Andrew J. Bernstein

Stress is a byproduct of subconscious beliefs you have about the world. You can't choose not to believe something. You believe it because you think it's true. To eliminate stress, you must learn to challenge these beliefs so that you see them differently. ”

You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change. ”

The more you worry, the more you throw off the delicate balance of hormones required for health. ”

It's time we learned the truth about stress. It's time we identified the thoughts that actually create our stress and learned to dismantle them one by one. ”

The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up. ”