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INTRODUCTION
What
if I told you that you could start living a happier, more fulfilling life
today? Do you want to sleep better and
have more energy? Imagine living life
with purpose and meaning.
Many of us are
dealing with stress at a chronic level.
Because of this constant stress, we are finding ourselves not only
physically, but also mentally and emotionally depleted. Stress has become an epidemic and is costing
us greatly. It is driving us to the
doctor and is even driving us to our graves.
Chronic stress is connected to six leading causes of death!
One constant
truth with all people is that we all want to be happy. But happiness isn’t the same for
everyone. We must decide what we value,
what our priorities are, and what actually makes us happy. Most of us do not know where to start on that
discovery.
Some may ask
what do I know about the subject of Happiness?
I do not have a doctorate in psychology.
I didn’t even study psychology other than a couple of classes in
college. There are no cool titles or
letters before or after my name. No Dr.
Eidson or Christy Eidson, Ph.D. I’m just
your average Joe. I finally found
happiness, but it took a lot of work. I
am experiencing the lowest level of stress that I have felt in years.
I am not happy
one hundred percent of the time, but I have learned various ways of coping with
the negatives when they pop up. I have
spent half of my life suffering from depression and anxiety. I have lost jobs because of it, shut people
out because of it, and even lost my home because of it. But I have come out on the other side. I have found purpose in my life, started a
business that fulfills me, and found joy in the small things. I have learned to stay in the moment and
really enjoy the here and now.
I may be a comedian, but this is a serious book. It is a very serious topic and one that we
see affecting most of us on a daily basis.
It is a perfect topic for a comedian to cover because, as a group, most
comedians are affected by anxiety and depression. We use humor as a coping mechanism in
dealing with stress in our search for happiness. We search and search for exterior elements to
make us happy, but that won’t happen, at least not for the long-run. True happiness comes from within.
I have been doing standup for over 15 years. I have been suffering from anxiety and
depression for twice as long. I have
been suffering from chronic insomnia for the better part of the past
decade. It has taken me half of my life
of trial and error to figure out what works for me to cope.
There
are many books on motivation, anxiety and depression, stress management, and
personal transformation. Rarely, do any
of them discuss happiness and how to achieve it. This book will help you reduce stress while
seeing your life in a new light. In this
book, you will be able to define stress and identify stressors, discover
helpful and effective stress management techniques that have been proven to
work, and develop a plan to reach your goals.
This book will also help you realize what happiness means to you. I
haven’t selected these techniques flippantly.
They have worked for me, but why?
I started researching the science behind each one and share it with you
here.
Similar books may cover one of these topics, but I
wanted to create one book that encompasses all of them. I make the material more relatable by using
pop culture references to illustrate my points, which makes it easier for
people to identify with.
This book is divided into four parts. The first part examines stress and how your
personal history affects how you handle stress today. The second part goes into the process of
rewiring your brain and defining what happiness is and what it means to
you. The third part delves into
effective stress management techniques that have been proven to work and is
backed with science. And the fourth section
goes into goal setting and developing a plan of action.
I wish a book like this had been available twenty years
ago when I was going through my deepest depression. But it is available now!
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