Chapter 1: Start Defeating Stress Today
1 “Stressed Out: Americans Tell Us About Stress in Their Lives,” http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/07/07/327322187/stressed-out-americans-tell-us-about-stress-in-their-lives.
2 2013 Work Stress Survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Everest College, http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2013/04/09/536945/10027728/en/Workplace-Stress-on-the-Rise-with-83-of-Americans-Frazzled-by-Something-at-Work.html.
3 “Who’s Feeling Stressed? Young Adults, New Survey Shows,” http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/06/stress-psychology-millennials-depression/1878295/.
4 http://apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2014/highlights.aspx.
5 “Who’s Feeling Stressed? Young Adults, New Survey Shows,” http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/06/stress-psychology-millennials-depression/1878295/.
6 “Stress Management,” http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/stress-management/in-depth/stress-symptoms/art-20050987?pg=1.
7 “Fact Sheet on Stress,” http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/stress/index.shtml.
8 http://www.heartmath.com/blog/health-well-being/what-you-need-to-know-about-stress/.
Chapter 2: Who’s in Charge?
1 http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/37-stress-management-tips/3/.
Chapter 3: The Best Stress-Relief Possible
1 Compiled from the following sources: H. R. Beech, L. E. Burns and B. F. Sheffield. A Behavioural Approach to the Management of Stress, ed. Cary L. Cooper and S. V. Kasl (Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1982), 8, 9, and 11; Randall R. Cottrell, “The Human Stress Response,” in Grolier Wellness Encyclopedia: Stress Management, 1st ed, vol. 13 (Guilford: Dushkin Publishing Group, 1992), 34, 35; Webster’s II, s.v. “adrenal gland,” “endocrine gland,” “pituitary gland.”
2 Tim Hansel, Holy Sweat (Word Books Publisher, 1987), 46–47.
3 Lawrence Chilnick. Heart Disease: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (Philadelphia, PA: Perseus Books Group, 2008). Facts.randomhistory.com/stress-facts.html. Accessed April 22, 2015.
Chapter 4: I’d Like to Exchange This
1 http://www.quotegarden.com/stress.html.
Chapter 5: Decisions You Make and Steps You Take
1 http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/inner-peace.
2 Jennifer Warner, “Stress Makes Teen Acne Worse.” WebMD.com. March 7, 2002. Facts.randomhistory.com/stress-facts.html. Accessed July 5, 2015.
Chapter 6: Did You Forget Something?
1 “Benefit.” American Dictionary of the English Language 1828. 1995.
2 Lawrence Chilnick, Heart Disease: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (Philadelphia, PA: Perseus Books Group, 2008). Facts.randomhistory.com/stress-facts.html. Accessed April 22, 2015.
Chapter 7: Choice Overload
1 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/your-money/27shortcuts.html.
2 http://www.economist.com/node/17723028.
3 Ibid.
4 http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/henrydavid166869.html.
5 Gene Wallenstein, Mind, Stress, and Emotion: The New Science of Mood. (Boston, MA: Commonwealth Press, 2003). Facts.randomhistory.com/stress-facts.html. Accessed April 22, 2015.
Chapter 8: Laugh, Laugh, and Laugh Some More
1 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/americans-only-take-half-of-their-paid-vacation-2014-04-03.
2 http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-relief/art-20044456?pg=1.
3 Ibid.
4 http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/charliecha108932.html?src=t_laughter.
Chapter 9: The Stress of Comparison
1 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/your-money/02shortcuts.html?_r=0.
2 http://www.sermoncentral.com/illustrations/sermon-illustration-robert-leroe-quotes-envy-82561.asp.
3 http://www.sermonillustrations.com/a-z/e/envy.htm.
4 http://sermonquotes.com/post/101193685702/comparison-is-the-thief-of-joy-theodore.
5 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1534428.
Chapter 10: Change the Conversation
1 Gene Wallenstein. Mind, Stress, and Emotions: The New Science of Mood (Boston, MA: Commonwealth Press, 2003). Facts.randomhistory.com/stress-facts.html. Accessed July 5, 2015.
Chapter 11: It Is Well with My Soul
1 http://www.spaffordcenter.org/history and http://www.sharefaith.com/guide/Christian-Music/hymns-the-songs-and-the-stories/it-is-well-with-my-soul-the-song-and-the-story.html.
2 Bruce McEwen, The End of Stress as We Know It (Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 2003). Facts.randomhistory.com/stress-facts.html. Accessed April 22, 2015.
Chapter 13: Seeing Things Differently
1 http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/stress/index.shtml.
Chapter 14: The Quickest Way to Defeat Stress
1 http://www.sermonillustrations.com/a-z/s/service.htm.
2 http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/helping-others.
3 http://www.sermonillustrations.com/a-z/s/service.htm.