mindful flow
52(1)
Discovering your flow experiences
53(1)
Encouraging a Being Mode of Mind
54(2)
Dealing with emotions using being mode
56(1)
Finding time to just be
57(1)
Living in the moment
58(3)
Chapter 5 Using Mindfulness for Yourself
61(12)
Using a Mini Mindful Exercise
62(1)
Introducing the breathing space
62(1)
Practicing the breathing space
63(3)
Using the breathing space between activities
66(1)
Using Mindfulness to Look After Yourself
67(1)
Exercising mindfully
67(1)
Preparing for sleep with mindfulness
68(2)
Looking at a mindful work-life balance
70(1)
Building a better relationship with yourself
70(3)
Chapter 6 Using Mindfulness in Your Daily Life
73(18)
Using Mindfulness at Work
74(1)
Beginning the day mindfully
74(1)
Dropping in with mini meditations
75(1)
Going from reacting to responding
76(2)
Solving problems creatively
78(1)
Practicing mindful working
79(2)
Trying single-tasking
81(1)
Finishing by letting go
81(1)
Using Mindfulness on the Move
82(1)
Walking mindfully
82(1)
Driving mindfully
83(1)
Traveling mindfully on public transport
84(1)
Using Mindfulness in the Home
85(1)
Waking up mindfully
85(1)
Doing everyday tasks with awareness
85(3)
Second hunger: Overcoming problem eating
88(3)
BOOK 2 TREATING YOURSELF WITH COMPASSION
91(82)
Chapter 1 Exploring Self-Compassion
93(16)
Befriending Yourself: A Splendid New Relationship
94(1)
Understanding Self-Compassion
95(1)
Compassion at the core
96(2)
Mindfulness
98(1)
Common humanity
98(1)
Self-kindness
99(1)
Looking at the Yin and Yang of Self-Compassion
100(2)
Asking the Fundamental Question of Self-Compassion
102(1)
Activating Your Secret Weapon for Safety, Warmth, and Connection
103(1)
Discovering which form of touch works for you
103(1)
Knowing that sometimes if's all in the tone
104(1)
Introducing the Mindful Self-Compassion Program
105(1)
Practice: The Self-Compassion Break
106(1)
Inquiring: What arose for you when you took a Self-Compassion Break?
107(2)
Chapter 2 The Self-Compassion Road Ahead
109(20)
Why Self-Compassion Isn't Always Easy
110(2)
Getting the Most Out of a Self-Compassion Practice
112(1)
Having the spirit of an adventurer
113(1)
Being a self-compassion scientist
114(2)
Being willing to be a slow learner and your own best teacher
116(1)
If ifs a struggle, ifs not self-compassion
116(2)
The Four Noble Truths: A Buddhist Perspective on Being Human
118(1)
First noble truth: Suffering exists
118(1)
Second noble truth: The cause of suffering
119(1)
Third noble truth: The end of suffering
119(1)
Fourth noble truth: The path to relief of suffering
120(1)
Finding What You Need to Feel Safe and Courageous
120(1)
Opening and closing to adjust your "dosage"
121(3)
Finding your sweet spot of tolerance
124(2)
The experience of belonging and deserving
126(3)
Chapter 3 Common Humanity: Connection and Belonging
129(20)
The Inescapable Truth: We Need Each Other
130(3)
Acknowledging Our Universal Human Need
133(1)
Survival equals love
134(1)
What arises if we feel unloved or unlovable?
135(2)
Three common blocks to embracing your common humanity
137(4)
Starting small with common humanity
141(1)
Two Tasks to Embrace Common Humanity
142(1)
Claiming your human birthrights
143(1)
Avoiding the perils of perfection
144(1)
Practice: Just Like Me
145(1)
Just Like Me meditation
145(2)
Inquiring: What was it like to see how others are just like you?
147(2)
Chapter 4 Cultivating Your Innate Kindness
149(10)
We All Just Want to Be Happy
150(2)
Investing in Your Capacity to Be Kind
152(1)
Practice: Lovingkindness for a Loved One
153(1)
Inquiring: What was it like to cultivate kindness?
154(3)
What if you practiced and felt absolutely nothing?
157(1)
What if you practiced lovingkindness and felt great?
158(1)
Chapter 5 Discovering Core Values: Your Inner Compass
159(14)
Core Values Guide Us and "Re-Mind" Us
160(1)
Finding meaning through core values
161(1)
Your core values determine your experience
162(1)
The relationship between core values and suffering
163(1)
Practice: Uncovering your core values
163(3)
Inquiring: What was it like to discover your core values?
166(1)
Translating values into action
167(1)
Dark Nights and Dark Clouds: Wisdom Gleaned from Life's Challenges
168(1)
Seasoning in the stew
169(1)
How failure and hardship teach us
169(1)
Exercise: Silver linings and golden gifts
170(1)
Inquiring: Were you able to identify a silver lining?
171(2)
BOOK 3 FACING CHALLENGES WITH RESILIENCE
173(68)
Chapter 1 Embarking on the Journey to Resilience
175(12)
Noting That Resilience Is for Everyone
175(1)
Figuring Out the Factors That Determine Resilience
176(1)
Your genes
177(1)
Childhood development
177(1)
Culture
178(1)
Psychological outlook
178(1)
Coping habits
179(1)
Social support
179(1)
Humor
180(1)
Spirituality
180(1)
Understanding What Resilience Is Not
180(1)
The victim mindset
181(1)
Learned helplessness
182(2)
Hopelessness
184(1)
Breaking the Victim Cycle
185(2)
Chapter 2 The Basis of Resilience: Harmony Versus Stress
187(12)
Understanding the Perpetual Quest for Harmony
188(1)
Examining the Stress Response Feedback Loop
189(1)
Fight-or-flight
189(1)
The feedback loop
190(1)
Living in Disharmony: The Real Stress
191(1)
Expecting a Good Outcome Is the Key
192(1)
Coping to Adapt, or Not
193(1)
Maladaptive coping
194(1)
Adaptive coping
194(1)
Harmonizing Stress and Becoming Resilient
195(1)
Quieting the stress response
196(1)
Being open to learn and understand
196(1)
Building and restoring
197(2)
Chapter 3 Developing Mental Toughness and Clarity
199(12)
What Kind of Mindset Do Resilient People Have?
200(1)
Fixed Versus Growth Mindsets When It Comes to Resilience
201(1)
Developing Mental Toughness
202(1)
Getting in control
203(2)
Making a commitment
205(1)
Embracing challenges
206(1)
Being confident
207(1)
Accessing Mental Clarity
208(3)
Chapter 4 Achieving Emotional Equilibrium
211(10)
Emotions Exist for a Very Good Reason
211(2)
How Emotions Influence Perception and Coping
213(1)
Evaluating Your Feelings
214(1)
Choosing to Manage Your Emotions
215(2)
Calming Your Emotions By Calming the Stress Response
217(1)
Shifting to Positive Detachment and Reappraisal
218(1)
Enhancing Your Self-Awareness and Willingness to Grow
219(1)
Always Choosing Love
220(1)
Chapter 5 Improving Your Relationship with Yourself
221(20)
Connecting Resilience with Self-Worth
222(1)
Believing in Your Worth
223(1)
Noting Self-Criticism
224(1)
Evaluating Your Self-Value
225(2)
Starting to Take Action
227(1)
Practicing self-awareness
227(1)
Making a conscious choice
228(1)
Celebrating yourself
229(1)
Keeping an inventory
229(1)
Accepting and being your unique self
230(1)
Holding on to your vision
231(1)
Being loving toward yourself
232(1)
Taking Care of YOU
233(1)
Nourish yourself with nutrient-rich food
233(1)
Exercise and stay active
233(1)
Connect with support
234(1)
Quiet your mind
234(1)
Heal through your negative emotions
235(1)
Have fun!
235(1)
Appreciate all that you have and all that you are
236(1)
Ifs okay to rest
236(1)
Allowing Love In
237(4)
BOOK 4 FEELING BETTER WITH A BIT OF FITNESS
241(74)
Chapter 1 Cardio Crash Course: Getting the Right Intensity
243(12)
Comparing Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise
244(1)
Understanding the Importance of Warming Up and Cooling Down
245(1)
Warming up
245(1)
Cooling down
246(1)
Using Simple Methods to Gauge Your Level of Effort
246(1)
The talk test
247(1)
Perceived exertion
247(1)
Measuring Your Heart Rate
248(1)
Looking at what heart rate tells you
248(2)
Understanding your target zone
250(1)
Finding your maximum and target heart rates
250(2)
Measuring your pulse
252(3)
Chapter 2 Exercising Outdoors
255(14)
Walking for Fitness
256(1)
Essential walking gear
256(1)
Walking with good form
257(1)
Walking tips for rookies
257(1)
Running: Get Up and Go
258(1)
Essential running gear
258(2)
Running with good form
260(1)
Running tips for rookies
260(1)
Bicycling Around
261(1)
Essential cycling gear
261(1)
Cycling with good form
262(1)
Cycling tips for rookies
263(1)
Exercising in Water
263(1)
Essential water exercise gear
264(1)
Swimming with good form
265(1)
Swimming tips for rookies
265(4)
Chapter 3 Strengthening and Lengthening Your Muscles
269(20)
Why You've Gotta Lift Weights
270(1)
Staying strong for everyday life
270(1)
Keeping your bones healthy
271(1)
Preventing injuries
271(1)
Looking better
272(1)
Speeding up your metabolism
272(1)
Flexibility Training: Getting the Scoop on Stretching
273(1)
Understanding why you need to stretch
274(2)
Deciding when to stretch
276(1)
Exploring Stretching Techniques
276(2)
Still Life: Doing Static Stretching
278(1)
Following a few rules of static stretching
278(1)
Trying a simple static stretching routine
279(10)
Chapter 4 All about Yoga
289(14)
Looking at What Yoga Can Do for Your Body
289(1)
Finding a Yoga Style Thats Right for You
290(2)
Getting Started
292(1)
Taking yoga classes
292(1)
Looking at yoga equipment and clothing
293(1)
Following yoga tips for beginners
293(1)
Trying a Yoga Routine
294(1)
Downward-Facing Dog
294(1)
Forward Bend
295(1)
Child's Pose
296(1)
Modified Sage Twist
297(1)
Cat Pose
298(1)
Triangle Pose
299(1)
Sun Salutation
300(3)
Chapter 5 Choosing an Exercise Class or Virtual Workout
303(12)
Getting Through When You Haven't a Clue: Taking an Exercise Class
304(1)
Signing up
304(1)
Knowing what to expect from a live instructor
304(1)
Getting the most out of your classes
305(1)
Considering popular classes
306(5)
Working Out with an Onscreen Instructor
311(4)
BOOK 5 PROVIDING YOUR BODY WITH TOP-NOTCH NUTRITION
315(72)
Chapter 1 Eating Clean for a Healthier Body, Mind, and Soul
117(214)
What Clean Eating Really Is
318(1)
Eating clean doesn't mean cleaning your food before eating it
318(1)
Comparing whole versus processed foods
319(1)
Gaining control with six degrees of clean eating
320(2)
Considering the Dangers in Processed Foods
322(1)
Preservatives and additives
322(2)
Label claims (also known as marketing hype)
324(1)
Junk food addiction
325(1)
Surveying the Benefits of Eating Clean
326(1)
Overall good health
326(2)
Weight loss and disease prevention
328(1)
A longer, more active life
329(2)
Chapter 2 Applying Eating Clean Principles to Daily Living
331(14)
The Principles of Clean Eating
332(1)
Getting your footing on the eating clean platform
332(2)
Making clean changes in your life
334(1)
Discovering real flavor
335(4)
Managing Cravings and Feelings of Deprivation
339(1)
Understanding cravings
339(2)
Dealing with deprivation
341(1)
Living with lapses and backsliding
342(3)
Chapter 3 Nutrition Basics: You Really Are What You Eat
345(30)
Figuring Out What Your Body Needs (And What It Doesn't Need)
346(1)
How your body uses food
346(2)
What happens to additives and chemicals
348(3)
What happens to excess macronutrients and calories
351(4)
What happens if you don't get the micronutrients you need
355(1)
Considering the Roles of Proteins, Carbs, and Fats
356(1)
Clean proteins: Amino acids, the building blocks of life
356(1)
Carbohydrates: Energy for your body
357(2)
Essential and clean fats
359(3)
Getting the Vitamins and Minerals You Need to Stay Healthy
362(1)
Recommended daily allowances and reference intakes
363(1)
The role of vitamins
364(2)
The role of minerals
366(5)
Protecting Your Health with Fiber
371(1)
Surveying the different types of clean fiber
371(1)
Bulking up your fiber intake
372(1)
Chew on this: Connecting fiber and weight loss
372(1)
Water: The Essential Nutrient
373(2)
Chapter 4 Eat More, Eat Often
375(12)
Listening to Your Body
376(1)
Decoding hunger cues
376(2)
Identifying thirst cues
378(1)
Understanding satiety
379(2)
Getting Started with Good Food Choices
381(1)
Knowing what (and what not) to eat
382(2)
Eating mini meals to combat hunger
384(2)
Combining clean eating with your daily routine
386(1)
BOOK 6 SCALING BACK THE STRESS IN YOUR LIFE
387(98)
Chapter 1 Getting a Handle on the Causes and Effects of Stress
389(14)
Experiencing a Stress Epidemic?
389(1)
Understanding Where All This Stress Is Coming From
390(1)
Coping with the pandemic
390(1)
Our politics is stressing us out
391(1)
Struggling in a struggling economy
391(1)
Getting frazzled at work
392(1)
Feeling frazzled at home
392(2)
Piling on new stresses with technology
394(1)
Dealing with daily hassles (the little things add up)
395(1)
Looking at the Signs and Symptoms of Stress
396(1)
Understanding How Stress Can Make You Sick
397(1)
Understanding how stress can be a pain in the neck (and other places)
398(1)
Taking stress to heart
398(1)
Hitting below the belt
399(1)
Compromising your immune system
400(1)
The cold facts: Connecting stress and the sniffles
401(1)
"Not tonight, dear. I have a (stress) headache"
401(2)
Chapter 2 Relaxing Your Body
403(22)
Stress Can Be a Pain in the Neck (And That's Just for Starters)
403(1)
Funny, I don't feel tense
404(1)
Invasion of the body scan
405(1)
Breathing Away Your Tension
406(1)
Your breath is fine; ifs your breathing thafs bad
406(1)
"Why change now? I've been breathing for years"
406(2)
Evaluating your breathing
408(1)
Cutting yourself some slack
408(1)
Changing the way you breathe, changing the way you feel
409(3)
The yawn that refreshes
412(1)
Tensing Your Way to Relaxation
413(1)
Exploring how progressive relaxation works
413(3)
Scrunching up like a pretzel
416(1)
Mind over Body: Using the Power of Suggestion
417(2)
Stretching Away Your Stress
419(1)
Massage? Ah, There's the Rub!
420(1)
Massaging yourself
420(2)
Becoming the massage-er or massage-ee
422(1)
Taking a Three-Minute Energy Burst
422(1)
More Ways to Relax
423(2)
Chapter 3 Finding More Time
425(22)
Determining Whether You Struggle with Time Management
426(1)
Being Mindful of Your Time
426(1)
Knowing where your time goes
427(1)
Figuring out what you want more time for
428(1)
Knowing what you want to spend less time doing
429(1)
Minding your time with cues and prompts
429(1)
Questioning your choices and changing behaviors
430(1)
Becoming a List Maker
431(1)
Starting with a master to-do list
431(1)
Creating a will-do-today list
432(2)
Having a will-do-later list
434(1)
Keeping some tips in mind as you make your lists
434(2)
Minimizing Your Distractions and Interruptions
436(1)
Managing electronic interruptions
436(1)
Losing the visitors
437(1)
Lowering the volume
437(1)
Limiting your breaks
438(1)
Shifting your time
438(1)
Turning it into a positive
438(1)
Minimizing your TV time
439(1)
Winning the waiting game
439(1)
Getting around Psychological Roadblocks to Time Management
440(1)
Getting over your desire to be perfect
440(1)
Overcoming procrastination
441(2)
Letting Go: Discovering the Joys of Delegating
443(1)
The fine art of delegating
444(1)
Delegating begins at home
444(1)
Buying Time
445(1)
Avoid paying top dollar
445(1)
Strive for deliverance
446(1)
Chapter 4 Stress-Reducing Organizational Skills
447(20)
Figuring Out Why Your Life Is So Disorganized
448(1)
Are you organizationally challenged?
448(1)
Identifying your personal disorganization
449(1)
Clearing Away the Clutter
450(1)
Bust those clutter excuses
450(2)
Get yourself motivated
452(1)
Draw yourself a clutter roadmap
452(1)
Get your feet wet
453(1)
Stop kidding yourself
453(1)
Avoid discouragement
454(1)
Get down to the nitty-gritty
454(2)
Organizing Your Space
456(2)
Organizing Information
458(1)
Losing the paper trail
458(1)
Organizing the papers you do need to keep
459(4)
Organizing electronically
463(1)
Managing your email
464(1)
Keeping Your Life Organized
465(1)
Being proactive
465(1)
Buying less
466(1)
Chapter 5 De-Stressing at Work
467(18)
Reading the Signs of Workplace Stress
467(1)
Knowing What's Triggering Your Work Stress
468(1)
Making Positive Changes to Control Your Workplace Stress
469(1)
Overcoming SNS (Sunday night stress)
470(1)
Starting your workday unstressed
470(1)
Calming your daily commute
471(1)
Minimizing your travel stress
472(1)
De-stressing during your workday
473(1)
Stretching and reaching for the sky
474(2)
Creating a stress-resistant workspace
476(4)
Managing your work time
480(1)
Nourishing your body (and spirit)
480(2)
Taking Advantage of Company Perks
482(1)
Gyms and health clubs
482(1)
Flextime
482(1)
Working from home
483(1)
Employee assistance programs
483(1)
Coming Home More Relaxed (And Staying That Way)
483(2)
BOOK 7 REINING IN ONLINE ACTIVITIES
485(64)
Chapter 1 Defining and Overcoming Internet Addiction in a Nutshell
487(12)
Defining Behavioral Addiction
488(1)
Understanding How and Why People Get Addicted to Screens and the Internet
489(2)
Digging into Digital Devices and the Internet
491(1)
Recognizing the Threats
492(1)
Social media
492(1)
Streaming audio and video
493(1)
Video games
493(1)
Identifying the Signs and Symptoms of Internet and Screen Addiction
494(2)
Recovering from Internet and Screen Addiction
496(1)
Exploring self-help options
497(1)
Getting professional help
497(1)
Balancing Technology with Real-Time Living
498(1)
Chapter 2 Discovering What Makes the Internet and Smartphones So Addictive
499(12)
Eyes on the Prize: Factors Involving Focus on a Screen
500(1)
Examining ease of access and near-constant availability
501(1)
Talking about time distortion
501(1)
Giving you the world online: The illusion of online productivity
502(1)
The Good (or Bad) Stuff: Factors Involving Content
502(1)
Finding out about content intoxication
503(1)
Mixing stimulating content and digital devices
503(1)
Understanding instant gratification
504(1)
Defining infotainment
505(1)
This Must Be the Place: The Internet as the Car, Map, and Destination
505(1)
Getting the word in and out: Broadcast intoxication
506(1)
Weaving a web: A story without an end
506(1)
Apprehending the myth of multi-tasking
507(1)
Telling a social story: The net effect on people
507(1)
The Human Factor: The Internet as a Digital Drug
508(1)
Grasping the power of "maybe"
509(1)
Seeing how dynamic interaction keeps people coming back for more
510(1)
Chapter 3 Examining the Addictive Nature of Social Media
511(12)
A Social Network: A Rose by Any Other Name
512(1)
Recognizing What Makes You Come Back to Social Media for More
513(1)
Looking at social validation looping
514(1)
Understanding the big deal about variable reinforcement
515(2)
Seeking Communication and Self-Esteem -- But at a Price
517(2)
Seeing Why Social Media Can Be Counter-Social
519(1)
Broadcast intoxication on social media
519(1)
Cyberbullying
520(1)
Cyberstalking and trolling
521(1)
Finding Relief: Life beyond Social Media
522(1)
Chapter 4 The Endless Stream: Binge Watching TV and Online Entertainment
523(10)
Missing Your Life While Being Entertained: The Ease of the Binge
524(1)
Understanding the allure of endless choice
525(1)
Finding the power of instant access
526(1)
Recognizing the pitfalls of effortless starting
526(1)
Unpacking user experience engineering
527(1)
Seeing the influence of social media
528(1)
Looking at Other Problems of Watching TV All the Time
529(1)
Intensity is addictive
530(1)
TV acts as your social companion
531(1)
One form of screen use is almost as good as another
531(1)
Ifs a Choice: Screening the Stream
532(1)
Chapter 5 Adopting Self-Help strategies
533(16)
Remembering That Life Isn't Lived on a Screen
534(1)
Recognizing that it's tough to limit tech use
534(1)
Striving for lower-tech (not no-tech) living
535(1)
Decreasing your stress with less tech
536(1)
Disrupting Your Tech Habits with a Digital Detox
537(1)
Defining a "digital detox"
537(1)
Getting set for success
538(1)
Monitoring and Limiting Your Time and Content on Screens
539(1)
Turning off Internet access at a specified time
539(1)
Limiting specific content
540(1)
Establishing Values-Based Tech Use
541(1)
Introducing a values map
542(1)
Deciding where your eyes go
542(2)
Removing Notifications and Addictive Apps
544(1)
Knowing that notifications invite you to waste time
544(1)
Getting rid of apps, websites, and software
544(1)
Filling Your Life with Real-Time Activities
545(4)
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Shamash Alidin a has been a mindfulness teacher since 1998 and is the author of Mindfulness For Dummies.

Dr. Steve Hickman is a clinical psychologist and the author Self-Compassion For Dummies.

Dr. Eva Selhubs a resiliency expert, consultant, speaker, and author of Resilience For Dummies.

Suzanne Schlosberg is a writer known for her lighthearted take on health topics.

Liz Neporent is a journalist, author, and career wellness professional. The two authored Fitness For Dummies.

Dr. Jonathan Wright is known for his books and medical articles, while

Linda Larsen has written 24 books. The duo authored Eating Clean For Dummies.

Allen Elkin, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and the author of Stress Management For Dummies.

David N. Greenfield, PhD, MS, is the founder and clinical director of The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction. He wrote Overcoming Internet Addiction For Dummies.